The AI Grief Cycle

Christopher Ostro discusses the AI grief cycle on episode 601 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

The fact is there are things we’re grieving. Our job has profoundly changed in huge ways in a very short period of time.
-Christopher Ostro

Our traditional assessments suddenly are not working effectively like we used to think that they did.
-Christopher Ostro

I want my students to view me as a resource and as someone that they can trust.
-Christopher Ostro

When something makes me uncomfortable, I want to lean in and understand it better.
-Christopher Ostro

Resources

• AI Grief Cycle Talk for CU, by Christoper Ostro
• Slides for Chris’ AI Grief Cycle Talk
• Mosaic Approach Docs from Christopher Ostro
• Swiss Cheese (or Roumy Cheese) Model for Assessment/Assignments
• Swiss Cheese Analogy for COVID-19 – Rumi Cheese Analogy for Inclusive Education, by Maha Bali
• Daniel Stanford’s LinkedIn Post
• Kristen Howerton
• Bonni’s Go Somewhere AI Resources and Episodes
• Chris’ AI Literacy Assignments
• Goblin.Tools
• Long Shadow: Breaking the Internet – The End of the World as We Know It
• What AI Companions Are Missing, by Adam Grant
• Chris’ CU AI Reading Group Reading List