I spent part of this summer redesigning ENGL 105 (Composition and Rhetoric), a first-year writing course I’ve taught in various forms over twenty years. One of my most useful collaborators was CourseTuner, a custom GPT developed by CSUCI’s Teaching & Learning Innovations (TLi) team. I provided CourseTuner with learning outcomes, assignments, and pieces of my […]
Last time we wrote about Mahi, “Meet Mahi“, we were introducing you to the persona “Mahi” (the helpful dolphin fish), as we launched Mahi-Bot to support students 24/7 through our web-based AI virtual assistant. Jump ahead to today: with two years of data, we have been listening to students through Mahi, AI SMS text messaging, […]
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 […]
This post concludes a 3-part series that drew teaching and learning insights from the Fall 2025 CSU Systemwide AI Survey led by SDSU. The first post reviewed selected responses from the student survey, and the second post reviewed selected responses from professional staff participants. Participation rates neared 50% for each of these groups, individually, and […]
In a recent blog post, we shared some results and insights about student responses to the CSU systemwide AI survey in Fall 2025. With this post, the Teaching and Learning Innovations team reviewed responses from CSUCI staff. We felt that this focus was timely: Earlier this month, Anthropic (one of the more well-known AI companies) […]
In Fall semester 2025, CSU Channel Islands participated in a systemwide AI perception and usage survey designed by researchers at San Diego State University. Remarkably, over 2,000 CSUCI students responded to the survey (CSUCI had similarly strong participation rates among faculty and staff). The full AI Survey Dashboard, with results from all participating campuses, can […]
Last semester’s ChatGPT and research blog series explored ChatGPT being used in the research process, with the advice that even with best practices, it should only be used in the exploration or brainstorming stage. However, not all generative-AI (GenAI) tools function in the same way. Some are designed specifically to support academic research. This post […]
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 […]
This semester, we had the privilege of watching our first cohort of MS Business Analytics students at CSU Channel Islands step into a learning experience unlike anything we have attempted before. What began as a partnership between the CSUCI new MSBA program, the Small Business Development Center (SBDC), and the Economic Development Collaborative (EDC) grew into […]
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 […]
