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ASK ME ANYTHING with Justin Wigard - Ludic Pedagogy: Teaching with Video Games in the Online Classroom
As part of my ongoing engagement with game studies, I worked with video games in various contexts (popular culture courses, as pedagogical tools, as a mode of research), and regularly teach video games in different classroom formats/contexts (F2F popular culture courses, asynchronous summer courses, etc). Throughout the day, I will be online talking through approaches to teaching games in the online classroom, including but not limited to different methodological approaches (quantitative and qualitative), how to choose the best game for the class, and even some helpful pedagogical strategies for games and access/accessibility.

Announcement: Region 5 NACADA Annual Conference Scholarship! This scholarship supports NACADA members in attending the NACADA Annual Conference.

https://nacada.ksu.edu/Community/Regions/Region-5/Apply-for-Awards.aspx?_cldee=lwaDDvW4cdzdywFCSPKs_ZX0GVJuu2YSAIYWsH_ZzEAfVdAyvZ4WL5XlgK8lPFaU&recipientid=contact-642775b8bad0e91180d9000d3a0dce1c-9f249b55405b46cd9eb1813a4a57d366&esid=1f6ea11c-c93f-ef11-8409-000d3a5cb873

"Adjusted Syllabus" by Brandon Bayne of UNC - Chapel Hill (spring 2020)
Shared with our community by Dr. Alyssa Dunn in the 02/17/2023 Rebuilding Hope webinar. Webinar details can be accessed here: https://iteach.msu.edu/iteachmsu/groups/iteachmsu/stories/2469?param=post

As an advance reminder, Marohang and I have planned our next and final Learning Community meeting for AY2022-2023 for Friday, April 07, 2023 at 11am. Please watch this space for a related Zoom link as we get closer to the date. We hope to see you there!

Kind Regards,

Stokes and Marohang

AI Commons Bulletin 12/16/2024
Human-curated news about generative AI for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

💚 New CTLI Resource for Using AI in Courses
Very practical introduction to AI at MSU. Details for accessing MSU’s licensed Co-Pilot. Step-by-step instructions on using AI for:
1. Writing emails to students.
2. Summarizing your course videos.
3. Designing lesson rubrics.
4. Forming learning objectives.

Learn More: http://bit.ly/SLXD_07

🏹 Open AI targeting K-12 Educators
Can Higher Ed be far behind? At the very least, increased use in K-12 will shape our incoming students. Topics in the new Open AI free online course: What is ChatGPt and how does it work, ways to use ChatGPT in teaching, best practices for responsible AI in a school setting.

Learn More: https://www.commonsense.org/education/training/chatgpt-k12-foundations

💚 ChatGPT for Natural Course Design
MSU educators explore how using ChatGPT enhances course design by improving structure, aligning objectives, and generating engaging content. Key challenges include content inconsistencies and a steep learning curve, highlighting the need for AI literacy to maximize its potential while managing risks.

Learn More: Kumar, J. A., Zhuang, M., & Thomas, S. (2024). ChatGPT for natural sciences course design: Insights from a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analysis. Natural Sciences Education, 53, e70003. https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/nse2.70003

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Our first meeting is tomorrow morning at 10am: Friday, September 30, 2022, and we hope you'll join us! IN the meantime, here is another recent book title that might be interesting to peruse more closely since it seems to be about designing inclusive online learning experiences for students.

1) Designing Accessible Learning Content: A Practical Guide to Applying best-practice Accessibility Standards to L&D Resources 1st Edition (2021) -- Susi Miller

2) Dive Into UDL, Second Edition: Immersive Practices to Develop Expert Learners 2nd Edition (2022) -- Kendra Grant and Luis Perez

3) What Inclusive Instructors Do (2021) -- Tracie Marcella Addy et al


Amazon has a number of buying options. As with the previously shared titles, these are not required, but they might make for interesting reading and exploration given our learning community's focus.

AI Commons Bulletin 2/19/2025

🧠 AI Tools Soon to Decide How Much They Need to “Think”
Expect the answers from AI tools to generally improve over the next few months, as more of them incorporate “reasoning” into their process. These are models that can discern when a prompt is more complex and would require a multi-step reasoning process. OpenAI is starting this with ChatGPT soon.

Learn More: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtwK3hBAjDY

📗 Five Generations of Intelligent Textbooks
Sosnovsky & Brusilovsky compile the literature on intelligent textbooks and organize five generations:
Engineered: AI-powered adaptive reading.
Integrated: Linked with external smart content.
Extracted: AI analyzes and structures knowledge.
Datamined: Tracks student engagement for insights.
Generated: AI creates content, questions, & chatbots
Learn More: Sosnovsky, S., Brusilovsky, P. & Lan, A. Intelligent Textbooks. Int J Artif Intell Educ (2025).

🚫 Guidance for Uses of AI Banned by EU’s AI Act
The EU regulates AI much more than the US does. When it adopted the AI Act, it banned “unacceptable risk” uses, but didn’t provide much explanation. A new report lays out examples, including manipulative, deceptive, and exploitative practices.

Learn More: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection/document/112367

⏳ Waiting 5-10 Minutes for an AI to Answer?! What?!
Deep Research is a newer function of Google’s AI, Gemini. You can ask it an extended question and it will break it down into parts, research each part (including multiple web searches), and write up a report you can download. It’s available both on the web and on Android. Additional $ required.

Learn More: https://youtu.be/IBKRyI5m_Rk

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ASK ME ANYTHING - Kristen Mapes - Building your digital presence and website development

There are many ways to cultivate your digital presence as a scholar, and it often comes down to making decisions about what audience you are trying to reach and what activity will be manageable for you now and moving forward. In my work, I lead an 8-week long Digital Fellows program that works with faculty, staff, and graduate students to strategically develop their digital presence based around their own professional goals. I can speak to the Domains Initiative at MSU, which provides server space and website creation support, as well as to the brand-new MSU Commons, a social network and open access platform that connects MSU scholars with a wider community of over 23,000 scholars from around the world, and which also serves as MSU's institutional repository for open access materials.