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Navigating the IRB Process for Generative AI Research
Figure: The IRB Process for Generative AI Research. This figure may be shared and used freely with proper attribution to the creator. When I embarked on my research project analyzing student surveys using ChatGPT, I knew I needed to go through the Institutional Review Board (IRB) process. My goal was to explore whether ChatGPT—or any…
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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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Listening to Students When It Matters: How MidFACT can Transform Teaching at MSU
MidFACT—Midsemester Feedback for Actionable Course Transformation Every instructor wants to create a meaningful and engaging learning experience, but how do we know if students genuinely connect with the material? Traditional student evaluations often come at the end of the semester, leaving faculty with valuable insights—but no opportunity to act on them for the current students.…
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Celebrating our Unfunded Grants
By Caitlin Kirby, Associate Director of Research & Interim EDLI co-Director I was trained as a graduate student to embrace failure as an expected part of my professional career. That training embodied itself in the outfit I wore for my dissertation defense in 2019. I made a skirt out of a selection of rejection letters…
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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…