“Five semesters after ChatGPT changed education forever, some professors are taking their classes back to the pre-internet era”: from Inside Higher Ed, an article about “The Handwriting Revolution.”
Telling words from one prof: “We’re sometimes pushed to incorporate high-tech tools in our classroom, and this can be difficult to resist, especially if a professor is not tenured or they’re an adjunct.”
Related reading
All OCA handwriting posts (Pinboard)
[As always, handwriting ≠ cursive.]
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Handwriting in college
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For "doesn't equal cursive" ya, my brothers and I all switched (back) to printing in our junior high years.
For the linked argument that white collar workers will use chatGPT in their working world, I remember the Isaac Asimov short story, "A Sense of Power" (I think) where people could push buttons but no one could do arithmetic or the times tables.
I enjoy the power of knowing that if someone asked me a question in an elevator or a boardroom in public then I could think on my feet and essay an answer.
Being able to think on the spot is a real advantage. "You can just look it up" doesn't suffice.
If I were still teaching, I'd greatly resist the our-students-need-to-know-this mantra. What they first need to know is how to think and speak and write clearly and persuasively and ethically.
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