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 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. […]
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 […]
A while back, I read an inspiring book called, Teach Like a Pirate, written by Dave Burgess and one of my biggest takeaways from his book was this quote: “Provide an uncommon experience for your students and they will reward you with an uncommon effort and attitude.” This quote resonated strongly with me because as […]
Student ratings of teaching are a contested ritual, particularly as they seem tainted by gender bias and low response rates, as reported in a recent column in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Even as this may be the case, the narrative feedback provided by those students who do complete course evaluations may offer some useful […]
The following blog post developed out of student interest to explore how campus services, specifically tutoring in the Multiliteracy Writing Center, addressed the needs of student clients with various learning needs and the tutors who serve them. That study was conducted by Cristal Gamez (CSUCI, 2018) and was supported by a TLI Faculty Fellow, Talya Drescher, Assistant Professor of Special […]
