Beckie Supiano
becksup.bsky.social
Beckie Supiano
@becksup.bsky.social
Chronicle of Higher Ed reporter covering teaching and learning; co-writer of free, weekly Teaching newsletter—get it here: https://www.chronicle.com/newsletter/teaching
Nothing quite like going to email an expert to request an interview on a big, complex topic, thinking their name is familiar, and realizing you’ve written them before…with a ridiculous question for the footnote of the Chronicle’s daily briefing 🙈
September 17, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Reposted by Beckie Supiano
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September 10, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Well, thanks @sarosecav.bsky.social for the new followers! I lurk way more than I post, but will say a quick hello. I cover teaching for the Chronicle of Higher Education. Here’s my latest: www.chronicle.com/article/decl...
Why Students Can’t Work on Their Own
Many struggle to complete coursework independently. How can professors adjust?
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September 3, 2024 at 2:17 PM
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December 13, 2023 at 4:38 PM
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BREAKING: Kevin Guskiewicz, the current chancellor at UNC- Chapel Hill, will be announced as Michigan State University's president at 8 a.m. Friday meeting, sources tell me. Meeting notice to be issued tomorrow morning.
December 6, 2023 at 8:19 PM
Look who’s here! The other half of the Chronicle’s Teaching team, bethmcmurtrie.bsky.social!
Just in time for POD, which she’s attending.
Bluesky Social
See what's next.
bethmcmurtrie.bsky.social
November 15, 2023 at 4:11 PM
Just when you think you’re used to the snakes, gators, coyotes, bobcats, Bufo toads and all of the many bugs:
November 13, 2023 at 1:40 PM
Why aren’t more sports teams named for mythological creatures? So many good ones no one’s even using
November 10, 2023 at 1:54 PM
I’m sure this time of year— when you can see Christmas lights, inflatable turkeys, and skeletons peeking out of coffins all within a block—is magical everywhere
But I think it’s extra special when you live in a place that’s still too hot for any of it
November 10, 2023 at 2:31 AM
Just wrote “November” rather than “Friday” at the top of tomorrow’s to-do list before copying over all the things I didn’t get done today
Nice try, brain!
November 10, 2023 at 2:28 AM
What’s going on with students’ use of ChatGPT and the like this semester? Beth McMurtrie (not on here yet) and I are doing a bit of crowd sourcing for a story we’re working on. If you’re teaching college students and have thoughts on this, tell us here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Teaching Alongside ChatGPT
The fall of 2023 is the first full semester in which faculty members have had a chance to rethink their teaching in a world where generative AI tools such as ChatGPT are ubiquitous. We want to hear ab...
docs.google.com
November 2, 2023 at 8:37 PM
At this point in my life, I think a good superpower would be the ability to make my coffee stay the correct temperature until I finish drinking it.
October 20, 2023 at 2:13 PM
De-pluralize a band

U1
de-pluralize a band

The Killer
depluralize a band

singlet of a down
October 19, 2023 at 5:18 PM
You can read this week’s Teaching newsletter (with insights from @jessicazeller.bsky.social) here: www.chronicle.com/newsletter/t...
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October 12, 2023 at 7:25 PM
Man, I don’t care how good generative AI gets: I don’t think I’ll ever get a story done without at least one conversation with a human colleague who gently suggests I might get myself unstuck if I try doing some more reporting and/ or writing
October 12, 2023 at 7:15 PM
I should have said this the first time: Megan recently shifted beats and is covering faculty issues. So if you have some thoughts on that, get in touch!
Since it's what got me onto Bluesky, I may as well make this story my first post. I spoke to @aheadofthenerve.bsky.social, @holdenthorp.bsky.social and @tnfalpha.bsky.social about Katalin Karikó's Nobel Prize. Is it karmic payback, evidence that academic science is broken, or somewhere in between?
Penn Demoted Her. Then She Won the Nobel Prize.
On Katalin Karikó's triumphant vindication.
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October 6, 2023 at 12:28 PM
Reposted by Beckie Supiano
Since it's what got me onto Bluesky, I may as well make this story my first post. I spoke to @aheadofthenerve.bsky.social, @holdenthorp.bsky.social and @tnfalpha.bsky.social about Katalin Karikó's Nobel Prize. Is it karmic payback, evidence that academic science is broken, or somewhere in between?
Penn Demoted Her. Then She Won the Nobel Prize.
On Katalin Karikó's triumphant vindication.
www.chronicle.com
October 5, 2023 at 6:33 PM
Recent articles on barriers to better teaching have me wondering how pervasive straight lecturing is in higher ed. I know this study www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles... re: STEM & this finding that profs underestimate how much they lecture digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/cgi/viewcont... is there more?
Anatomy of STEM Teaching in American Universities: A Snapshot from a Large-Scale Observation Study
National and local initiatives focused on the transformation of STEM teaching in higher education have multiplied over the last decade. These initiatives often focus on measuring change in instruction...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
September 29, 2023 at 1:57 PM
Briefly considered using the old Twitter egg for my photo. Too soon?
September 25, 2023 at 11:11 PM