I am all done with grading for the semester just past, but the work sticks to me in a way I can’t yet manage to fling off.
Grading is a Scam (and Motivation is a Myth) | A Professor Explains
If you don’t finish then you’re just busy, not productive – Jack Simpson
One of the biggest realisations I’ve come to as part of my PhD, is how little people care about how I spend my time, they only care about what I am able to deliver. Yet in order to deliver, you need to finish. I was recently reading an article on this topic, and I think the advice can be best summed up as:
AI in university assessment: do grades themselves have to go? - Analogue Resistance
Since I started teaching at the University of Amsterdam, roughly 20 years ago, assessment has become more and more schematic. Rules and regulations have prol…
If you think your profession is dying, it could soon be gone
Younger workers once foresaw the demise of horse-drawn carriages — but anticipating obsolescence can be self-fulfilling
Teaching iteration
I’ve written about the class I’d like to teach, but what I’ve been thinking about lately is the class I’d like to attend. Not necessarily now, but when I was growing up. In the 6th grade, let’s say…
I Stopped Students Using AI This Semester
The results—and the reactions—were startling.
You MUST learn time management as a student.
Satisfaction and progress in open-ended work
When we’re in execution mode, we swim in signs of our progress. A day’s work stands crisply in some endless checklist: four problems solved; three features added; check and check. Am I on track? Did I have a good day? Typical productivity advice applies: set goals; track progress; triage tasks. A checklist makes the day’s grade clear enough.
Why Grades Shouldn't Exist - Alfie Kohn
College professors face an emerging challenge: We know students are no longer reading entire books
Some teachers increasingly are shifting their approach to reading, assigning fewer books than they once did.
Why students are throwing tons of money at a program that won’t give them a college degree
There's a hidden dark side of one of the hottest trends in higher education.
The Death of Software Development
The job of software developer is dead. You might still be coding, but the profession as you knew it is gone.
Opinion | My Students Can’t Read
The generational collapse in literacy is measurable, persistent, and likely to get worse.
From Academia to Alignment
What to do when your career crumbles before your eyes
