This is the second post in the To Ask or Not Ask the Question in ChatGPT series. The first post focused on using ChatGPT to ask questions and gather information, while this post highlights best practices when asking ChatGPT to ask questions, starting the research process, and teaching strategies to introduce these ideas to students. […]
Meet Mahi-Bot 🐟, the Cal State Channel Island Extended University’s AI 24/7 friendly guide. Inspired by Ekho, the dolphin, and powered by Playlab, this chatbot is designed to support prospective and current students, international students, and the OLLI community after hours. Why Mahi-Bot? We needed an AI tool that was both cost-effective (free, in this […]
This is the first post in the series “To Ask or Not to Ask the Question in ChatGPT.” It will discuss concerns surrounding ChatGPT’s ability to answer questions. The next post will explore how ChatGPT can help our students with the research process and best practices for asking questions. When I first learned about ChatGPT, I […]
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 […]
In Fall 2024, I took a bold leap into the AI frontier and introduced two Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot patients into my Disability Services undergraduate course. The mission? To revolutionize how students learn disability diagnoses, refine their interviewing skills, and conduct biopsychosocial assessments. In a previous blog, I shared my first foray into this AI […]
Motivations As I began my role as an assistant professor at CSUCI in Fall 2023, I introduced a “get-to-know-you” questionnaire as the first assignment. This questionnaire invites students to share their motivations for enrolling in the course, along with details about their academic and personal backgrounds, any concerns, and questions they may have for me. […]
During my summer residency as part of the AI program at CSU Channel Islands, I discovered playlab.ai, a platform that enables users to create their own chatbot AIs. An initial example demonstrated a chatbot designed to answer syllabus-related questions for students—a useful tool indeed. However, I immediately saw the potential for a more innovative application: […]
In Summer 2023, Teaching and Learning Innovations (TLi) launched our AI Residency, an experimental opportunity for a CSU Channel Islands staff member and a faculty member to join the TLi team in a summer of exploring, tinkering, learning, and critically analyzing AI diffusion in higher education. Through weekly meetings with demonstrations, a shared commitment to […]
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, […]
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 […]
