Updates
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Evaluation from the 2025 Colleges Online Learning Academy published
We have evaluated the outcomes and experiences of graduate fellows in EDLI’s summer teaching fellowship for graduate students, the Colleges Online Learning Academy. The evaluation is available in a report published on the Knowledge Commons and as a summary on the updated COLA website.
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Report on Khanmigo usage available
EDLI just completed a report that summarizes student engagement with Khanmigo, Khan Academy’s Generative AI tutoring tool, at Michigan State University. You can find the report on KC Commons at this link.
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EDLI collaboration with University Innovation Alliance featured in student success newsletter
EDLI is collaborating with Maria O’Connell, Jane Zimmerman, and others evaluating the use of Khanmigo for students in Math 103 courses, with support from the University Innovation Alliance. This project has been featured in MSU’s May Student Success Newsletter.
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EDLI’s evaluation of generative AI tutoring featured in the State News
The Office of Undergraduate Education is piloting the use of Khanmigo, a generative AI tutor, with some students on campus. EDLI is involved in evaluating its impacts. You can read about the project and EDLI’s role in this article from the State News.
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EDLI is offering mid-semester course feedback with Mid-FACT
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 educators with valuable insights—but no opportunity to act on them for the current students. This is where MidFACT—Midsemester Feedback for…
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ChatGPT for natural sciences course design: Insights from a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analysis
EDLI team members recently published an article on instructor uses of ChatGP in course planning and content generation among educators. This study examines the initial perspectives of a cohort of five instructors (N = 5) who participated in a 5-day workshop introducing ChatGPT 4.0 for course development. The findings highlighted ChatGPT’s strengths in enhancing course design efficiency,…
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2024 Evaluations for our COLA Graduate Teaching Fellowship
We have updated the Colleges Online Learning Academy (COLA) website with student evaluations and deliverables from the 2024 year, which appears to have had a greater impact on students’ digital pedagogy skills, scholarly identity, and inclusive teaching practices than our 2023 year of the fellowship. You can see the evaluation results and selected student COLA…
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Inviting ChatGPT into Technical Writing Classes: Opportunities, Challenges, and Student Perceptions
Imari Cheyne Tetu will present some of her EDLI research next week at the 2024 SIGDOC conference in Washington, DC. This study looked at ChatGPT’s potential to support and enhance the learning experience for students in technical writing courses and found that it can be a useful tool for demonstrating both positive and negative practices…
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EDLI Receives NSF Workshop Grant
The EDLI team has received an NSF grant to host a three-day workshop on generative AI (genAI) ethics for STEM educators. View the award on NSF’s website to learn more about this grant.