From Daniel Stanford:
I’m working on an interactive tool to help faculty visualize their workload and think through which instructional tasks they might cut back on. Faculty are so overextended, and I’ve found they’re extremely grateful when I acknowledge:
- their bandwidth for new tasks is very limited
- they shouldn’t feel guilty if they haven’t found time to test NotebookLM, make a custom chatbot, or “AI proof” their assessments
- they should focus first on fundamentals that have a big impact on student success
- they’re probably already doing a lot of things right
- if they can find an hour or two per term to try something new, that should be celebrated
The task visualization tool is definitely a work in progress, so feel free to leave feedback in the comments or message me.
For more on how and why he developed this tool, read Promoting Pedagogical Pruning: Helping Faculty Visualize, Prioritize, and Pare Back Instructional Tasks.