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Posted on: #iteachmsu
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over 1 year ago
Hello Colleagues,
I’m writing to inform you that the MSU Libraries' Open Educational Resources Award Program call for applications for the academic year 2023-2024 opens today.
Now in its 5th year, the OER Award Program provides financial incentives and support to instructors interested in adopting, adapting, or creating OER as an alternative to traditional learning materials to advance our goals of affordability, access, equity, and student success.
Please visit https://libguides.lib.msu.edu/oer/award or consult the attached Call for Proposals to learn more about the application categories, eligibility, participation requirements, timelines, and criteria for evaluation. Application forms are available at https://libguides.lib.msu.edu/oer/award, and the deadline for submission is February 12, 2024.
The OER Advisory Committee will meet to review applications, and successful awardees will be notified on March 1, 2024.
Please feel free to share this information with interested colleagues.
Sincerely,
Linda
I’m writing to inform you that the MSU Libraries' Open Educational Resources Award Program call for applications for the academic year 2023-2024 opens today.
Now in its 5th year, the OER Award Program provides financial incentives and support to instructors interested in adopting, adapting, or creating OER as an alternative to traditional learning materials to advance our goals of affordability, access, equity, and student success.
Please visit https://libguides.lib.msu.edu/oer/award or consult the attached Call for Proposals to learn more about the application categories, eligibility, participation requirements, timelines, and criteria for evaluation. Application forms are available at https://libguides.lib.msu.edu/oer/award, and the deadline for submission is February 12, 2024.
The OER Advisory Committee will meet to review applications, and successful awardees will be notified on March 1, 2024.
Please feel free to share this information with interested colleagues.
Sincerely,
Linda
Posted on: GenAI & Education
Posted by
8 months ago
AI Commons Bulletin 1/22/2025
Human-curated news about generative AI for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
📷 AI for Photographic Course Materials
Instructors using photos in course materials can explore AI tools that extend images into panoramic or 360-degree views. Currently based on a single photo, these tools may soon evolve to include context, offering more accurate and dynamic results.
Learn More: https://people.engr.tamu.edu/nimak/Papers/PanoDreamer/index.html
👍 Policies at German Universities Generally Positive Toward AI
A content analysis of AI guidelines at 67 universities in Germany can be summed up as: use it if you wish, just be open and transparent.
Learn More: https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.12891
💬 Word of the Day: Agentic Era
Google sees the future as agentic. To them, this means AI that can “understand more about the world around you, think multiple steps ahead, and take action on your behalf”. In other words, AI that makes decisions and adapts to its surroundings.
Learn More: https://blog.google/technology/google-deepmind/google-gemini-ai-update-december-2024/
🏫 Learning Needs in the Age of AI is Different
The rise of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) sparks important discussions regarding learner independence and self-direction:
1. How to use AI productively for one’s learning needs
2. How to evaluate AI responses
3. How to maintain one’s own voice
Learn More: https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14121369
Bulletin items compiled by MJ Jackson and Sarah Freye with production assistance from Lisa Batchelder. Get the AI-Commons Bulletin on our Microsoft Teams channel, at aicommons.commons.msu.edu, or by email (send an email to aicommons@msu.edu with the word “subscribe”).
Human-curated news about generative AI for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
📷 AI for Photographic Course Materials
Instructors using photos in course materials can explore AI tools that extend images into panoramic or 360-degree views. Currently based on a single photo, these tools may soon evolve to include context, offering more accurate and dynamic results.
Learn More: https://people.engr.tamu.edu/nimak/Papers/PanoDreamer/index.html
👍 Policies at German Universities Generally Positive Toward AI
A content analysis of AI guidelines at 67 universities in Germany can be summed up as: use it if you wish, just be open and transparent.
Learn More: https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.12891
💬 Word of the Day: Agentic Era
Google sees the future as agentic. To them, this means AI that can “understand more about the world around you, think multiple steps ahead, and take action on your behalf”. In other words, AI that makes decisions and adapts to its surroundings.
Learn More: https://blog.google/technology/google-deepmind/google-gemini-ai-update-december-2024/
🏫 Learning Needs in the Age of AI is Different
The rise of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) sparks important discussions regarding learner independence and self-direction:
1. How to use AI productively for one’s learning needs
2. How to evaluate AI responses
3. How to maintain one’s own voice
Learn More: https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14121369
Bulletin items compiled by MJ Jackson and Sarah Freye with production assistance from Lisa Batchelder. Get the AI-Commons Bulletin on our Microsoft Teams channel, at aicommons.commons.msu.edu, or by email (send an email to aicommons@msu.edu with the word “subscribe”).
Posted on: #iteachmsu
Posted by
about 1 year ago
For anyone curious about AI in the post-secondary classroom, I've just completed a 10-program summer series as part of my regular podcast that might be interesting to you. Here are links to the Youtube channel and each particular 16- to 20-minute episode:
The Collaborative Café@WSTKS-FM Worldwide Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/@wstks-fmworldwide5390
Episode 121 – Align AI-Enhanced Pedagogy with DEI Goals!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSBctkKzdJY
Episode 120 – Cultivate Critical Thinking, Creative Problem-Solving, and AI Literacy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skh5SrXHeek
Episode 119 – GenAI’s Own Arguments against Its Inclusion in the College Classroom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWpGfzpc2XM
Episode 118 – Circling Back, Touching Base, and Looking Ahead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ueM_Fz4pIg
Episode 117 – Practical Suggestions for Moving forward with GenAI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLnjw4-kLzQ
Episode 116 – Fostering Greater Academic Integrity and More Ethical Use of GenAI by Students https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHkNYREmI_8
Episode 115 – Cautionary Note and Suggestions for the Ethical Use of GenAI in the College Classroom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZhSIageffI
Episode 114 – How Can Instructors and Students Use GenAI in Teaching and Learning?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x38lEAkIJBE
Episode 113 – Why Integrate GenAI into Our Teaching and Learning Practices?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-3ifzRYlok
Episode 112 – GenAI in Our Teaching and Learning Practices
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gup8phmHpL4
The Collaborative Café@WSTKS-FM Worldwide began in May 2022, serving up practical tips, tricks, and advice to the undergraduates enrolled in Professor Schwartz's literature, drama, and film courses. His continued goal is to help students navigate their routine digital-collaborative activities with greater success. More recently, Schwartz has ventured into an ongoing exploration of GenAI, and how it will transform higher education in the 21st century.
The Collaborative Café@WSTKS-FM Worldwide Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/@wstks-fmworldwide5390
Episode 121 – Align AI-Enhanced Pedagogy with DEI Goals!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSBctkKzdJY
Episode 120 – Cultivate Critical Thinking, Creative Problem-Solving, and AI Literacy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skh5SrXHeek
Episode 119 – GenAI’s Own Arguments against Its Inclusion in the College Classroom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWpGfzpc2XM
Episode 118 – Circling Back, Touching Base, and Looking Ahead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ueM_Fz4pIg
Episode 117 – Practical Suggestions for Moving forward with GenAI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLnjw4-kLzQ
Episode 116 – Fostering Greater Academic Integrity and More Ethical Use of GenAI by Students https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHkNYREmI_8
Episode 115 – Cautionary Note and Suggestions for the Ethical Use of GenAI in the College Classroom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZhSIageffI
Episode 114 – How Can Instructors and Students Use GenAI in Teaching and Learning?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x38lEAkIJBE
Episode 113 – Why Integrate GenAI into Our Teaching and Learning Practices?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-3ifzRYlok
Episode 112 – GenAI in Our Teaching and Learning Practices
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gup8phmHpL4
The Collaborative Café@WSTKS-FM Worldwide began in May 2022, serving up practical tips, tricks, and advice to the undergraduates enrolled in Professor Schwartz's literature, drama, and film courses. His continued goal is to help students navigate their routine digital-collaborative activities with greater success. More recently, Schwartz has ventured into an ongoing exploration of GenAI, and how it will transform higher education in the 21st century.