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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…
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EDLI Students Excel at UURAF 2024 with ChatGPT Research
At the 2024 University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF), two EDLI undergraduate research assistants showcased their research on the role of ChatGPT in education and research methodology. Marochelle Moreno, a senior student in Experience Architecture and mentored by Dr. Hala Sun, shared her comparative study on ChatGPT’s potential to expedite the analysis of qualitative…
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EDLI’s evaluation of Packback provides insight for future software evaluation processes
Packback Questions is an AI-enhanced and D2L-integrated discussion forum with a focus on increasing student engagement by encouraging learners to ask critical questions and give meaningful feedback. The EDLI team has conducted an evaluation using data from Fall 2022 to assess how Packback impacted students’ learning across metrics of D2L log-ins as a measure of…
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EDLI Receives National Science Foundation Grant to Improve Blended Courses
EDLI has received a National Science Foundation Improving Undergraduate STEM Education grant of $400k to support research aiming to improve student learning outcomes and equity in blended online and in-person courses. Co-PIs Dr. Caitlin Kirby, EDLI’s Associate Director of Research, and Dr. Casey Henley, Director of Online Programs for the Neuroscience Program and Assistant Professor,…
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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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Teaching Resources – Fall 2023 Quick Links
This short guide lists essential teaching resources for getting started in Fall 2023. Upcoming Events Contacting Your Class The Registrar maintains an registrar’s instructor systems page you can use to contact your class, and which you will use for grading and other tasks. You can often access your class list and the email tool there…
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Generative AI Resources and Events for Michigan State University
With the rapid uptake of the use of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, faculty, staff, and administration across the university have been working to develop workshops, presentations, and resources for educators that are specific to MSU. EDLI is compiling these opportunities on this post. If you have events or links to add to this…
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Asynchronous Workshop Series on Digital Pedagogy, Accessibility, and Inclusion
EDLI facilitates an online graduate fellowship, the Colleges Online Learning Academy, that allows graduate students from our three colleges opportunities for networking, mentorship, creation of deliverables for their professional development as educators, and opportunities for peer review and reflection on teaching practice. In the months of May and June, we put on five workshops for our…
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Developing a Better Way to Share Recorded Workshops
Our team of educators and researchers has been working on ways to translate recordings of synchronous, live workshops (in our case, held online) into engaging asynchronous workshops to share with registrants who couldn’t attend the live event. “I’ll watch the recording” and other lies we tell ourselves It happens often for the naturally curious: you…