Addressing Challenges
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Automating Course File Analysis: A Data-Driven Approach to Accessibility Reporting
The Problem: Managing Accessibility at Scale With the increasing reliance on digital course materials, higher education institutions face growing challenges in ensuring accessibility compliance. A recent ruling on Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires all publicly funded organizations to meet WCAG 2.1 AA standards for digital content—including instructor materials, internal documents,…
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Generative AI Use Codes
By Stephen Thomas, Evidence Driven Learning Innovation (EDLI) The following is a proposed system of “Generative AI Use Codes” (GAUC) for academic assignments to provide clearer communication between instructors and students. These can be used to communicate the allowed level of generative AI assistance and desired degree of citation in academic tasks. The codes are meant to…
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Surfacing Our Work: Identifying Process Artifacts (1)
Authors: Shannon Kelly & Scott Schopieray Like many working in EdTech, the EDLI team has struggled to find an effective approach to document, publish, and share our work in a timely and engaging way. Given that our scholarly work is often applied in nature, and the outcomes or end products are things like workshops or…
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Short Overview of ChatGPT for University Faculty
This article is part of the work we are doing at MSU to better understand AI tools and their impacts on teaching and learning. To learn more about our work and to see some presentations on the topic please visit the website for our 2023 Symposium on AI in Education and Writing, Much has been…
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NSF COVID-19 DEI Challenge
Overview: The EDLI team developed a submission to the NSF DEI COVID-19 challenge, detailing EDLI as a key player in improving DEI across MSU through projects in student success, course evaluations, and institutional policy changes. Outcomes: A submission representing Michigan State University to the NSF DEI COVID-19 challenge for our work with undergraduates. EDLI submitted…
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Laptop Loan Program
Overview: As education becomes more reliant on technology it becomes important that all students are able to participate in the education experiences. This project incorporated three elements 1) the rewriting of the laptop requirement 2) the purchase of laptops for a loan program administered by the library and 3) an easy way for students to…
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Creating Inclusive Excellence Grant: Peer Teaching Evaluations
Overview: We developed a proposed project to explore the impact of a peer-led teaching evaluation program on retention and sense of community among underrepresented faculty. Outcomes: Grant application to MSU’s Creating Inclusive Excellence Grant program Stephen and Caitlin worked with Michael Lockett of the AAN/HUB to submit an internal grant proposal to the Creating Inclusive…
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Remote Teaching – Spring 2022
Remote Teaching Modified from the CAL Academic Technology Office. MSU has announced that classes for the spring semester will start remotely Jan. 10 and scheduled to last for at least the first three weeks of the semester. Remote teaching will allow the institution to continue to meet its educational mission in the face of this…