As I continue to coach my new colleague, Caroline Larsen, on the intimate details of our scripting and processing of course materials, I have a unique opportunity to reflect on my time as an Accessibility Professional at Swarthmore. Mentoring someone … Continue reading Reflections of an Accessibility Professional at Swarthmore
Grading is an important and time-consuming task. Careful, personalized feedback helps students learn, but timely feedback is a challenge. Swarthmore has few tools that handle simple grading automatically. Moodle quizzes can score multiple-choice questions and the WeBWorK math homework system … Continue reading The Ethics of Efficiency: Wrestling with AI-Generated Feedback
Swarthmore has a site license for Linkedin Learning, a resource for on-line learning across a variety of different software tools, programming languages, business development, DEI, and even time management! What this means is that faculty, staff and students can take … Continue reading Don’t waste time teaching software!
Did you know AI tools like ChatGPT can help take care of your busy work? Did you know it can help generate ideas if you’re stuck? Table of Contents Content Creation Lesson Planning Coding Assistance ELI5 Conclusion I asked ChatGPT … Continue reading 🤖 Welcoming our AI Overlords 🤖
When most people think about applications of high-performance computing (HPC), STEM-based research readily comes to mind. While HPC absolutely excels at that, it is also useful in pedagogical contexts, including: Facilitating analysis of datasets that are too large to work … Continue reading Embracing the Pedagogical Value of HPC
Friends, as we embark on a much-deserved winter break, ITS would like to express our sincere appreciation for the many ways you support our community. In addition to our ITS colleagues, we want our entire community to enjoy a relaxing … Continue reading ITS Support During Winter Break 2022-2023
