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An Example Report from a Faculty Fellowship with EDLI
EDLI engages with instructors from our three colleges each semester to design, implement and analyze a project focused on enhancing teaching and learning practice in their coursework. This post highlights an example outcome from a faculty fellowship during the 2022-23 year, sharing our analysis of a large course’s alignment based on student survey data. The…
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Returning to Instruction – February 2023
This post provides some resources for faculty resuming courses in February 2023. Per guidance from the Provost’s office, faculty are encouraged to be flexible and accommodating with themselves and their students. Some courses may resume as planned, and others may need to make pedagogical changes in order to accommodate faculty and student needs. These changes…
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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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Promoting Instructor and Student Satisfaction in Hyflex and Blended Courses
Many current educators have developed a strong reaction to the term “hyflex”—most often one of horror, an involuntary recoil as they relive forced emergency instruction and the chaotic semesters that followed the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, some instructors and institutions have embraced hyflex and other blended modalities for the flexibility they afford students,…
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New Faculty Teaching Resources/Semester Readiness
Overview: Each semester EDLI team members and collaborators have provided support for new instructors on campus and opportunities for consulting in preparation for the semester. Outcomes: Provided support and resources to assist faculty in course preparation and management which included a cross-disciplinary perspective. This project provides faculty with an opportunity for cross-disciplinary perspectives on their…
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Colleges Online Learning Academy (COLA)
Overview: The Colleges Online Learning Academy is a summer teaching fellowship for graduate students that provides a $1,000 stipend and an opportunity for students across the three EDLI colleges to develop their online teaching skills, network with other graduate students, explore research on a teaching topic of interest, and compile a teaching portfolio. Outcomes: We…
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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…