Professor Laurie Miller

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Professor Laurie Miller

INTO Mason instructor at George Mason University

10/18/2024

I have been asked by many colleagues about my dissertation, and it's hard for me to sum it up quickly.

Imagine my happiness when I learned about NotebookLM, a free web-based AI service (from Google, so it uses Gemini -- https://notebooklm.google/) that helps you draw insights from documents (and links & recordings) that you upload. The insights it draws come ONLY from these sources.

One of the coolest tools it offers is the creation of a customized audio summary, in the form a podcast between two interlocutors, that sound pretty dang human. So for those who would like to listen to a short podcast that introduces the concepts in my dissertation, here you go:

https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/b0d75909-77bd-4b19-9728-f8a3f03b7ec2/audio

10/17/2024

Did you know that humans process speech and song differently? Did you know that singing is a universal human trait? Curious to know why humans across cultures sing? Read or listen to this podcast -- but if you listen you will get some special musical treats.https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/does-singing-have-an-evolutionary-purpose/

08/28/2024

I totally agree with the need to integrate A.I. generative chat bots (LLMs) into writing instruction. As a student I lived through the math pedagogy revolution and its embracing of calculators and PCs, so as an instructor, I can live through this next revolution in composition pedagogy.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/ai-and-the-case-for-project-based-teaching

08/12/2024

Sketchplanations offers good advice for using for visual design. Humans have always been focused on visual cues, and in our current "fast media" era, it is important to design course materials that lean on visual cues for conveying meaning quickly. https://sketchplanations.com/gestalt-principles

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