The Teaching, Learning, and Innovation Podcast

Hosted by Dr. Gary Ackerman

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Join Dr. Gary Ackerman on the Teaching, Learning, and Innovation Podcast, recorded in the Multimedia Studios at Greenfield Community College in Franklin County, MA! On each episode of the TL&I Podcast Dr. Ackerman sits down with a staff, faculty, or student body member of the college to discuss the cutting edge of educational technology and all the ways educators and students can harness it. From rapid innovations in artificial intelligence to tried-and-true methods for effective online instruction, The TL&I Podcast will keep the listener up-to-date on all of the latest trends in 21st century learning. Created by Dr. Gary Ackerman Produced by Alex Audette

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September 8, 20252 min

Using PDF Protect in Moodle

A quick how-to for disabling editing, copying, and printing of PDF files in Moodle.

August 21, 20256 min

MIT Article Part 6: Reflections

The third part of the long episode in which we reflect on the importance of the article to our work at GCC.

August 21, 20252 min

MIT Article Part 5: Answers to Research Question #4

The third part of the long episode in which we answer research question #4

August 21, 20253 min

MIT Article Part 4: Answers to Research Question #3

The third part of the long episode in which we answer research question #3.

August 21, 20253 min

MIT Article Part 3: Answers to Research Question #2

The third part of the long episode in which we answer research question #2.

August 21, 20255 min

MIT Article Part 2: Answers Research Question #1

Part 2 of the long episode in which we answer the first research question.

August 21, 20255 min

MIT Article: Part 1

Our 27-minute episode broken into smaller segments. this is the first section.

August 12, 202527 min

The MIT Article: Summary & Refections

In June 2025, a pre-print article was released by a group of scholars working at MIT (and other universities). The article investigated the effects of LLM (ChatPGT) and search engines on adults' abilities to write essays. The article has been the focus of much chatter social media and other sites of interest to educators. In this episode, Catherine Gees, Gary Ackerman, and Jeff Gabraith describe and analyze the article.

August 6, 20257 min

John Dewey and AI

The script of this podcast was generated from a blog post about John Dewey and reflections on his philosophies in an age of AI.

June 11, 202515 min

Retrieval-Augmented Generation: What Is It?

In this episode, which was generated by AI, is based on a blog post about Retrieval-Augmented Generation which is one way we generate text (and other media) in AI systems.