Projects

Conceptual map titled “The Decision Map.” A central blue location pin labeled “YOU ARE HERE” sits at the top. Two main paths diverge from it: a dark blue left path labeled “REFUSAL” leading to a gold book pin that reads “Protect Cognitive Struggle & Human Authorship,” and a teal right path labeled “ADOPTION” leading to a teal star pin that reads “AI Fluency as Baseline Skill.” A warning sign on the left reads “Pitfall: Unemployability?” with the note “(Though we may all become unemployable anyway).” A warning sign on the right reads “Pitfall: Loss of Cognitive Development,” accompanied by a small illustration of a student asking an AI “What is 2 + 2?” with the label “passive offloading.” A fainter central path is labeled “Engagement + Disclosure (transparency path).” At the bottom, a note states: “All paths must still reckon with David et al. (2024): Thinking is unpleasant. Cognitive offloading is natural.”

Module 4: Argue — How Universities Should Respond to Generative AI

Joseph M. Moxley

Canvas is the official record: due dates, submission links, and grading are in Canvas. This page provides instructional content for Module 4. Module 4 Research Question How should universities respond to generative AI, and what is the strongest argument you can make for your position? Stage 1 · 11/2 · 100 pts Mapping the Conversation ...

Image of a billboard that reads, Stop Hiring Humans! AI Agents never sleep. They are trained on the knowledge of all humankind. They don't complain about work-life balance.

Module 3: Literature Review – What is the Future of Work in the Age of Superintelligence?

Canvas is the official record: due dates, submission links, and grading are in Canvas. This page provides instructional content for Module 3. Module 3 Research Question Given what the research predicts about AI’s impact on your target field, what AI literacies and independent learning strategies do you need to develop to remain competitive — and ...

Illustration of a person pushing a large boulder labeled “Knowledge,” “The Scholarly Conversation of Humankind,” and “Agency” up a steep hill while a translucent AI figure assists from above.

Module 2: Investigate – How GenAI Shapes Creativity, Thinking, and Agency

Joseph M. Moxley

Canvas is the official record: due dates, submission links, and grading are in Canvas. This page provides instructional content for Module 2. Module 2 Research Question What does current scholarship tell us about how GenAI affects students’ creativity, critical thinking, and agency — and what does your own experience reveal when you put those findings ...

a pic of a woman creating cave art, a monk writing a note with a quill pen, a woman on keyboard, and a man talking to GenAI

Module 1: Historicize — Writing as Technology, From Cuneiform to GenAI

Joseph M. Moxley

Canvas is the official record: due dates, submission links, and grading are in Canvas. This page provides instructional content for Module 1. Module 1 Research Question How has writing — from cuneiform to GenAI — shaped human consciousness, agency, and cognitive development? Stage 1 · 9/1 Synthesis Post 400 words. Synthesize Ong and Bolter’s arguments ...

Guidelines for Evaluating and Revising Your Methodological Critique with GenAI Feedback

Purpose This exercise helps you evaluate and plan revisions for your Methodological Critique by using GenAI tools as diagnostic partners. You will prompt multiple GenAI systems with the official grading rubric, compare their assessments, and decide which feedback to act on. The goal is not to rewrite your critique now but to produce an informed, ...

Guidelines for Summary and Synthesis of Readings — Methodological Critique

Purpose This exercise prepares you for the Methodological Critique (Research Note) by helping you synthesize key readings on how scholars evaluate the quality, credibility, and authority of research. You will explore how methodological critique functions as part of the ongoing conversation of humankind (Bruffee, 1984), revealing how disagreements among scholars reflect differences in epistemological assumptions ...

A person pushes a large boulder labeled “Human Agency” up a hill while a glowing, digital figure helps from behind.

Career Competencies in the AI Frontier

Deliverables Introduction to the Module This module asks you to investigate how AI is reshaping career readiness in a field that interests you. The research question driving your work: In a career field that interests you, which tasks are most exposed to AI automation—and which human competencies will matter more as a result? Some business ...

A young professional in a powdered wig and 18th-century costume stands confidently at a conference table, presenting to colleagues in modern business attire. The caption on the image reads: "What is wrong with this picture?"

The Language of Work: Style, Rhetoric, and Visual Design in Professional Communication

Deliverables If you used GenAI to complete any deliverable, you must submit a Metacognitive Report alongside your assignment. For the exercises, the report can be as concise as 250 words. For the Creative Challenge, the report should be more substantive because it should summarize how you used GenAI across the exercises leading up to it ...

Professional Writing – Summary of Course Projects – ENC 2251 (Spring 2026)

Course Modules The Language of Work: Style, Rhetoric, and Visual Design in Professional Communication In this module you move from analysis to creation, completing an assignment sequence that asks you to write, design, and present for real workplace audiences. You begin with an instruction manual that teaches coworkers core design principles, then record a presentation ...

Rhetorical Analysis Exercise #1

Before You Begin Read the Introduction to the Course (above).Read the following short articles: These readings will help you apply rhetorical concepts—audience, purpose, ethos, genre, and context—to your analysis of this scholarly journal. Purpose This assignment helps you understand how scholarly communities in Professional and Technical Communication (PTC) define what counts as credible knowledge. By ...