Art Studio assistant professor Timothy Hyde uses Otter.ai, an audio transcription app supercharged by artificial intelligence, to recognize individual voices and record student workshop conversations while tagging the names of each participating student. Hyde strategically divides students into small groups to record their discussions and peer critiques. Once a student records their critique session on Otter, the student shares the link with Hyde so that he can review the conversation. This approach harnesses the power of small group work - students speak with each other unselfconsciously and enthusiastically, while the instructor gets to listen in to their best version of themselves participating in the content of the class.
