A conversation with Orion Kidder, clinical assistant professor in Humanities, on the Vancouver campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University, where Orion is the coordinator of the academic writing centre and teaches Composition, Professional Writing, Communication, as well as Literary Studies. Teaching English writing to a student cohort with a majority of non-native writers, Orion has been on the frontline of the attack "generative AI" has carried out on traditional assessment. We discuss his (ongoing) response, his position on AI, his views as to the future of the technology in education - after which chatting about his research on comic books is a welcome respite. Orion on Mastodon Chapters: 00:05 Introduction 01:27 Teaching English writing to majority non-native English writers# 02:45 The arrival of generative AI 04:31 Disgression on The Bubble 05:00 Institutional attitude to AI 06:20 Redesigning assessment modalities in response 08:13 Incentive structures for overseas students in Canada 10:24 Misconduct in formative assessment? 11:13 On academics using AI 12:36 The point of essays 13:53 Do profs underestimate the prevalence of AI-misconduct? 14:54 Perspective from the Academic Skills Centre 15:50 Wishing for the collapse of a Bullshit Industry 16:35 But this will deepen educational in equality. 17:01 On the economics of the AI industry 18:46 Co-optation of AI by the higher ed. sector. 19:33 Productivity and 'boss-brained' users 21:34 But isn't there a valid pedagogical use? 24:10 Education reacting rather than responding 25:25 Precedents in failed education trends and education moral panics 27:17 Is there hope for Gen Z students? 31:00 Orion's comic book research 33:21 End bit.
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