Faculty Forum: Con: Should Tufts Ban Technology in the Classroom?
Large Language Models (LLMs) have shocked academia in general and the humanities in particular. If we rely too much upon machines to perform demanding tasks, such as generating essays, summarizing complex documents, and translating sources in unfamiliar languages, we can produce quite a bit but learn little or nothing. I do not see any simple […]
Con: Is Rate My Professor Effective?
As an educator, I spend a huge amount of time thinking about teaching and learning. I believe strongly that students should have a forum to share their thoughts, both positive and negative, about a course or a professor, and that such feedback should be taken seriously. At the same time, that same forum should help […]