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MSU Khanmigo Pilot Program
Michigan State University is excited to offer you an exclusive opportunity to participate in our pilot of Khanmigo, an innovative AI tutor developed by Khan Academy. Khanmigo is designed to help you enhance your understanding of math and other academic subjects through personalized, interactive learning experiences. This opportunity is currently for students in MSU Pathway…
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2024 Evaluations for our COLA Graduate Teaching Fellowship
We have updated the Colleges Online Learning Academy (COLA) website with student evaluations and deliverables from the 2024 year, which appears to have had a greater impact on students’ digital pedagogy skills, scholarly identity, and inclusive teaching practices than our 2023 year of the fellowship. You can see the evaluation results and selected student COLA…
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Evaluating Workshops: A Practical Guide for Practitioners
Recently, we employed a comprehensive evaluation framework to appraise a multi-day workshop on integrating generative AI into course design. In this article, we will walk you through the evaluation and data collection procedures and reflect on how such evaluation studies can aid practitioners in refining their workshops. We started by selecting the framework where, in this…
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The “R” (Research) and “E” (Evaluation) of our Work: Insights from the 2024 EDLI Fall Retreat
On October 22, 2024, the EDLI team members gathered for the 2024 Fall Retreat, where discussions centered around our ongoing work on Research, Evaluation, and Implementation (REI). A key focus of our session was to unpack the differences between research (R) and evaluation (E), an important distinction that has continuously shaped how we approach our…
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Using ChatGPT to Bring Fire-Breathing Camel Dragons to Life
As a new member of the EDLI team, I was eager to start practicing with ChatGPT and testing its boundaries. I thought I would start by trying to get ChatGPT 4 to generate a fire-breathing camel dragon. In case you are unfamiliar, here is a depiction of the fearsome beast in question: This sketch was…
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Inviting ChatGPT into Technical Writing Classes: Opportunities, Challenges, and Student Perceptions
Imari Cheyne Tetu will present some of her EDLI research next week at the 2024 SIGDOC conference in Washington, DC. This study looked at ChatGPT’s potential to support and enhance the learning experience for students in technical writing courses and found that it can be a useful tool for demonstrating both positive and negative practices…
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EDLI to Host 3 Day NSF Workshop on Generative AI Ethics
The EDLI team has received an NSF grant to host a three-day workshop on generative AI (genAI) ethics for STEM educators. The workshop aims to foster responsible AI use and promote inclusive and ethical practices in STEM education. As genAI becomes more common in schools and workplaces, educators must understand and address its ethical implications…