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ChatGPT Effective Use (Spring 2023)
ChatGPT is a tool developed by OpenAI that can be utilized in academic and research settings. As we navigate the landscape of artificial intelligence, understanding the tools available to us and how to use them effectively is important. This document introduces ChatGPT, describing the basics of what it is, how it works, and some of its limits. It also discusses potential usage in academic contexts, focusing on areas such as writing support, text synthesis, and research assistance. The overarching theme of this document is to encourage use of AI as a partner to thinking, not to replace human thought with AI. Like other educational technologies, we aim to strategically enhance our capabilities.
The following questions frame the content in this document:
What is ChatGPT?
What are some effective practices for using ChatGPT?
What are some academic use cases for ChatGPT?
Full Document -- ChatGPT Effective Use (Spring2023) (Gerlach)
The following questions frame the content in this document:
What is ChatGPT?
What are some effective practices for using ChatGPT?
What are some academic use cases for ChatGPT?
Full Document -- ChatGPT Effective Use (Spring2023) (Gerlach)
Authored by:
Jeff Gerlach
Posted on: GenAI & Education
ChatGPT Effective Use (Spring 2023)
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November 2023 Update - MSU's generative a.i. statements and guidance
In the higher ed community, generative A.I. is driving a large amount of discussion, and participation in A.I. sessions at conferences and on campuses is high. We are hearing directly from business and professional communities that there's a growing expectation that college graduates will be informed about and have facility with A.I. tools. Generative A.I. is a complex topic, and a moving target, but MSU has worked to have timely student- and educator-facing guidance concerning these tools. We are trying to be intentional about encouraging MSU educators to incorporate instruction about and use of A.I. tools into their courses where appropriate. Here is where things that speak directly or tangentially to teaching and learning stand currently (as of November 2023) at MSU:
The faculty-facing guidance
The student-facing guidance
University-wide guidance on data security and generative a.i.
Educator-facing generative a.i. FAQ
Academic integrity and generative a.i.
Community-facing generative a.i. guidance at a glance
Syllabus Language for generative a.i.
It is likely that the guidance statements above will evolve over time, which is reflective of the rapidly changing nature of these technologies and the university's responses to them. We have a number of ongoing initiatives in this area, including a robust learning community, an A.I. ethics initiative, and numerous college-level supports. Additionally the MSU a.i. club , which is a student-run initiative. It is quite active and is one of the fastest-growing clubs at MSU. Generative A.I. represents a significant change in society. As educators we are going to need to be informed about it, and nimble in our responses to it. The Center for Teaching and Learning Innovation will continue to be active in this area, and will strive to stay abreast of develoments that affect MSU's teaching and learning communty.
The faculty-facing guidance
The student-facing guidance
University-wide guidance on data security and generative a.i.
Educator-facing generative a.i. FAQ
Academic integrity and generative a.i.
Community-facing generative a.i. guidance at a glance
Syllabus Language for generative a.i.
It is likely that the guidance statements above will evolve over time, which is reflective of the rapidly changing nature of these technologies and the university's responses to them. We have a number of ongoing initiatives in this area, including a robust learning community, an A.I. ethics initiative, and numerous college-level supports. Additionally the MSU a.i. club , which is a student-run initiative. It is quite active and is one of the fastest-growing clubs at MSU. Generative A.I. represents a significant change in society. As educators we are going to need to be informed about it, and nimble in our responses to it. The Center for Teaching and Learning Innovation will continue to be active in this area, and will strive to stay abreast of develoments that affect MSU's teaching and learning communty.
Authored by:
Jeremy Van Hof
Posted on: #iteachmsu
Register today to attend the 2023 MSU Educational Technology Summit
Join us for the 2023 MSU Educational Technology Summit Monday, June 5 through Friday, June 9.
Click the link to enroll: https://apps.d2l.msu.edu/selfenroll/course/1898946
This week-long virtual event will highlight the technologies that enhance teaching and learning and promote student success. In addition to demos from partner vendors, MSU instructors, instructional designers, and support staff will present and discuss the use of educational technology available at MSU.
Presentations will cover a variety of topics including:
Leveraging AI
Classroom technology
Record and share lectures easily
Streamline content delivery
Develop better feedback strategies
Effectively use D2L
Utilize interactive classroom response systems
Scale online discussion among students
Boost engagement in any modality
Accessibility
Visit the D2L learning community to enroll and visit the course home page to find the complete schedule. Sessions will take place each day in the morning and afternoon. Attend and engage in as many sessions as you wish. Participating vendors scheduled to present include Zoom, D2L Brightspace, Qualtrics, Camtasia, PackBack, iClicker and many more.
Hosted by MSU IT’s Educational Technology department, the MSU Educational Technology Summit is open to the MSU community for the purposes of increasing awareness of supported educational technologies, promoting IT services available to our MSU communities, and sharing useful strategies for using these technologies._______________________________
Schedule:
Monday, June 5th
8:30 A.M. - Boosting Course Engagement: Easy Tactics and Tools to Connect in any Modality
Presented by: Ellie Louson, MSU CTLI and Lyman Briggs College & Makena Neal, MSU CTLI
Description: This interactive session will lead participants through several easy ways to boost engagement in courses of any modality (synchronous in-person, blended, hybrid; asynchronous). Using various tools, we will focus on low-barrier ways to build connections in hybrid or online classrooms. No prior experience with these technologies is required.
9:45 A.M. - How to Develop Engaging Feedback Cycles with Eli Review
Presented by: Casey McArdle, MSU WRAC
Description: This presentation will showcase how to use Eli Review to help faculty develop better feedback strategies in their courses. It will model effective feedback frameworks and showcase how Eli Review works to model inclusive and engaging feedback points.
11:00 A.M. - Let Your Goal Lead Your Tool
Presented by: Ha-Neul Kim, MSU School of Social Work
Description: The appropriateness of the tool used should start with solid learning goals. No matter how fancy the tool is, the importance of ‘learning’ is dependent on clear goals and having students facilitate the tool to achieve them.
1:00 P.M. - TextHelp: Creating Digital and Accessible STEM Content with Equatio
Presented by: Rachel Kruzel, TextHelp
Description: Creating digital STEM content is a challenge. Making sure it is accessible is just as important. This session will focus on Texthelp’s digital and accessible STEM creation tool, Equatio. Built on Universal Design for Learning principles and guidelines, Equatio is beneficial to users across campus. Student users can easily respond to assignments and assessments through a variety of functions. Educators can support the remediation of course content into accessible formats and create content accessibly from the start.
2:15 P.M. - D2L Brightspace: Core Technology and Engagement
Presented by: Randolph Streich, D2L Senior Solution Engineer
Description: Dive deep into the core tools and interfaces of Brightspace. This presentation will look at common workflows and the tools that make online learning instruction easier. There will be a focus on automation and alerts and the use of video for crafting strong messages and engagement.
3:30 P.M. - Insert More Stuff…With Kaltura Video!
Presented by: Suzanne Rees, Kaltura - North American EDU Customer Success & JaBari Scott, Kaltura - Senior Solutions Engineer
Description: Kaltura will showcase opportunities for faculty & instructional designers to develop engaging video content on any subject matter and enhance them for a more robust student experience.
Tuesday, June 6th
8:30 A.M. - Accessible Technologies for Educational Access: Demonstrations and Discussions
Presented by: Tyler Smeltekop, MSU RCPD
Description: This session will highlight some of the most-implemented assistive technologies among our students. Learn about software such as Read & Write, auto-captions and CART, screen readers, and speech-to-text transcription. Live demonstrations will accompany discussion about how students utilize these assistive technologies and how faculty can support students using them.
9:45 A.M. - Using ChatGPT and AI in Developing Course Materials
Presented by: Caitlin Kirby, MSU Enhanced Digital Learning Initiative & Min Zhang, MSU Enhanced Digital Learning Initiative
Description: An overview of how ChatGPT and other large language models work. Hear ideas for how ChatGPT can be used in developing curriculum plans, various types of assessments, and rubrics for instructors to work with in their courses. This includes discussion on how students might use ChatGPT and ethical considerations. Other AI tools that instructors might consider using will also be discussed.
11:00 A.M. - Qualtrics: Experience Management for Higher Education
Presented by: Lara Davis, Qualtrics, Josh Sine, Qualtrics - VP of Higher Education Strategy, Steve Sartori, Qualtrics - AVP Higher Education Enterprise Accounts & Lara Davis, Qualtrics - Enterprise Account Executive
Description: A discussion of strategies and best practices for accelerating student retention, reducing faculty workload through automation, designing education experiences that deliver, and capturing and improving the student experiences that drive retention.
1:00 P.M. - Making Space for Makerspaces in the Classroom
Presented by: Isaac Record, MSU Lyman Briggs College
Description: This discussion is for anyone interested in assignments in which students make something, from a sculpture or a podcast to a model or a board game. We will talk through some of the challenges around this kind of assignment, including how to welcome students into an unfamiliar space that may include intimidating equipment like 3D printers, how to scaffold assignments for students with little experience, and how to assess assignments that involve skills well outside the central learning objectives for a course.
2:15 P.M. - Crowdmark: How to Grade Faster with Richer Feedback using Crowdmark
Presented by: Virginia Woodall, Crowdmark
Description: Crowdmark is a grading and assessment solution that enables educators to grade paper-based and digital exams and assignments 3X faster than traditional workflows. Instructors can give richer, more formative feedback by leaving comments, annotations, links, and points directly on the student answer. This supports students' understanding of errors while reducing regrade requests. Join us for this informational session for an intro and demo of Crowdmark.
3:30 P.M. - iClicker: Classroom Engagement Enhanced Via Technology
Presented by: David Maltby, iClicker
Description: Become more familiar with iClicker, a tool for student engagement, formative assessment, attendance, quizzing, and polling. Recently launching new mobile-device usage options, question types, and D2L Brightspace integrations, this demo will cover the basics of the iClicker Cloud instructor software and the iClicker student mobile app. Participants will experience iClicker as a student and learn how it can improve performance in a spectrum of situations.
Wednesday, June 7th
8:30 A.M. - Use Brief Explainer Animations and Podcast Episodes to Cultivate Inclusive Practices in IAH Courses
Presented by: Stokes Schwartz, MSU Center for Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities (IAH)
Description: Learn how to facilitate digital and face-to-face collaborative activities while teaching inclusive principles. Collaborative learning builds on the idea that learning is a social activity, which takes place when learners interact with their social environment. The approach is a general expression for group learning in which students share the workload equitably as they progress towards intended learning outcomes.
9:45 A.M. - Creating a Connected Classroom with MSU Commons
Presented by: Larissa Babak, MSU Humanities Commons, College of Arts & Letters
Description: MSU Commons is a multipurpose platform where users can develop a digital profile, join collaborative groups, build WordPress websites, and add materials to an open access repository. MSU Commons is available to all current faculty, staff, and students, as well as retired faculty and staff. With many different functionalities built into the platform, MSU Commons is an ideal place for developing an online, scholarly presence. In this session, participants will learn how MSU Commons can be used within courses at MSU.
11:00 A.M. - Spartan 365 Overview
Presented by: Laura Nagy, MSU IT Training
Description: This class will introduce learners to the suite of software collaboration tools that will help users store data, collaborate, and work efficiently. Spartan 365 has powerful tools that allows users to get more done with Microsoft apps like OneDrive, Forms, OneNote, Teams, and Outlook.
1:00 P.M. - Piazza: Collaborative Learning with Piazza Q&A
Presented by: TJ Kidd, Piazza Technologies
Description: A demo and overview of Piazza to create learning environments that allows students to collaborate with their peers and instructors any time, especially in virtual classes. Wiki-style formatting enables collaboration, anonymous posting encourages participation, and detailed statistics help track student engagement.
2:15 P.M. - Turnitin: Advance Academic Integrity & Innovate Assessments
Presented by: Megan DeArmit, Turnitin
Description: Instructors are spending more time grading and less time providing actionable feedback and use assessment insights on student learning to improve teaching. Without this valuable time and flexibility, student outcomes are at risk. Learn how Turnitin can make informed decisions about originality in submitted student work through our new AI writing detection feature in Turnitin Feedback Studio. And how Gradescope can be used by both administrators and faculty to deliver assessments with pedagogical flexibility, better insights, and fairness.
3:30 P.M. - PackBack: Revitalizing Classroom Discussion: Leveraging AI Technology for Active Learning
Presented by: Amanda Wickham, PackBack & Kathryn Stegman, PackBack
Description: Facilitating discussion (online or in-person) doesn’t have to be complicated, time-consuming, or difficult to grade. Using Packback Questions within classroom can build community and facilitate deeper learning. Packback Questions is an online discussion forum that integrates directly into D2L. Students receive real-time feedback from instructional AI; which coaches students to ask high-quality, open-ended questions and encourages actual discussion. Attendees of this workshop will see live examples of Packback communities and how it is course agnostic and successfully supports all modalities and course sizes.
Thursday, June 8th
8:30 A.M. - ELI Review - Focusing on Review & Revision in the Era of AI Writing
Presented by: Bill Hart-Davidson, MSU College of Arts and Letters
Description: With more AI applications making drafting fast and easy, it is more important than ever that we prepare students to be good reviewers and revisers. Eli Review provides a service that makes practice in criterion-referenced review and revision planning easy to set up and integrate into a course. Facilitate in person, hybrid, hyflex, and online courses that are synchronous and asynchronous. Help students develop two of the most valuable leadership skills in any discipline or career: the ability to give great feedback and the ability to use feedback to make improvements.
9:45 A.M. - Let’s Talk About CATME Smarter Teamwork
Presented by: Andrea Bierema, MSU Center for Integrative Studies in General Science and Department of Integrative Biology
Description: CATME is a program used to create teams and evaluate team members. This session will consist of a presentation about how I have used CATME for several years in face-to-face and online sections comprised of 100 to 200 students. I will discuss how I create teams, have students practice rating team members, evaluate their peers, and most recently, metacognitively reflect on their own teamwork skills. Instructions for students and grading rubrics will be provided. An open discussion will include attendees describing how they use or would like to use CATME.
11:00 A.M. - Collaborative Tools to Support Language Classroom Development and Community Involvement
Presented by: Dustin De Felice, MSU English Language Center & Debra M. Hardison, MSU Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures
Description: We run a teaching practicum each year that attracts students, scholars, and community members to participate in a six-week program focused on the development of oral communication skills for adult nonnative speakers. While this program was in-person for years, we were forced to turn this experience into an online, synchronous modality in 2020. Over the last few spring semesters, we have had to run an all-virtual experience where we tried to replicate the in-person experience from registration to classes through a variety of tools. We will highlight the current structure, provide the pros and cons for the various tools, and discuss the possible directions for future iterations.
1:00 P.M. - Zoom: Driving Student Engagement in Zoom Classes
Presented by: Elysha Gellerman, Zoom & Janice Adamonis, Customer Success Manager with Zoom's Higher Education team
Description: This session will review best practices for driving student engagement and increasing retention in a virtual class setting. Tools reviewed will include, but not be limited to polls, breakout sessions, virtual backgrounds, spotlighting, and transcription. This session will be didactic and participants will leave the session with the ability to confidently conduct these functions as needed.
2:15 P.M. - Assessment Using LON-CAPA
Presented by: Stuart Raeburn, MSU Department of Physics & Astronomy
Description: The LON-CAPA Course Management System (CMS) features a powerful and flexible assessment engine. It can be used to deliver individualized homework, quizzes, and exams, either online or offline, as PDFs for printing, or for use with bubblesheets (which can be scanned by the MSU Scoring Office, and then uploaded into LON-CAPA for grading). Creation of assessment items using some of the 46 available templates will be demonstrated. Set-up of a deep linked LON-CAPA assessment for access from within a D2L course will also be shown.
3:30 P.M. - DigitalDesk Learning Suite: A Comprehensive Approach to Class Management
Presented by: Robert Gomm, DigitalDesk, Inc
Description: Learn to manage all aspects of class management in a unified platform:
Grading instruments to include paper/pencil and online exams andassignments.
Monitor student success in real-time.
Integrated remote proctoring.
Collaboration integration with Zoom and instant messaging
Friday, June 9th
9:45 A.M. - MSU’s Immersive Visualization Ecosystem
Presented by: Denice Blair, MSU Museum, Shannon Schmoll, MSU Abrams Planetarium, Amanda Tickner, MSU Libraries & Carrie Wicker, MSU Museum
Description: This presentation showcases MSU's “ecosystem” of immersive visualization technologies for applications in teaching, learning, and research. This ecosystem includes the Abrams Planetarium Sky Theater, MSU Libraries Digital Scholarship Lab’s 360 Room, and the MSU Museum’s Science on a Sphere. These technologies are rich in possibility for multi-media engagement and custom content creation by members of the MSU community. Learn about using the displays, content creation processes, and how the displays are suited for different types of visual representation. Explore practical examples of how the technologies are used by people on campus for research, teaching, and artistic work. You will be inspired to think about how one or all of these technologies can support your work.
11:00 A.M. - TechSmith: Camtasia & Snagit for Education
Presented by: Casey Seiter, Techsmith
Description: Join for a walkthrough of both Snagit and Camtasia. Casey will conduct a live demo showcasing start to finish production of still image and video production using the TechSmith suite of tools.
1:00 P.M. - Respondus: Protect the Integrity of Brightspace Quizzes with LockDown Browser + Respondus Monitor
Presented by: Arie Sowers, Respondus, Rebecca Schkade, Trainer, Respondus & Stephanie Ploof, Senior Account Manager, Respondus
Description: LockDown Browser is a custom browser that prevents digital cheating during an online exam. Respondus Monitor is a companion product for LockDown Browser that deters cheating when students take online exams in non-proctored environments. Students use their own computers with a standard webcam to record assessment sessions. Learn how to use these tools to protect exam integrity and confirm student identity.
Click the link to enroll: https://apps.d2l.msu.edu/selfenroll/course/1898946
This week-long virtual event will highlight the technologies that enhance teaching and learning and promote student success. In addition to demos from partner vendors, MSU instructors, instructional designers, and support staff will present and discuss the use of educational technology available at MSU.
Presentations will cover a variety of topics including:
Leveraging AI
Classroom technology
Record and share lectures easily
Streamline content delivery
Develop better feedback strategies
Effectively use D2L
Utilize interactive classroom response systems
Scale online discussion among students
Boost engagement in any modality
Accessibility
Visit the D2L learning community to enroll and visit the course home page to find the complete schedule. Sessions will take place each day in the morning and afternoon. Attend and engage in as many sessions as you wish. Participating vendors scheduled to present include Zoom, D2L Brightspace, Qualtrics, Camtasia, PackBack, iClicker and many more.
Hosted by MSU IT’s Educational Technology department, the MSU Educational Technology Summit is open to the MSU community for the purposes of increasing awareness of supported educational technologies, promoting IT services available to our MSU communities, and sharing useful strategies for using these technologies._______________________________
Schedule:
Monday, June 5th
8:30 A.M. - Boosting Course Engagement: Easy Tactics and Tools to Connect in any Modality
Presented by: Ellie Louson, MSU CTLI and Lyman Briggs College & Makena Neal, MSU CTLI
Description: This interactive session will lead participants through several easy ways to boost engagement in courses of any modality (synchronous in-person, blended, hybrid; asynchronous). Using various tools, we will focus on low-barrier ways to build connections in hybrid or online classrooms. No prior experience with these technologies is required.
9:45 A.M. - How to Develop Engaging Feedback Cycles with Eli Review
Presented by: Casey McArdle, MSU WRAC
Description: This presentation will showcase how to use Eli Review to help faculty develop better feedback strategies in their courses. It will model effective feedback frameworks and showcase how Eli Review works to model inclusive and engaging feedback points.
11:00 A.M. - Let Your Goal Lead Your Tool
Presented by: Ha-Neul Kim, MSU School of Social Work
Description: The appropriateness of the tool used should start with solid learning goals. No matter how fancy the tool is, the importance of ‘learning’ is dependent on clear goals and having students facilitate the tool to achieve them.
1:00 P.M. - TextHelp: Creating Digital and Accessible STEM Content with Equatio
Presented by: Rachel Kruzel, TextHelp
Description: Creating digital STEM content is a challenge. Making sure it is accessible is just as important. This session will focus on Texthelp’s digital and accessible STEM creation tool, Equatio. Built on Universal Design for Learning principles and guidelines, Equatio is beneficial to users across campus. Student users can easily respond to assignments and assessments through a variety of functions. Educators can support the remediation of course content into accessible formats and create content accessibly from the start.
2:15 P.M. - D2L Brightspace: Core Technology and Engagement
Presented by: Randolph Streich, D2L Senior Solution Engineer
Description: Dive deep into the core tools and interfaces of Brightspace. This presentation will look at common workflows and the tools that make online learning instruction easier. There will be a focus on automation and alerts and the use of video for crafting strong messages and engagement.
3:30 P.M. - Insert More Stuff…With Kaltura Video!
Presented by: Suzanne Rees, Kaltura - North American EDU Customer Success & JaBari Scott, Kaltura - Senior Solutions Engineer
Description: Kaltura will showcase opportunities for faculty & instructional designers to develop engaging video content on any subject matter and enhance them for a more robust student experience.
Tuesday, June 6th
8:30 A.M. - Accessible Technologies for Educational Access: Demonstrations and Discussions
Presented by: Tyler Smeltekop, MSU RCPD
Description: This session will highlight some of the most-implemented assistive technologies among our students. Learn about software such as Read & Write, auto-captions and CART, screen readers, and speech-to-text transcription. Live demonstrations will accompany discussion about how students utilize these assistive technologies and how faculty can support students using them.
9:45 A.M. - Using ChatGPT and AI in Developing Course Materials
Presented by: Caitlin Kirby, MSU Enhanced Digital Learning Initiative & Min Zhang, MSU Enhanced Digital Learning Initiative
Description: An overview of how ChatGPT and other large language models work. Hear ideas for how ChatGPT can be used in developing curriculum plans, various types of assessments, and rubrics for instructors to work with in their courses. This includes discussion on how students might use ChatGPT and ethical considerations. Other AI tools that instructors might consider using will also be discussed.
11:00 A.M. - Qualtrics: Experience Management for Higher Education
Presented by: Lara Davis, Qualtrics, Josh Sine, Qualtrics - VP of Higher Education Strategy, Steve Sartori, Qualtrics - AVP Higher Education Enterprise Accounts & Lara Davis, Qualtrics - Enterprise Account Executive
Description: A discussion of strategies and best practices for accelerating student retention, reducing faculty workload through automation, designing education experiences that deliver, and capturing and improving the student experiences that drive retention.
1:00 P.M. - Making Space for Makerspaces in the Classroom
Presented by: Isaac Record, MSU Lyman Briggs College
Description: This discussion is for anyone interested in assignments in which students make something, from a sculpture or a podcast to a model or a board game. We will talk through some of the challenges around this kind of assignment, including how to welcome students into an unfamiliar space that may include intimidating equipment like 3D printers, how to scaffold assignments for students with little experience, and how to assess assignments that involve skills well outside the central learning objectives for a course.
2:15 P.M. - Crowdmark: How to Grade Faster with Richer Feedback using Crowdmark
Presented by: Virginia Woodall, Crowdmark
Description: Crowdmark is a grading and assessment solution that enables educators to grade paper-based and digital exams and assignments 3X faster than traditional workflows. Instructors can give richer, more formative feedback by leaving comments, annotations, links, and points directly on the student answer. This supports students' understanding of errors while reducing regrade requests. Join us for this informational session for an intro and demo of Crowdmark.
3:30 P.M. - iClicker: Classroom Engagement Enhanced Via Technology
Presented by: David Maltby, iClicker
Description: Become more familiar with iClicker, a tool for student engagement, formative assessment, attendance, quizzing, and polling. Recently launching new mobile-device usage options, question types, and D2L Brightspace integrations, this demo will cover the basics of the iClicker Cloud instructor software and the iClicker student mobile app. Participants will experience iClicker as a student and learn how it can improve performance in a spectrum of situations.
Wednesday, June 7th
8:30 A.M. - Use Brief Explainer Animations and Podcast Episodes to Cultivate Inclusive Practices in IAH Courses
Presented by: Stokes Schwartz, MSU Center for Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities (IAH)
Description: Learn how to facilitate digital and face-to-face collaborative activities while teaching inclusive principles. Collaborative learning builds on the idea that learning is a social activity, which takes place when learners interact with their social environment. The approach is a general expression for group learning in which students share the workload equitably as they progress towards intended learning outcomes.
9:45 A.M. - Creating a Connected Classroom with MSU Commons
Presented by: Larissa Babak, MSU Humanities Commons, College of Arts & Letters
Description: MSU Commons is a multipurpose platform where users can develop a digital profile, join collaborative groups, build WordPress websites, and add materials to an open access repository. MSU Commons is available to all current faculty, staff, and students, as well as retired faculty and staff. With many different functionalities built into the platform, MSU Commons is an ideal place for developing an online, scholarly presence. In this session, participants will learn how MSU Commons can be used within courses at MSU.
11:00 A.M. - Spartan 365 Overview
Presented by: Laura Nagy, MSU IT Training
Description: This class will introduce learners to the suite of software collaboration tools that will help users store data, collaborate, and work efficiently. Spartan 365 has powerful tools that allows users to get more done with Microsoft apps like OneDrive, Forms, OneNote, Teams, and Outlook.
1:00 P.M. - Piazza: Collaborative Learning with Piazza Q&A
Presented by: TJ Kidd, Piazza Technologies
Description: A demo and overview of Piazza to create learning environments that allows students to collaborate with their peers and instructors any time, especially in virtual classes. Wiki-style formatting enables collaboration, anonymous posting encourages participation, and detailed statistics help track student engagement.
2:15 P.M. - Turnitin: Advance Academic Integrity & Innovate Assessments
Presented by: Megan DeArmit, Turnitin
Description: Instructors are spending more time grading and less time providing actionable feedback and use assessment insights on student learning to improve teaching. Without this valuable time and flexibility, student outcomes are at risk. Learn how Turnitin can make informed decisions about originality in submitted student work through our new AI writing detection feature in Turnitin Feedback Studio. And how Gradescope can be used by both administrators and faculty to deliver assessments with pedagogical flexibility, better insights, and fairness.
3:30 P.M. - PackBack: Revitalizing Classroom Discussion: Leveraging AI Technology for Active Learning
Presented by: Amanda Wickham, PackBack & Kathryn Stegman, PackBack
Description: Facilitating discussion (online or in-person) doesn’t have to be complicated, time-consuming, or difficult to grade. Using Packback Questions within classroom can build community and facilitate deeper learning. Packback Questions is an online discussion forum that integrates directly into D2L. Students receive real-time feedback from instructional AI; which coaches students to ask high-quality, open-ended questions and encourages actual discussion. Attendees of this workshop will see live examples of Packback communities and how it is course agnostic and successfully supports all modalities and course sizes.
Thursday, June 8th
8:30 A.M. - ELI Review - Focusing on Review & Revision in the Era of AI Writing
Presented by: Bill Hart-Davidson, MSU College of Arts and Letters
Description: With more AI applications making drafting fast and easy, it is more important than ever that we prepare students to be good reviewers and revisers. Eli Review provides a service that makes practice in criterion-referenced review and revision planning easy to set up and integrate into a course. Facilitate in person, hybrid, hyflex, and online courses that are synchronous and asynchronous. Help students develop two of the most valuable leadership skills in any discipline or career: the ability to give great feedback and the ability to use feedback to make improvements.
9:45 A.M. - Let’s Talk About CATME Smarter Teamwork
Presented by: Andrea Bierema, MSU Center for Integrative Studies in General Science and Department of Integrative Biology
Description: CATME is a program used to create teams and evaluate team members. This session will consist of a presentation about how I have used CATME for several years in face-to-face and online sections comprised of 100 to 200 students. I will discuss how I create teams, have students practice rating team members, evaluate their peers, and most recently, metacognitively reflect on their own teamwork skills. Instructions for students and grading rubrics will be provided. An open discussion will include attendees describing how they use or would like to use CATME.
11:00 A.M. - Collaborative Tools to Support Language Classroom Development and Community Involvement
Presented by: Dustin De Felice, MSU English Language Center & Debra M. Hardison, MSU Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures
Description: We run a teaching practicum each year that attracts students, scholars, and community members to participate in a six-week program focused on the development of oral communication skills for adult nonnative speakers. While this program was in-person for years, we were forced to turn this experience into an online, synchronous modality in 2020. Over the last few spring semesters, we have had to run an all-virtual experience where we tried to replicate the in-person experience from registration to classes through a variety of tools. We will highlight the current structure, provide the pros and cons for the various tools, and discuss the possible directions for future iterations.
1:00 P.M. - Zoom: Driving Student Engagement in Zoom Classes
Presented by: Elysha Gellerman, Zoom & Janice Adamonis, Customer Success Manager with Zoom's Higher Education team
Description: This session will review best practices for driving student engagement and increasing retention in a virtual class setting. Tools reviewed will include, but not be limited to polls, breakout sessions, virtual backgrounds, spotlighting, and transcription. This session will be didactic and participants will leave the session with the ability to confidently conduct these functions as needed.
2:15 P.M. - Assessment Using LON-CAPA
Presented by: Stuart Raeburn, MSU Department of Physics & Astronomy
Description: The LON-CAPA Course Management System (CMS) features a powerful and flexible assessment engine. It can be used to deliver individualized homework, quizzes, and exams, either online or offline, as PDFs for printing, or for use with bubblesheets (which can be scanned by the MSU Scoring Office, and then uploaded into LON-CAPA for grading). Creation of assessment items using some of the 46 available templates will be demonstrated. Set-up of a deep linked LON-CAPA assessment for access from within a D2L course will also be shown.
3:30 P.M. - DigitalDesk Learning Suite: A Comprehensive Approach to Class Management
Presented by: Robert Gomm, DigitalDesk, Inc
Description: Learn to manage all aspects of class management in a unified platform:
Grading instruments to include paper/pencil and online exams andassignments.
Monitor student success in real-time.
Integrated remote proctoring.
Collaboration integration with Zoom and instant messaging
Friday, June 9th
9:45 A.M. - MSU’s Immersive Visualization Ecosystem
Presented by: Denice Blair, MSU Museum, Shannon Schmoll, MSU Abrams Planetarium, Amanda Tickner, MSU Libraries & Carrie Wicker, MSU Museum
Description: This presentation showcases MSU's “ecosystem” of immersive visualization technologies for applications in teaching, learning, and research. This ecosystem includes the Abrams Planetarium Sky Theater, MSU Libraries Digital Scholarship Lab’s 360 Room, and the MSU Museum’s Science on a Sphere. These technologies are rich in possibility for multi-media engagement and custom content creation by members of the MSU community. Learn about using the displays, content creation processes, and how the displays are suited for different types of visual representation. Explore practical examples of how the technologies are used by people on campus for research, teaching, and artistic work. You will be inspired to think about how one or all of these technologies can support your work.
11:00 A.M. - TechSmith: Camtasia & Snagit for Education
Presented by: Casey Seiter, Techsmith
Description: Join for a walkthrough of both Snagit and Camtasia. Casey will conduct a live demo showcasing start to finish production of still image and video production using the TechSmith suite of tools.
1:00 P.M. - Respondus: Protect the Integrity of Brightspace Quizzes with LockDown Browser + Respondus Monitor
Presented by: Arie Sowers, Respondus, Rebecca Schkade, Trainer, Respondus & Stephanie Ploof, Senior Account Manager, Respondus
Description: LockDown Browser is a custom browser that prevents digital cheating during an online exam. Respondus Monitor is a companion product for LockDown Browser that deters cheating when students take online exams in non-proctored environments. Students use their own computers with a standard webcam to record assessment sessions. Learn how to use these tools to protect exam integrity and confirm student identity.
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2023 Educator Seminars: Day 3 Schedule & Recordings
2023 Educator Seminars are presented by MSU Libraries, the Center for Teaching and Learning Innovation (CTLI), MSU IT Educational Technology, the Enhanced Digital Learning Initiative (EDLI) and MSU IT Training.
Day 3: August 25, 2023
Instructions: Click on the registration link and sign-up for the sessions you're interested in. After completing your registration you will receive an email with the Zoom link for the session.
9:00-10:00 am Navigating ChatGPT/AI in the Classroom
Facilitators: Caitlin Kirby & Min Zhuang (EDLI)
We will provide an overview of how ChatGPT and other large language models work. We will discuss how students might use ChatGPT as a learning tool, including a discussion of academic integrity and AI detectors. We will share how ChatGPT might be used as a tool for instructors to work within their courses and considerations for developing assessments with consideration of ChatGPT. We will conclude with a brief discussion around the ethics of AI use and AI tools available at MSU.
View the Recording on MediaSpace
10:00-11:00 am OneDrive - Working with OneDrive
Facilitators: Michael Julian & Lindsey Howe (IT: Training)
A live Virtual Instructor-Led Training session that will dive deeper into OneDrive. Learn about the limitations of OneDrive and understand the differences in Cloud storage between OneDrive and SharePoint. Explore the desktop app settings and options and manage accessibility of files and folders. Learn about document restoration and recovering previous versions of a file and learn navigation strategies for OneDrive and SharePoint libraries.
View the Recording on MediaSpace
11:00-12:00 pm Designing your MSU syllabus: Resources and tips for creating syllabi that meet students' needs
Facilitator: Ellie Louson (CTLI)
In this interactive session, participants will learn all about syllabi at MSU. Topics include syllabus design, requirements and policies, considerations for more inclusive syllabi, MSU resources and templates, and alternative syllabus formats including a demonstration of an annotated syllabus model. The session will conclude with a facilitated discussion and question period.
View the Recording on MediaSpace
12:00-1:30pm BREAK
1:30-2:30pm Stable Linking and Accessibility
Facilitator: Kristen Lee (Libraries)
Although many understand the value of sharing online library resources such as e-journal articles, e-book chapters, or streaming media in D2L or other course-related materials, the process is not intuitive or transparent. To complicate matters, copyright compliance and licensing agreements require appropriate stable links for integrating of proprietary content in a course. This Stable Links for Electronic Resources workshop will guide participants through integrating journal articles, e-book chapters, or streaming media into their course(s). Instructions for creating stable links in various platforms will be provided and participants will gain hands-on experience in successfully integrating stable links into D2L and other course-related materials.
View the Recording on MediaSpace
2:30-3:30 pm D2L Basics for Instructors
Facilitators: Cui Cheng & Jennie Wagner (IT & D)
This informational webinar will cover the basics of setting up your course in D2L Brightspace. It will give an overview of the interface and best practices for setting up tools for assessment and engagement, adding and organizing course materials, and communicating with students. Specific tools include Grade Book, Assignments, Quizzes, Discussions, Announcements and more.
View the Recording on MediaSpace
3:30-4:00 pm Closing Remarks - All teams
In our session to close out the 2023 Fall Educator Seminars, each presenting teams will provide more information about the services they provide to campus. They will also share details about upcoming events and allow time for Q & A.
View the Recording on MediaSpace
Day 3: August 25, 2023
Instructions: Click on the registration link and sign-up for the sessions you're interested in. After completing your registration you will receive an email with the Zoom link for the session.
9:00-10:00 am Navigating ChatGPT/AI in the Classroom
Facilitators: Caitlin Kirby & Min Zhuang (EDLI)
We will provide an overview of how ChatGPT and other large language models work. We will discuss how students might use ChatGPT as a learning tool, including a discussion of academic integrity and AI detectors. We will share how ChatGPT might be used as a tool for instructors to work within their courses and considerations for developing assessments with consideration of ChatGPT. We will conclude with a brief discussion around the ethics of AI use and AI tools available at MSU.
View the Recording on MediaSpace
10:00-11:00 am OneDrive - Working with OneDrive
Facilitators: Michael Julian & Lindsey Howe (IT: Training)
A live Virtual Instructor-Led Training session that will dive deeper into OneDrive. Learn about the limitations of OneDrive and understand the differences in Cloud storage between OneDrive and SharePoint. Explore the desktop app settings and options and manage accessibility of files and folders. Learn about document restoration and recovering previous versions of a file and learn navigation strategies for OneDrive and SharePoint libraries.
View the Recording on MediaSpace
11:00-12:00 pm Designing your MSU syllabus: Resources and tips for creating syllabi that meet students' needs
Facilitator: Ellie Louson (CTLI)
In this interactive session, participants will learn all about syllabi at MSU. Topics include syllabus design, requirements and policies, considerations for more inclusive syllabi, MSU resources and templates, and alternative syllabus formats including a demonstration of an annotated syllabus model. The session will conclude with a facilitated discussion and question period.
View the Recording on MediaSpace
12:00-1:30pm BREAK
1:30-2:30pm Stable Linking and Accessibility
Facilitator: Kristen Lee (Libraries)
Although many understand the value of sharing online library resources such as e-journal articles, e-book chapters, or streaming media in D2L or other course-related materials, the process is not intuitive or transparent. To complicate matters, copyright compliance and licensing agreements require appropriate stable links for integrating of proprietary content in a course. This Stable Links for Electronic Resources workshop will guide participants through integrating journal articles, e-book chapters, or streaming media into their course(s). Instructions for creating stable links in various platforms will be provided and participants will gain hands-on experience in successfully integrating stable links into D2L and other course-related materials.
View the Recording on MediaSpace
2:30-3:30 pm D2L Basics for Instructors
Facilitators: Cui Cheng & Jennie Wagner (IT & D)
This informational webinar will cover the basics of setting up your course in D2L Brightspace. It will give an overview of the interface and best practices for setting up tools for assessment and engagement, adding and organizing course materials, and communicating with students. Specific tools include Grade Book, Assignments, Quizzes, Discussions, Announcements and more.
View the Recording on MediaSpace
3:30-4:00 pm Closing Remarks - All teams
In our session to close out the 2023 Fall Educator Seminars, each presenting teams will provide more information about the services they provide to campus. They will also share details about upcoming events and allow time for Q & A.
View the Recording on MediaSpace
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2023 Educator Seminars: Day 3 Schedule & Recordings
2023 Educator Seminars are presented by MSU Libraries, the Center f...
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Wednesday, Jul 10, 2024
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2023 Educator Seminars: Day 2 Schedule & Recordings
2023 Educator Seminars are presented by MSU Libraries, the Center for Teaching and Learning Innovation (CTLI), MSU IT Educational Technology, the Enhanced Digital Learning Initiative (EDLI) and MSU IT Training.
Day 2: August 24, 2023
Instructions: Click on the registration link and sign-up for the sessions you're interested in. After completing your registration you will receive an email with the Zoom link for the session.
9:00 - 10:00 am Improve Course Accessibility with Ally
Facilitators: Kevin Henley & Susan Halick (IT & D)
Spartan Ally is an automated accessibility tool within D2L that provides feedback and guidance for improving the usability and accessibility of course materials. In this informational webinar we will cover how to use the data and tools available through Ally to evaluate the overall accessibility of your course and develop a plan for remediating inaccessible content.
View the Recording on MediaSpace
10:00-11:00 am Citation Management Tools
Facilitators: Andrea Kepsel, Suzi Teghtmeyer & Carin Graves (Libraries)
Three librarians, experts in Endnote, Mendeley and Zotero, will briefly introduce the three citation management tools and demonstrate effective use of the tools to organize and enhance research, engage and partner with colleagues to share research findings, and teach graduate and undergraduates these skills to develop valued scholarly practices. There will be time for questions.
View the Recording on MediaSpace
11:00 am -12:00 pm Introduction to MSU Assessment Services
Facilitator: Amy Allingham (MSU Testing Center)
Assessment Services is a university-provided service for all faculty, staff, and TA’s use to score and analyze the results of required course examinations and surveys. If you use Assessment Services, our professional staff provides the following: advice on assessment setup and scoring options; Scantron bubble sheets for exam administration; and most importantly, electronic assessment reports through DigitalDesk for completing grade books, as well as critical data to analyze exam validity and fairness. Our paper-based assessment process offers an easy, secure, and staff-supported alternative. Are paper exams not an option for you? We also provide a digital examination option through WebAssess online technology that integrates with D2L gradebooks and any paper exam scoring reports for consolidated test analysis. This presentation will take you step-by-step through the Assessment Services processes. New this fall, Assessment Services reorganized under the MSU Testing Center. For a small departmental fee, the Testing Center can help provide testing options for your students requiring makeup or accommodated testing options.
View the Recording on MediaSpace
12:00 - 1:30pm BREAK
1:30-2:30pm Blended Learning Instructional Skills: In the Classroom
Facilitators: Jay Loftus & Ellie Louson (CTLI)
Blended learning is the best of both worlds. It strategically combines online learning with traditional or face-to-face instructional practices. In this session participants will learn about the different types of blending and the necessary elements such as design, instructional strategies, assessment plans, and resources required for successful learning outcomes.
View the Recording on MediaSpace
2:30-3:30pm Forms - Creating Forms and Surveys
Facilitators: Michael Julian & Megan Nicholas (IT: Training)
A live Virtual Instructor-Led Training session that will explore Forms, the go-to app for collecting data and storing it in Excel. Learn how to get started in Forms with areas in form and survey creation, formatting, branching, data collection, and sharing.
View the Recording on MediaSpace
Day 2: August 24, 2023
Instructions: Click on the registration link and sign-up for the sessions you're interested in. After completing your registration you will receive an email with the Zoom link for the session.
9:00 - 10:00 am Improve Course Accessibility with Ally
Facilitators: Kevin Henley & Susan Halick (IT & D)
Spartan Ally is an automated accessibility tool within D2L that provides feedback and guidance for improving the usability and accessibility of course materials. In this informational webinar we will cover how to use the data and tools available through Ally to evaluate the overall accessibility of your course and develop a plan for remediating inaccessible content.
View the Recording on MediaSpace
10:00-11:00 am Citation Management Tools
Facilitators: Andrea Kepsel, Suzi Teghtmeyer & Carin Graves (Libraries)
Three librarians, experts in Endnote, Mendeley and Zotero, will briefly introduce the three citation management tools and demonstrate effective use of the tools to organize and enhance research, engage and partner with colleagues to share research findings, and teach graduate and undergraduates these skills to develop valued scholarly practices. There will be time for questions.
View the Recording on MediaSpace
11:00 am -12:00 pm Introduction to MSU Assessment Services
Facilitator: Amy Allingham (MSU Testing Center)
Assessment Services is a university-provided service for all faculty, staff, and TA’s use to score and analyze the results of required course examinations and surveys. If you use Assessment Services, our professional staff provides the following: advice on assessment setup and scoring options; Scantron bubble sheets for exam administration; and most importantly, electronic assessment reports through DigitalDesk for completing grade books, as well as critical data to analyze exam validity and fairness. Our paper-based assessment process offers an easy, secure, and staff-supported alternative. Are paper exams not an option for you? We also provide a digital examination option through WebAssess online technology that integrates with D2L gradebooks and any paper exam scoring reports for consolidated test analysis. This presentation will take you step-by-step through the Assessment Services processes. New this fall, Assessment Services reorganized under the MSU Testing Center. For a small departmental fee, the Testing Center can help provide testing options for your students requiring makeup or accommodated testing options.
View the Recording on MediaSpace
12:00 - 1:30pm BREAK
1:30-2:30pm Blended Learning Instructional Skills: In the Classroom
Facilitators: Jay Loftus & Ellie Louson (CTLI)
Blended learning is the best of both worlds. It strategically combines online learning with traditional or face-to-face instructional practices. In this session participants will learn about the different types of blending and the necessary elements such as design, instructional strategies, assessment plans, and resources required for successful learning outcomes.
View the Recording on MediaSpace
2:30-3:30pm Forms - Creating Forms and Surveys
Facilitators: Michael Julian & Megan Nicholas (IT: Training)
A live Virtual Instructor-Led Training session that will explore Forms, the go-to app for collecting data and storing it in Excel. Learn how to get started in Forms with areas in form and survey creation, formatting, branching, data collection, and sharing.
View the Recording on MediaSpace
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2023 Educator Seminars: Day 2 Schedule & Recordings
2023 Educator Seminars are presented by MSU Libraries, the Center f...
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PEDAGOGICAL DESIGN
Wednesday, Jul 10, 2024
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EDUCAUSE 2023 Faculty Survey: Sharing experiences strengthens our tech future
MSU is asking educators to participate in the EDUCAUSE 2023 Faculty Survey.
Members of MSU faculty who participate will help the university learn about teaching experiences across different instructional modalities in higher education.
Please complete the survey here.
This web-based survey should take less than 15 minutes to complete, and responses are completely anonymous and confidential. The survey will be open until May 5, 2023.By partnering with EDUCAUSE and peer institutions, this survey will help MSU understand the technology needed to support teaching, learning, and student success.
EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education using information technology. They equip the community with the knowledge, resources, and community-building opportunities needed to help shape strategic IT decisions at every level in higher education.
Your participation is appreciated and will help guide the university as we improve the technological environment for Spartans, and peers, for years to come.
Members of MSU faculty who participate will help the university learn about teaching experiences across different instructional modalities in higher education.
Please complete the survey here.
This web-based survey should take less than 15 minutes to complete, and responses are completely anonymous and confidential. The survey will be open until May 5, 2023.By partnering with EDUCAUSE and peer institutions, this survey will help MSU understand the technology needed to support teaching, learning, and student success.
EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education using information technology. They equip the community with the knowledge, resources, and community-building opportunities needed to help shape strategic IT decisions at every level in higher education.
Your participation is appreciated and will help guide the university as we improve the technological environment for Spartans, and peers, for years to come.
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NAVIGATING CONTEXT
Credit / No Credit
Credit/No CreditFor spring semester 2023 only, undergraduate students have the option to choose CR-NC until the end of the semester. This means, students will be able to review their posted spring 2023 course grades beginning May 10, 2023, and will have until 11:59 p.m. (EST) May 17, 2023, to select the CR-NC grade reporting option. Review grade option for Spring 2023
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Credit / No Credit
Credit/No CreditFor spring semester 2023 only, undergraduate studen...
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Thursday, Mar 9, 2023
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Kicking Off Class with a Plan! An overview of teaching.tools
On September 5, 2023 the Center for Teaching and Learning Innovation hosted guest facilitator, Dr. Michael McCreary, co-founder of Teaching Tools and Educational Developer at Goucher College.
Kicking off Class with a Plan!
A lesson plan can serve as an educator's road map... including what students need to learn and how that learning will be facilitated within the time span of the experience. Lesson plans can help you feel more confident while maximizing positive student outcomes. Class prep doesn't have to be a chore this semester! In addition to providing an easy-to-use framework for lesson design, this interactive workshop will introduce participants to an online tool for planning effective, inclusive class sessions... PLUS the new Brainstorming Tool for the first time! This tool uses expertly-prompted AI to generate effective lecture plans, discussion questions, case studies, and more. This is the perfect way to get hands-on practice with Teaching Tools' entire suite of applications that will revolutionize your class prep workflow. Participants will have the chance to explore the tool, ask questions, and leave the session with a new tool in their educator toolbox.
Setting the Stage...
When class prep is difficult and time consuming it…
Doesn’t happen at all
Doesn’t happen very often
Isn’t very effective
This results in…
Winging it
10-year old lesson plan (often inaccessible)
Decreased motivation
Teaching Tools (according to the site)
"We build technologies that promote effective, inclusive college teaching. By translating evidence-informed pedagogical research into easy-to-use online tools, we make good teaching practices more accessible to college instructors of all disciplines and experience levels. Our tools are designed to complement the services offered by Centers for Teaching and Learning, Instructional Technology units, and your LMS. We add value by providing innovative solutions tailored to the higher ed teaching and learning context. Launched in February 2022, Teaching Tools is a registered limited liability company in Maryland."
Anyone can access the three tools at https://teaching.tools by signing up for free [even with a google account].1. ACTIVE LEARNING LIBRARY – discover new learning activities that fit your teaching context
https://teaching.tools/activities
Main column displays series of learning activities – huge variety from “traditional” (lectures) to more engaging (case study)
Click each activity for more details” engagement level, formative feedback, time, modality
Best practices for facilitations
Filters on the left allow educators to filter by facilitation difficulty level, prep time required, class size, active learning, formative feedback level, bloom’s taxonomy, inclusive learning (UDL principles), whole-person learning, activity time, class modality
2. LESSON PLANNING TOOL – build a cohesive lesson plan for based on series of activities
Allows educators to build out timetable for learning experience
Saves in database and can be duplicated and edited over time.
3. BRAINSTOMING TOOL – generate new content ideas for lectures, discussions, cases, etc.https://teaching.tools/brainstorm
Works hand in hand with active learning library to build content for the activities you select from library
Click learning activity – enter course name and class topic
Based on information entered, AI will generate (blooms based) Los
Clicking will populate in Lesson’s Los
Can edit the text from the populated Los
AI will use all the information shared – Name, Class topic, selected Los, to generate:
discussion questions
lecture topics
case studies
“regenerate” is a tool to mmix-up the results and get fresh responses from the tool
In the end...
When class prep is simple and intuitive, it…
Happens fast
Happens often
Effectively promotes student learning
This results in…
Increased confidence
Creative, dynamic lessons
Teachers and students feeling fulfilled and engaged
While we did not record this session, you can...--> View Michael's presentation slide deck-->Listen to Michael on the podcast Lecture Breakers: Episode 140: Tech Spotlight: How Teaching Tools Helps Educators Plan Effective and Inclusive Learning Experiences with Dr. Michael McCreary
Kicking off Class with a Plan!
A lesson plan can serve as an educator's road map... including what students need to learn and how that learning will be facilitated within the time span of the experience. Lesson plans can help you feel more confident while maximizing positive student outcomes. Class prep doesn't have to be a chore this semester! In addition to providing an easy-to-use framework for lesson design, this interactive workshop will introduce participants to an online tool for planning effective, inclusive class sessions... PLUS the new Brainstorming Tool for the first time! This tool uses expertly-prompted AI to generate effective lecture plans, discussion questions, case studies, and more. This is the perfect way to get hands-on practice with Teaching Tools' entire suite of applications that will revolutionize your class prep workflow. Participants will have the chance to explore the tool, ask questions, and leave the session with a new tool in their educator toolbox.
Setting the Stage...
When class prep is difficult and time consuming it…
Doesn’t happen at all
Doesn’t happen very often
Isn’t very effective
This results in…
Winging it
10-year old lesson plan (often inaccessible)
Decreased motivation
Teaching Tools (according to the site)
"We build technologies that promote effective, inclusive college teaching. By translating evidence-informed pedagogical research into easy-to-use online tools, we make good teaching practices more accessible to college instructors of all disciplines and experience levels. Our tools are designed to complement the services offered by Centers for Teaching and Learning, Instructional Technology units, and your LMS. We add value by providing innovative solutions tailored to the higher ed teaching and learning context. Launched in February 2022, Teaching Tools is a registered limited liability company in Maryland."
Anyone can access the three tools at https://teaching.tools by signing up for free [even with a google account].1. ACTIVE LEARNING LIBRARY – discover new learning activities that fit your teaching context
https://teaching.tools/activities
Main column displays series of learning activities – huge variety from “traditional” (lectures) to more engaging (case study)
Click each activity for more details” engagement level, formative feedback, time, modality
Best practices for facilitations
Filters on the left allow educators to filter by facilitation difficulty level, prep time required, class size, active learning, formative feedback level, bloom’s taxonomy, inclusive learning (UDL principles), whole-person learning, activity time, class modality
2. LESSON PLANNING TOOL – build a cohesive lesson plan for based on series of activities
Allows educators to build out timetable for learning experience
Saves in database and can be duplicated and edited over time.
3. BRAINSTOMING TOOL – generate new content ideas for lectures, discussions, cases, etc.https://teaching.tools/brainstorm
Works hand in hand with active learning library to build content for the activities you select from library
Click learning activity – enter course name and class topic
Based on information entered, AI will generate (blooms based) Los
Clicking will populate in Lesson’s Los
Can edit the text from the populated Los
AI will use all the information shared – Name, Class topic, selected Los, to generate:
discussion questions
lecture topics
case studies
“regenerate” is a tool to mmix-up the results and get fresh responses from the tool
In the end...
When class prep is simple and intuitive, it…
Happens fast
Happens often
Effectively promotes student learning
This results in…
Increased confidence
Creative, dynamic lessons
Teachers and students feeling fulfilled and engaged
While we did not record this session, you can...--> View Michael's presentation slide deck-->Listen to Michael on the podcast Lecture Breakers: Episode 140: Tech Spotlight: How Teaching Tools Helps Educators Plan Effective and Inclusive Learning Experiences with Dr. Michael McCreary
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Makena Neal
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Kicking Off Class with a Plan! An overview of teaching.tools
On September 5, 2023 the Center for Teaching and Learning Innovatio...
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PEDAGOGICAL DESIGN
Monday, Sep 18, 2023