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 […]
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 […]
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This week, one of my teammates shared the newest in a series of advances in AI capabilities. The reaction speaks to the moment: One person expressed excitement and an earnest desire to explore each and every new feature. Another expressed that they want to run away—that it’s all getting to be too much too fast. […]
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At CSU Channel Islands, we have long espoused servingness as an institutional value that extends beyond enrollment, demographics, labels, and statistics. It’s a celebration of our community, and as Gina Ann Garcia describes, intentional cultivation of institutional structures, practices, and outcomes that ensure Latine students (and, by extension, all students) thrive. In celebration of HSI […]
When we first envisioned Legends of Academia, we knew we wanted it to be different. This wasn’t going to be just another online course for faculty development, it had to feel like an adventure. Our goal was to create an experience that was infused with the nostalgic spirit of 8-bit video games, where each module […]
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. […]
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 […]
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, […]
This is the second part of the Rethinking Online Discussion Boards series, focusing on practical tweaks to Canvas’s existing structures. My TLi Faculty Innovation Fellowship has focused on challenges with online discussion boards. In part one, I explored the contradiction of using discussions as thinly veiled assessments rather than as tools for dialogue and exploration. […]
