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 […]
The Call to Adventure In Spring 2025, many educators are still grappling with how to deal with AI diffusion and, in particular, how to position students to authentically demonstrate their learning. At the same time, students seek clarity in what counts as acceptable use and what skills they may need to develop to achieve their […]
This is the third part of the Rethinking Online Discussion Boards series, focusing on ways to develop dialogue and belonging in online environments. In this final post, I look at how feedback also depends on humanizing elements to be effective. Numerous challenges complicate feedback in online environments. Here are two: Providing good feedback takes time, […]
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: […]
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 […]
