Teaching, technology, and the craft of learning.

I'm Dr. Akesha Horton. I study how people learn, build tools that make learning visible, and help faculty and students work boldly with AI, evidence first.

 

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  • Writing

    4 Degrees & Feelings: AI + Tea, my newsletter on AI and higher ed.

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  • AI Explorations

    Interactive tools, games, and experiments I built while learning to code.

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  • Coaching

    Achieving with Dr. A: strengths-based coaching for academics in motion.

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  • Quilling

    Paper art and calm from the All My Quills studio.

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  • YouTube

    Achieve with Dr. A: building apps and better weeks, on camera.

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    I Built a Free AI Comic Maker

    My sister showed me how to fix it. On Panel Pipeline, comics, and building with family feedback.

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Evidence based practitioner

Research, funding, publications, and talks on generative AI in computing education, authentic assessment, and faculty development. More than fifteen years across eight institutions in two countries.

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