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| Manisha Khetarpal |
The book is a collection of articles, which apparently came from an event at Jasper National Park. It is very difficult to work out what exactly this was, from the introduction by Darrion Letendre. However, Manisha' chapter is a lot easier to follow, describing a Listening Continuum Framework, derived from learning with Indigenous colleagues and students.
Manisha describes intentional listening as a process for "respectful, relational learning environments". While framed for indigenous pedagogy, this could be usefully applied in any classroom, or with online learning. It provides a useful counter to the AI driven rush to push content onto students, and a solution to the problem of students submitting AI generated work.
This approach is reminiscent of Johnnie Moore's "Unhurried Conversations", as detailed in his book "Unhurried: What's possible beyond busyness?". However, Manisha focuses on education, a rubric is presented with four levels (Not yet, to Consistent), & three criteria (presence; understanding & action; discernment & care). This is useful for taking a abstract idea and turning it into something a teacher can teach and assess. Rather than just measure output rubrics often only measure an individual final product, Manisha suggests assessing student's group learning. These are the "soft skills" which university administrators like to talk about, but academics don't like to tackle. However, combating AI based cheating will remain an impossible challenge if we just try to teach the same old way to assess the same old things.
