Prof. Browning Completes Sunflower Grant

Posted on 12/13/2024 by mbrowning

Mark Browning was awarded a Sunflower Grant for integrating sustainability curriculum into his Composition I course. This grant is a program of the JCCC Sustainability office, designed to spread sustainability learning into all corners of the college coursework. He completed the work in the fall 2024 semester but intends to continue using the assignments in future Composition I offerings.

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Prof. Cryer publishes in Inside Higher Education

Posted on 12/11/2024 by mbrowning

Daniel Cryer has just published an article in Inside Higher Education. The article,  “To Use AI or Not to Use AI? A Student’s Burden,” takes up the question in the title. Don’t have time to read it? Below is a summary—you guessed it—created by AI:

The increasing use of AI writing tools has created a new reality for college students, who must now navigate the responsibility of upholding academic integrity. With professors’ AI policies being inconsistent and unenforceable, students are left to decide how much to rely on AI for their coursework. This “responsibilization” of students can be overwhelming and unfair, as they are expected to discern what knowledge and skills they need without adequate guidance or resources.

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Professor Texter Tracks his Progress

Posted on 12/04/2024 by mbrowning

In his latest article on the financial site The Humble Dollar, Doug Texter presents “Tracking my Progress.” There you can discover some of the financial details that he records in his journal but not the dollar amounts or credit-score figures that go along with those.

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Prof. Gulley Presents at TYCA-Midwest

Posted on 11/03/2024 by mbrowning

On October 18, Professor Beth Gulley delivered her presentation, “When Designing Learning Activities Feels Like Too Much Hustle with Not Enough Flow,” at the TYCA-Midwest conference in Livonia, Michigan.

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JOCO Con Has Landed

Posted on 10/30/2024 by mbrowning

On Saturday, October 12, JCCC’s first Sci-Fi convention (in decades), materialized in the MTC. Around 100 people, both students and community, heard Roland Mann, a former editor from Marvel comics and current professor at Full Sail University, speak. JCCC English faculty Danny Alexander, Diane Davis, Maureen Fitzpatrick, Beth Gulley and Bob Sykora all participated as well. Oddly, co-directors of the event, David Davis and Doug Texter had no photos to prove that the event transpired, but a fuzzy image of Bigfoot in MTC 122 might be suggestive.

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