Higher Order Thinking and AI
This week I would like to share a recent SoTL article entitled, “ How Higher-Order Thinking Shapes Student Attitudes Toward Machine Learning and AI Chatbots ” by Pellas (2025). The author explores how cognitive skills, specifically creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving mediate or moderate the relationship between academic achievement and attitudes toward machine learning. Drawing on data from 416 undergraduate students, the research offers one of the most empiric
AI Practical Examples for Ed
I began sharing just-in-time summaries of teaching research articles (SoTL) on October 15, 2016 (time flies)! During those nine years, I tried not to share research that I have been part of, but this week I would like to offer a paper that came out this week. The article is entitled “ Generative AI for Higher Education: Practical Example to Support Faculty in Creating an Engaging Learning Environment ” by Al-Shawwa, Hargis, Qi, & Grewell (2025). In this paper, we argue that,
Testing AI for Learning Impact
This week I would like to share ideas from a colleague at VU who has taken a SoTL approach to identify the impact of AI on his students....
Personalized Learning, Teacher Roles, and Chatbot Practices
This week, I would like to share three AI SoTL articles that were just published this week in the Turkish Journal of Distance Education...
