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Associate Director of Learning Resources, University of Louisville
How one person keeps a weekly AI blog going while running a learning center: an AI agent in Muse that scouts sources, notes on why each one matters, drafting with Claude, and a human check before anything goes live. Plus three prompts to build your own.
Read the piece →AI can make a student's homework better without making the student better at it. What new research on metacognitive offloading and an inverted Bloom's model mean for tutoring sessions, plus three prompts for tutor training.
Read the piece →OpenAI is retiring custom GPTs on December 11 and moving everyone to plugins. What each one is, how a learning center might use plugins, what won't carry over, and three prompts to plan your move.
Read the piece →People remember what they see, not the tables they skim. How to use AI to turn your center's numbers into accurate one-page infographics, why code-built graphics beat image generators for data, and three prompts to try.
Read the piece →Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and Grok compared for learning center work. What each is good at, what happens to student data on personal accounts, and a five-rule FERPA checklist for your staff.
Read the piece →AI will save your center time, but it won't give you space unless someone decides what the recovered hours are for. Lessons from Daniel Sih and Paul Matthews' Wise AI, plus three questions for your next staff meeting.
Read the piece →Doan Winkel's Board of Advisors framework teaches students to use AI as a thinking partner instead of an answer machine. Where it fits in coaching, tutoring, and tutor training, plus a four-week starter sequence.
Read the piece →A SKILL.md file lets you write your instructions once and have AI reuse them every time a task comes up. What it is, why it matters for centers, and four skills worth building.
Read the piece →Playlab lets you build small AI tools shaped around your center's goals, without writing code. What it is, six ways to use it, and how to build your first app.
Read the piece →Instead of telling AI what to do, give it the full picture of your center and let it tell you where it can help. Six prompts, adapted for learning center work.
Read the piece →TracCloud's built-in reports couldn't answer our questions, so we built our own dashboard with Claude Code. A daily CSV keeps it current, and it runs entirely on our own machines.
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