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 […]
In November 2025, the Martin V. Smith School of Business & Economics launched its first issue of Channeling AI: A Newsletter of AI and Business Analytics for the CI Community. To spotlight this achievement and provide some context, we had a Q&A with Minder Chen, Professor of Management Information Systems, and Nicholas Bridgman, Graduate Assistant […]
A little over ten years ago, on September 4, 2014, when Teaching & Learning Innovations was just getting started, our neophyte team launched the Teaching & Learning Innovations blog. We didn’t know what it would become. What we knew was that we needed a space to talk about our work. A space to share the […]
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 […]
TLi is excited to introduce our 2024-2025 AI-Focused Digital Learning Mentors! The Digital Learning Mentor (DLM) program is back after a three-year hiatus to provide individualized peer support for faculty navigating the rapidly changing landscape of AI in higher education. What are Digital Learning Mentors? Digital Learning Mentors are faculty members with training, interest, and […]
Teaching and Learning Innovations is thrilled to welcome Stacey Beauregard to our team! In 2024-2025, Stacey is joining us in the role of Faculty Learning Design Coordinator, a new position that will lead core learning design initiatives for CSU Channel Islands. Stacey Beauregard has been a Lecturer in English at CSUCI for more than ten […]
In Fall of 2022, Megan Eberhardt-Alstot received the President’s Staff Award for Innovation. As a valued member of the Teaching and Learning Innovations team, Megan has found creative ways to leverage technology and center humans to design for learning experiences. In this post, we share Megan’s 2022 speech, which continues to have relevance today. Transcript […]
At the 2023 President’s Convocation, Assistant Professor of Education, Tadashi Dozono, was awarded the President’s Award for Teaching and Innovation. The Teaching and Learning Innovations team has been proud to partner with Dr. Dozono on the Equity Inquiry Project, for which he was aptly recognized, and we are excited to continue our celebration of him through the […]
Teaching and Learning Innovations (TLi) is thrilled to welcome Learning Designer, Georgia Van Tyne, to our team. As TLi’s Learning Design Lead, I am excited to introduce you to Georgia! What is a Learning Designer? At CSUCI, Learning Designers seek to innovate teaching and learning through partnerships that extend to faculty teaching online. While integrating […]
One of my mentors once told me that the best way to build a team is to surround yourself with people that bring to the table strengths that balance your own weaknesses. In other words, embrace hiring people that are strong and talented in areas that you are not. I am happy to say that […]
