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Wednesday Oct 01, 2025
Wednesday Oct 01, 2025
Faculty adoption and use of AI in higher education varies widely. In this episode, three colleagues from the University of Mississippi: Josh Eyler, Emily Pitts Donahoe, and Marc Watkins, provide their perspectives on AI use in higher education. Josh is the Senior Director of Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and Assistant Professor of Teacher Education, Emily is the Associate Director of Instructional Support in the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and Lecturer of Writing and Rhetoric, and Marc is a Lecturer in Composition and Rhetoric and Assistant Director of Academic Innovation.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
2 months ago
I’m a student and I hate AI, I actually prefer not to have it. But unfortunately I sometimes feel like I’m forced to use it by professors. I’ll give an example, there is a professor that is a difficult grader. Imagine doing every single assignment and yet you still have a D in class? I have been poorly graded for not writing the assignments exactly how she wanted it. And she’s given me an incomplete or a 0 for assignments, and I promise you I worked hard in those assignments. So it makes me feel I’m not good enough. I started to use AI for her class only, and I’m now close to a B…I believe it’s at 78%. Some of these professors, are difficult graders. And I hate her class because she forces me to use AI. It feels like cheating, even when I write them in my own words. It feels even that even putting so much effort into your assignments, it’s not good enough for them and it’s doesn’t deserve a good grade but failing.