Raafat Baheeg

I think it can help students find their best studying style, if they feed the correct info to ChatGPT.
Also a student can ask: How can I study.....?
A student can use it to analyze posts of other students, to provide responses.

Yes. It has benefits, but how would we grade students when then use ChatGPT in discussion board posts? How can we distinguish student's work from AI work?

But this is here now, and it will soon be the norm. How can we harness its huge potential without sacrificing student's "learning"?

I've learned that OpenAI founders are more concerned about the dangers and risks of AI, which is why they share codes and policies publicly. That's a responsible attitude.

I believe the current grading system, extra credit assignments, late policy, makeup assignments, remediation exams, are all fair and effective.

It always helps to have a lesson plan of the main points and divide the lecture into sections.

I use Powerpoints slides containing graphics, flow charts, animations, highlights, and font colors, as needed.

Many times I divide one diagram into many pieces and use animations to show every piece in time to explain how a physiological process progresses.

Sometimes I add animated videos, or use the electronic board to draw something.

I tell stories and use analogies to explain complex subjects in ways easy to remember.

I really liked the analogy of the orchestra conductor. I'm a musician, and it really makes sense to look at the class as an orchestra, and class management means that the conductor must adjust and guide every instrument section to play its part in harmony with the other sections. I always have one or two drummers, maybe one trumpet, a couple of horns, a flute and a piccolo, and several soft strings :)

Reply to Richard Roy's post:I practiced that for all my 12 years of college teaching. I used my phone camera to go around the class and record every student sharing their name and a little background.. and after the final exam on the last day, I would play that video in the class and students have a lot of fun as they notice how they've grown during those few weeks..

It was easy on Zoom as well, because student names were visible under their picture..

Encouraging students to wear name tags in the first few sessions (at least) can… >>>

Reply to David Wilson's post:Exactly.

Whenever I am faced with a new subject to teach, I spend a lot of time in preparation. My challenging problem is to estimate the time to cover every section of a new lecture. I don't ever run out of topics, but I run out of lecture time.

I tend to explain and repeat to ensure solid unerstanding, but with the limited lecture time every minute is so valuable.

I divide the lecture into sections according to the topic covered, so they are not of equal length..

But before presenting the same lecture the second time, I reconsider the previous… >>>