Episode 27: Lew Ludwig

"You can’t ask AI to do what you don’t understand."

"I once thought an epsilon-delta proof was just busy work… until years later I saw why it mattered."

Join Tricia's discussion with Lew Ludwig in the 27th episode of The Opposite of Cheating Podcast. Lew, a math professor and former teaching center director at Denison University, helps us think about how STEM faculty can teach for integrity in the age of AI and what faculty can do to build trust, foster critical thinking, and meaningfully integrate AI into teaching. Tricia and Lew also touch on how institutions can better support faculty adapting to this rapidly changing landscape.

You can follow Lew on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/lew-ludwig/

Resources

Marc Watkins Rhetorica Newsletter (https://marcwatkins.substack.com/) and Chronicle of Higher Education columns (https://www.chronicle.com/author/marc-watkins?sra=true)

The TILT Framework (Mary-Ann Wilkelmes) https://www.tilthighered.com/resources (navigate to Example Assignment Prompts for STEM examples)

Backwards Design (Dee Fink) https://ceils.ucla.edu/map-your-course-with-backward-design/

Expert Blindspot https://blogs.iu.edu/citl/2023/04/10/reflecting-on-expert-blind-spots-to-improve-skills-based-teaching/

Todd Zakrajsek's The New Science of Learning and Dynamic Lecturing (https://www.toddzakrajsek.com/publications)

Ezra Klein's Podcast Episode: We have to really rethink the purpose of education (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-rebecca-winthrop.html)

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