Meet TLi’s Updated Course Starter Kit Building a course from scratch takes time that could be spent on what matters most: your content and your students. Teaching and Learning Innovations’ Course Starter Kit 3.0 is a Canvas template designed to give faculty a strong, accessible course foundation— one that already reflects best practices in inclusive […]
As AI tools become more common in our daily work, one thing is becoming clear: the quality of what you get depends on how you ask. Prompts, the instructions or questions we input into a generative AI tool, directly influence the caliber and content of the response you will get. If the prompt entered is […]
Although the academic year is only halfway through, the Teaching and Learning Innovations team spent some time reflecting on things we are proud of in 2025! Together with campus and community partners, we accomplished a lot behind the scenes and in the digital spaces at CSU Channel Islands, so it was challenging to narrow them […]
Introduction Building engaging online learning experiences to be sustainable and reusable for always-evolving student populations is no easy task. In a higher education system that attracts students with different life stories, it is important to consider what biases are brought into the course development process and how the institution can adjust to more closely meet […]
Background Between 2013 and 2019, CI’s average postgraduate completion rate (16.8%) exceeded the national average of 14.4% (U.S. Census Bureau, 2022). Research-related courses as well as support for attending professional conferences likely contributed to this success. However, completion rates among historically underrepresented groups (HUG), first-generation students, and Pell Grant-eligible students remained disproportionately lower, ranging from […]
In February, the CSU announced a program that will offer members access to OpenAI’s ChatGPT Edu. As ChatGPT Edu rolls out and more staff, faculty, and students engage with this technology, education on how to use this tool effectively and communicate with AI becomes essential. This post will explore the basics of writing prompts and share tips […]
Are you curious about how to elevate student engagement in your courses? Faculty at CSUCI are doing just that by transforming their teaching with PlayPosit, a digital learning tool that allows instructors to create interactive video experiences through embedded questions, comprehension checks, and reflection prompts (if this sounds familiar to you, you may recall our Engaging […]
This is the seventh post of the Carefully Curated Series for the Spring 2024 semester. In your teaching career, think about how many times you have had to remind a student about something included in the syllabus gently. Sometimes, it can be stressful to realize someone has made it deep into a semester without being aware of […]
This is the fourth post of the Carefully Curated Series for the Spring 2024 semester. Planning an online asynchronous course is no easy task– it requires thoughtful preparation, a generous chunk of time, and the bandwidth to learn new digital tools. But the course planning doesn’t end when the semester begins. As students progress through the course, […]
Since 2018, CSUCI has offered Learning Online 101 (LOL 101), a self-paced tutorial for students that prepares them for technical and academic success in online and blended courses. Instructors import LOL 101 as an assignment in their course, where students complete the tutorial and earn a badge. As of now, over 10,000 students have been […]
