01 Jun Reflective Blog Series on AI in Higher Education—A Call for Writers
About the Blog Series
This initiative uses a collaborative, multimodal autoethnographic methodology to document the lived experiences of educators, researchers, and designers using AI in their professional work. Through monthly blog posts published on Opened Culture, contributors reflect on their evolving practices, tensions, breakthroughs, and positionalities in relation to AI tools. Each series draws from a shared set of research questions, reflective writing prompts, and storytelling arcs to guide contributions and surface emergent insights across time.
The series operates as both a real-time scholarly inquiry and a participatory form of knowledge production—designed to keep pace with the rapid evolution of AI in education while challenging the slowness of the traditional research-to-practice cycle. At the conclusion of each series, the collected reflections will undergo a grounded theory analysis, with findings informing future publications, funded research proposals, and open educational resources.
Why This Matters
This reflective series bridges that gap by creating a living, dynamic record of our experiences with AI tools in research and instruction. Together, we’ll document our successes, challenges, and evolving understandings in real time, offering a resource that is:
- Collaborative and Iterative: Insights will emerge as we engage with one another’s experiences.
- Timely and Transparent: Reflections will be shared openly on the Opened Culture website.
- Transformative: Contributions will inform an ethnographic analysis that leads to future publications and presentations.
Choose the option that fits your time and interest. You can choose to reflect through one of two lenses: AI and research or AI and instructional design. Not sure? Many contributors find their work sits at the intersection of both—and that’s welcome too.
What Happens After You Submit?
Your insights may be shared (with your permission) in presentations, toolkits, and publications. After the series concludes, all reflections will undergo a multimodal grounded theory analysis. The patterns and tensions we surface will shape a final scholarly output—either a publication or digital resource capturing emergent insights across higher ed roles. We’ll share drafts with you if your voice is included and ask for your input and consent before publication. You choose your credit level: full name, first name only, or anonymous.
Do I need to be an expert in AI in order to participate?
No—beginners, skeptics, and experimenters are all welcome.
Based on which option I choose, how long will it take for me to complete my submission?
Option A: Submitting your insights via online form takes about 10 minutes depending on how detailed your responses are.
Option B: Completing an interview on Zoom takes around 30 minutes.
Option C: Writing your blog post from start to finish will take, on average, around 1–2 hours (not including research), with optional peer review
Can I submit anonymously?
Yes. You choose how (or whether) your name is shown. Additionally, we will be conducting member checks, so you will be able to determine how your insights will be used in the different publications where we feature your perspectives and practices on AI in education.
Will I have editing support?
Yes, we will help you with the editing of your final post?
Can I share this opportunity with others?
Absolutely. Please pass this invitation along to anyone in your network who might have strong insights to contribute.
