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, […]
You’re invited to join OneHE! In the 2025-2026 academic year, the CSU has partner provided each campus with a limited number of licenses to access the resources at OneHE, a pedagogy-focused professional development platform for higher education faculty. The platform works with faculty experts to provide resources on practical, engaging teaching practices that are easy […]
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 […]
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 […]
I have spent the better part of the last few years examining the transformation of our teaching credential students as they move from “student” to “teacher” during their one-year licensure program at CI in the Teacher Education Department. Specifically, my studies aim to map the known cycle of transformation onto their experiences and create activities […]
Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) has emerged in recent years as an innovative approach to Global Learning, recognized by the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AACU) as a high-impact practice (HIP). Add to the mix another HIP, such as Problem-based Service Learning (PBSL), and you get a powerful pedagogical combo. I usually run a […]
Thank you to our Learning Design Lead, Megan Eberhardt-Alstot, for contributing to this post. In the time since emergency remote instruction, many instructors still find themselves teaching in Zoom. Teaching and Learning Innovations has compiled a few tips and resources to get you started, and we encourage you to meet with us if you would […]
T. Drescher’s Perspective I am incredibly averse to conflict; it is something that has affected my personal and professional life as early as middle childhood. I’ve spent some time ruminating about how life might be different had I the ability to address interpersonal difficulties head-on, and I’ve concluded that I would have benefited tremendously from […]
During Spring 2021, the Teaching and Learning Innovations’ Learning Design Team was fortunate to partner with our first-ever TLi Faculty Mentors. Mentors are CSUCI Faculty who are experienced in the art of integrating teaching with technology to enhance student learning. As we get ready to introduce you to the 2021-2022 Digital Learning Mentors, we would […]
