Eric Fournier
@efournier.bsky.social
Director of Educational Development at Washington University in St. Louis
Award winning geography professor now working to help make faculty, grad students and postdocs more effective teachers.
Award winning geography professor now working to help make faculty, grad students and postdocs more effective teachers.
Excited that we now have 403 people registered for this webinar on the PAIRR model: Peer & AI Review + Reflection!
Please join us! If we hit our Zoom limit, we'll set up streaming to YouTube.
Please join us! If we hit our Zoom limit, we'll set up streaming to YouTube.
Interested in inviting students to reflect on AI feedback alongside peer feedback? We’re sharing the open, adaptable materials of the Peer & AI Review + Reflection project.
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Join us July 9 at 1 pm Pacific time/ UTC-7. Register at marin-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 1/3
July 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
New book alert! Thriving in an Academic Career. This one just arrived in the mail. I've got a chapter on course design (co-written with Meg Gregory). This should be a useful resource for early career faculty and Ph.D. students.
January 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
New book alert! Thriving in an Academic Career. This one just arrived in the mail. I've got a chapter on course design (co-written with Meg Gregory). This should be a useful resource for early career faculty and Ph.D. students.
New book for early career faculty and grad students! Topics range from time management to grant writing to service expectations. I contributed a chapter on course design drawn from our CTL's Course Design Institute.
Perfect for a new faculty seminar or reading group
tinyurl.com/8cwae4bd
Perfect for a new faculty seminar or reading group
tinyurl.com/8cwae4bd
Thriving in an Academic Career: An International and Interdisciplinary Guide for Early Career Faculty
This book provides an invaluable guide on how to achieve a successful and fulfilling academic career. Academics must balance multiple roles and responsibilities, between teaching, research, and offeri...
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January 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
New book for early career faculty and grad students! Topics range from time management to grant writing to service expectations. I contributed a chapter on course design drawn from our CTL's Course Design Institute.
Perfect for a new faculty seminar or reading group
tinyurl.com/8cwae4bd
Perfect for a new faculty seminar or reading group
tinyurl.com/8cwae4bd
@liznorell.bsky.social interviewed me for this book and I’m proud to have my story included among so many amazing educators.
If you haven't yet ordered my book, you can get it (and the other wonderful books in the Teaching, Engaging, and Thriving in Higher Ed series) for 40% off in the University of Oklahoma Press holiday sale! Use code 18HLDY24 at checkout. www.oupress.com/978080619469...
The Present Professor - University of Oklahoma Press
It’s hard to learn when you’re under stress, and a lot harder when your teacher is struggling with stress, too. In a world where stress is unavoidable—...
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November 28, 2024 at 1:46 AM
@liznorell.bsky.social interviewed me for this book and I’m proud to have my story included among so many amazing educators.
Gingko sunshine on a rainy day.
November 18, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Gingko sunshine on a rainy day.
Students value instructors who they perceive to be clear in their communication, supportive in their approach, proactive in implementing active learning strategies, and exhibit personal and professional attributes that positively influence their learning experience acue.org/wp-content/u...
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November 18, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Students value instructors who they perceive to be clear in their communication, supportive in their approach, proactive in implementing active learning strategies, and exhibit personal and professional attributes that positively influence their learning experience acue.org/wp-content/u...
We are looking for a new Assistant Director for Teaching Innovation to help us figure out “the whole AI thing” and whatever comes next wustl.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
Assistant Director for Teaching Innovation - The Center for Teaching and Learning
Scheduled Hours 37.5 Position Summary The Assistant Director will focus on educational applications of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) and other innovative technologies in higher education an...
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November 14, 2024 at 1:42 PM
We are looking for a new Assistant Director for Teaching Innovation to help us figure out “the whole AI thing” and whatever comes next wustl.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
Elina Salminen introducing the WashU CTL’s new mascot. The bear needs a name.
October 29, 2024 at 11:41 PM
Elina Salminen introducing the WashU CTL’s new mascot. The bear needs a name.
Overheard while walking across campus. Student 1: “I’m a visual learner”. Student 2: “”You know there is no empirical evidence that supports the idea of learning styles”.
September 26, 2024 at 12:54 AM
Overheard while walking across campus. Student 1: “I’m a visual learner”. Student 2: “”You know there is no empirical evidence that supports the idea of learning styles”.
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My colleague reflects on using GenAI in the humanities ctl.wustl.edu/a-humanists-...
A Humanist’s Adventures with AI - Center for Teaching and Learning
Like anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock for the past two years, I’ve been having an increasing number of conversations about generative AI. Because of the prominence of the topic in the world ...
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July 9, 2024 at 2:19 PM
My colleague reflects on using GenAI in the humanities ctl.wustl.edu/a-humanists-...
Does posting cloud pictures violate Blue Sky policy?
May 22, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Does posting cloud pictures violate Blue Sky policy?
I was delighted to help my dear friend and colleague Jennifer Speights-Binet accept an award for Outstanding Small Department at the annual meeting of the American Association of Geographers. Even though I’m not with Samford University anymore, I did hire Jennifer so I feel OK taking partial credit
April 20, 2024 at 8:58 PM
I was delighted to help my dear friend and colleague Jennifer Speights-Binet accept an award for Outstanding Small Department at the annual meeting of the American Association of Geographers. Even though I’m not with Samford University anymore, I did hire Jennifer so I feel OK taking partial credit
Reposted by Eric Fournier
Newer AI systems like the free version of Claude 3 easily mimic writing to sound more human-like vs ChatGPT. What does it mean for writing, teaching, and learning if you can train a bot that sounds like you in mere moments? marcwatkins.substack.com/p/when-a-tex...
When A Text Generator Writes Like I Do
Before the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain and Europe, a peculiar profession existed—a knocker-upper. For a fee, knocker-uppers would rouse the public come morning and douse the lights each eve...
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April 5, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Newer AI systems like the free version of Claude 3 easily mimic writing to sound more human-like vs ChatGPT. What does it mean for writing, teaching, and learning if you can train a bot that sounds like you in mere moments? marcwatkins.substack.com/p/when-a-tex...
Getting ready for office hours under the cherry tree outside Eads Hall on the beautiful WashU campus.
March 29, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Getting ready for office hours under the cherry tree outside Eads Hall on the beautiful WashU campus.
Very posh setting for my “Writing a Faculty Teaching Statement” workshop. The Chancellor’s Room at WashU!
March 6, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Very posh setting for my “Writing a Faculty Teaching Statement” workshop. The Chancellor’s Room at WashU!
The Center for Teaching and Learning is delighted to announce this new series honoring some of WashU’s most distinguished teachers.
February 12, 2024 at 8:18 PM
The Center for Teaching and Learning is delighted to announce this new series honoring some of WashU’s most distinguished teachers.
Irony! Right in the middle of a Super Bowl T-Mobile internet ad, our T-Mobile internet goes out.
February 12, 2024 at 3:23 AM
Irony! Right in the middle of a Super Bowl T-Mobile internet ad, our T-Mobile internet goes out.
I wrote a blog post on Why Students Drop Classes in the First Week of the Semester. Intended for early career faculty and a reminder that there is a hidden curriculum on both sides of the desk. ctl.wustl.edu/why-students...
February 6, 2024 at 10:39 PM
I wrote a blog post on Why Students Drop Classes in the First Week of the Semester. Intended for early career faculty and a reminder that there is a hidden curriculum on both sides of the desk. ctl.wustl.edu/why-students...
@edufuturist.bsky.social Hi Bryan. I talked with one of your former students (now with Georgetown’s Red House) at the recent AAC&U meeting in DC and she said some very kind things about your engaged and enthusiastic teaching.
January 23, 2024 at 8:23 PM
@edufuturist.bsky.social Hi Bryan. I talked with one of your former students (now with Georgetown’s Red House) at the recent AAC&U meeting in DC and she said some very kind things about your engaged and enthusiastic teaching.
An icy, work-from-home day in St. Louis, but Archie the dog is being a supportive office mate.
January 22, 2024 at 8:54 PM
An icy, work-from-home day in St. Louis, but Archie the dog is being a supportive office mate.
I am loving my new camera bird feeder. I now know that cardinals don’t care for peanuts.
January 14, 2024 at 6:04 PM
I am loving my new camera bird feeder. I now know that cardinals don’t care for peanuts.
Over 200 WashU faculty have gathered for the revival of our bi-annual teaching conference. 20 concurrent sessions and 70 presenters! ITeach2024
January 10, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Over 200 WashU faculty have gathered for the revival of our bi-annual teaching conference. 20 concurrent sessions and 70 presenters! ITeach2024
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Important post from @youtoobio.bsky.social on @dccmath.bsky.social & @roberttalbert.bsky.social's substack. A question, though: if instructors work to address these issues & to confront biases that occur, can we turn that final conference into a driver of equity? gradingforgrowth.com/p/ungrading-...
Ungrading Has an Equity-Related Achilles Heel
Implicit bias is unavoidable in ungraded courses
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January 8, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Important post from @youtoobio.bsky.social on @dccmath.bsky.social & @roberttalbert.bsky.social's substack. A question, though: if instructors work to address these issues & to confront biases that occur, can we turn that final conference into a driver of equity? gradingforgrowth.com/p/ungrading-...
Has anyone read this? It was just gifted to me. I love the image of a pizza brain on the cover.
January 8, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Has anyone read this? It was just gifted to me. I love the image of a pizza brain on the cover.