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How to Increase Productivity with Chat-GPT, GPT-4, and DALL-E AI on Assessment and Research in Higher Education
06 Feb
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How to Increase Productivity with Chat-GPT, GPT-4, and DALL-E AI on Assessment and Research in Higher Education

As an Associate Professor in Health Sciences and Faculty Academic Assessment Directorat California State University Channel Islands, I have recently integrated Chat-GPT, GPT-4,DALL-E tools into my work, witnessing firsthand their transformative potential to enhanceproductivity in my busy life juggling multiple responsibilities. I conduct research, teach,hold an administrative role as Academic Assessment Director for the University, […]

Online Service-Learning: Lessons from an Asynchronous Course
07 Nov
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Online Service-Learning: Lessons from an Asynchronous Course

In Fall 2021, my program chair, Stacey Anderson, asked if I’d be interested in teaching our Introduction to Grant Writing Course that coming spring. Having taken grant writing courses in my own graduate program and written my own grants for the nonprofits I’m involved with in my local community, I enthusiastically accepted.  When reviewing past […]

Taking a Midjourney Through Image-Generative AI
29 Mar
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Taking a Midjourney Through Image-Generative AI

As of this moment in time, if you were to mention the term artificial intelligence or AI to someone, you’d likely land on the topic of ChatGPT, as it’s been dominating headlines lately. And with good reason, ChatGPT is capable of some really impressive stuff, and it warrants discussions about its ethical uses, what it […]

President’s Staff Award for Excellence: Kristi O’Neil-Gonzalez
26 Aug
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President’s Staff Award for Excellence: Kristi O’Neil-Gonzalez

Teaching and Learning Innovations is so proud to share that one of our own—Kristi-O’Neil-Gonzalez, Instructional Technologist-Accessibility Lead and FIT Studio Coordinator—was named this year’s recipient of the President’s Staff Award for Excellence. Kristi’s expertise and dedicated efforts toward accessibility and inclusion helped TLi articulate this set of values as one of our four core areas […]

The Role of Assessment in Students’ Pursuits of Chemistry
03 Jun
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The Role of Assessment in Students’ Pursuits of Chemistry

In this Resilient Teaching blog post, Program Chair and Professor of Chemistry, Dr. Blake Gillespie shares a curated list of sources for faculty to re-imagine assessments—multiple choice (m/c) exams, in particular, which have been the subject of much discussion in the Spring 2020 pivot to emergency, virtual instruction. Join us LIVE on Facebook on June […]

Virtual Embodiment: High Impact Learning
12 Mar
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Virtual Embodiment: High Impact Learning

It’s officially been one year since we started exploring immersive virtual learning with nursing students, starting with the Embodied Labs product: Becoming Alfred. The virtual product consists of an immersive simulated experience using virtual reality (VR) designed by Embodied Labs. Embodied Labs has three scenario series, referred to as labs: The Alfred Lab: Learners experience life […]

Bridging ideas across courses and disciplines? There’s a map for that!
06 Mar
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Bridging ideas across courses and disciplines? There’s a map for that!

One of the biggest challenges in teaching social statistics is getting students to integrate materials from other classes while also incorporating statistics into their substantive courses. My sociology colleagues and I are constantly trying to move students beyond the “silo” mindset where statistics only exist in the statistics course and social theory only lives in […]

Ideas + Risk + Vulnerability = Innovation
15 May
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Ideas + Risk + Vulnerability = Innovation

Where does innovation come from? I could never imagine the first AUTS, a small concert on the grass, would be transformed into a campus event spanning two nights and three stages with art installations. Innovation for AUTS has evolved from a series of small risks, layered, tangled, and grown into an innovative new model/approach. Producing […]

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