Robots Don’t Have a Favorite Snack

In a world of interconnected lives and the acceleration and insertion of AI into workflows and methodologies, it can be easy to lose sight of the importance of seeing students holistically and through empathetic approaches and not just task-completing droids. Our students are made up of needs and desires that can exhibit in the classroom and online. Simply put, robots don’t have a favorite snack, but our students do. How can we get to know our students, even the ones we only meet virtually? This panel talk aims to identify core ways to get to know our students and also seek to empathize with them in a changing landscape of synchronous and asynchronous learning environments. Part of a Panel with Marvin Eans Our Students Are Not Robots: Engaging Students in a Virtual World.