Theory & Practice
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Theoretical Frameworks for GenAI and Learning
A big question in education research right now is whether generative AI (genAI) can help students learn. It’s an important question because we know that many students are using genAI to assist in their college coursework (Arowosegbe et al., 2024; Johnston et al., 2024), and genAI is being integrated into many tools, often marketed as…
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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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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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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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Group Norms
Peer interactions and group work are at the heart of the learning experiences in the higher-education setting. One of the practices that help groups to function well is the establishment of group norms. Group norms are the informal, socially shared standards against which the appropriateness of behaviors in groups is evaluated (Cialdini & Trost, 1998).…
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Overview of the EDLI Logic Model
This logic model is both a program planning and a program evaluation tool for the MSU EDLI Collective.This logic model is a visual illustration of the MSU EDLI collective’s resources, activities and expected outcomes. It is a tool used to simplify complex relationships between various components and can be used during program planning, implementation and…
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Model for Professional Development and Course Quality in Online Teaching
The Challenge: What Resources to Draw On When Planning Online Learning When developing online courses it is often difficult, as an instructor, to determine which resources to connect with at different points of the process. From an administrative perspective, it can also be difficult to determine which supports to invest in and plan for,…