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AI Commons Bulletin - Human-curated news about generative AI for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. 12/11/2024
📔 Automatic AI Summaries Now in ProQuest
MSU’s Proquest library database access added an AI “Research Assistant” in an article sidebar. The tool features article summaries, additional sources, important concepts and research topics.
Learn More: Library Learning Space - https://librarylearningspace.com/proquest-launches-ai-powered-research-assistant-to-promote-responsible-ai-use-in-academia/
🔎 Introduction to Prompts
Organizes many practical tips for writing AI prompts into one framework. The article is specific to education and includes links to authoritative resources.
Learn More: Park, J., & Choo, S. (2024). Generative AI Prompt Engineering for Educators: Practical Strategies. Journal of Special Education Technology, 0(0). https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01626434241298954
🧬 Think of AI Uses as Along a Continuum
Monash University describes four examples of AI use in their courses:
1. Explore AI with students to build AI Literacy and discuss academic integrity.
2. Design assessments that focus on process rather than product to build critical thinking.
3. Incorporate new AI-enabled activities, like simulated personas.
4. Use AI for basic assessment, freeing educators to focus on personalized feedback.
Learn More: Hook, J., Junor, A., Sell, C., & Sapsed, C. (2024). Navigating integrity and innovation: Case studies of generative AI integration from an Arts Faculty. ASCILITE Publications, 165–172. https://publications.ascilite.org/index.php/APUB/article/view/1234/1478
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📔 Automatic AI Summaries Now in ProQuest
MSU’s Proquest library database access added an AI “Research Assistant” in an article sidebar. The tool features article summaries, additional sources, important concepts and research topics.
Learn More: Library Learning Space - https://librarylearningspace.com/proquest-launches-ai-powered-research-assistant-to-promote-responsible-ai-use-in-academia/
🔎 Introduction to Prompts
Organizes many practical tips for writing AI prompts into one framework. The article is specific to education and includes links to authoritative resources.
Learn More: Park, J., & Choo, S. (2024). Generative AI Prompt Engineering for Educators: Practical Strategies. Journal of Special Education Technology, 0(0). https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01626434241298954
🧬 Think of AI Uses as Along a Continuum
Monash University describes four examples of AI use in their courses:
1. Explore AI with students to build AI Literacy and discuss academic integrity.
2. Design assessments that focus on process rather than product to build critical thinking.
3. Incorporate new AI-enabled activities, like simulated personas.
4. Use AI for basic assessment, freeing educators to focus on personalized feedback.
Learn More: Hook, J., Junor, A., Sell, C., & Sapsed, C. (2024). Navigating integrity and innovation: Case studies of generative AI integration from an Arts Faculty. ASCILITE Publications, 165–172. https://publications.ascilite.org/index.php/APUB/article/view/1234/1478
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”).
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8 months ago
AI Commons Bulletin 1/6/2025
Human-curated news about generative AI for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
💚 Try This: Create Examples for Critical Analysis
Students can use AI to create an example “in the style of” something, and then evaluate the result. For example, Dickens scholar Dan Doughtery offers: “Write a story about a young man falling in love in the style of Charles Dickens’ novel David Copperfield” (Dougherty).
Learn More: https://bowiestate.edu/academics/colleges/college-of-arts-and-sciences/departments/language-literature-and-cultural-studies/ceamag/ceamar-journal-2024.pdf#page=38
🔮 Crystal Ball: “Digital Twins”
Watch for this in the next year: virtual models of a specific object, person or system updated using real-time data. Imagine it as a tool for the ultimate personalized learning system.
Learn More: https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/digital-twin
ℹ️ Students See Feedback from a “Calibrated” AI as Helpful
In this example, instructors augmented a general AI tool with research from their discipline and works from previous students (both = 35 million words). Then instructors had the AI tool give feedback on student assignments. The students loved it.
Learn More: (Numerous theories here – skip to page 17 for results). Zapata, G. C., Saini, A., Tzirides, A. -O. (Olnacy), Cope, W., & Kalantzis, M. (2024). The Role of Feedback in University Students’ Learning Experiences: An Exploration Grounded in Activity Theory. Ubiquitious Learning: An International Journal, 18(2), 1-30. https://cgscholar.com/bookstore/works/the-role-of-ai-feedback-in-university-students-learning-experiences
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Human-curated news about generative AI for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
💚 Try This: Create Examples for Critical Analysis
Students can use AI to create an example “in the style of” something, and then evaluate the result. For example, Dickens scholar Dan Doughtery offers: “Write a story about a young man falling in love in the style of Charles Dickens’ novel David Copperfield” (Dougherty).
Learn More: https://bowiestate.edu/academics/colleges/college-of-arts-and-sciences/departments/language-literature-and-cultural-studies/ceamag/ceamar-journal-2024.pdf#page=38
🔮 Crystal Ball: “Digital Twins”
Watch for this in the next year: virtual models of a specific object, person or system updated using real-time data. Imagine it as a tool for the ultimate personalized learning system.
Learn More: https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/digital-twin
ℹ️ Students See Feedback from a “Calibrated” AI as Helpful
In this example, instructors augmented a general AI tool with research from their discipline and works from previous students (both = 35 million words). Then instructors had the AI tool give feedback on student assignments. The students loved it.
Learn More: (Numerous theories here – skip to page 17 for results). Zapata, G. C., Saini, A., Tzirides, A. -O. (Olnacy), Cope, W., & Kalantzis, M. (2024). The Role of Feedback in University Students’ Learning Experiences: An Exploration Grounded in Activity Theory. Ubiquitious Learning: An International Journal, 18(2), 1-30. https://cgscholar.com/bookstore/works/the-role-of-ai-feedback-in-university-students-learning-experiences
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”).
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AI Commons Bulletin 1/29/2025
Human-curated news about generative AI for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
✨ Model Course Framework for Teaching Ethical and Effective Use of AI
Educators from LUT University, Finland, lay out a course with 4 modules;
- Introduction to Generative AI
- Ethics in Generative AI Usage
- Core Principles of Efficiency and Prompt Engineering
- Project Work for Practicing Efficient AI Usage
Learn More: https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/7d863060-bedf-446e-9862-154add2711fc/content
💯 ChatGPT4 Enrolled in an Online Masters Course and Earned Top Grades
In an online Master of Health Administration course, neither the instructor nor students knew the top-performing student was AI. ChatGPT excelled in quizzes, tests, attendance, and discussions.
Learn More: https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/aupha/jhae/2024/00000040/00000004/art00005
👣 Step-By-Step Instructions for Building an AI Skills Trainer
Law professor Alexandria Serra shares how they created “MootMentor AI” to provide students practical legal advocacy experience. Key insights include pre-building decisions. See page 91 for details.
Learn More: https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1168&context=jolti
💬 Communication Teacher: Special Issue on AI
A special issue of Communication Teacher explores four AI adaptation stances: observation, replication, enhancement, and transformation. Articles cover how educators integrate generative AI, with assignments, student reflections, and practical applications for communication courses.
Learn More: https://doi.org/10.1080/17404622.2024.2419012
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.
✨ Model Course Framework for Teaching Ethical and Effective Use of AI
Educators from LUT University, Finland, lay out a course with 4 modules;
- Introduction to Generative AI
- Ethics in Generative AI Usage
- Core Principles of Efficiency and Prompt Engineering
- Project Work for Practicing Efficient AI Usage
Learn More: https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/7d863060-bedf-446e-9862-154add2711fc/content
💯 ChatGPT4 Enrolled in an Online Masters Course and Earned Top Grades
In an online Master of Health Administration course, neither the instructor nor students knew the top-performing student was AI. ChatGPT excelled in quizzes, tests, attendance, and discussions.
Learn More: https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/aupha/jhae/2024/00000040/00000004/art00005
👣 Step-By-Step Instructions for Building an AI Skills Trainer
Law professor Alexandria Serra shares how they created “MootMentor AI” to provide students practical legal advocacy experience. Key insights include pre-building decisions. See page 91 for details.
Learn More: https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1168&context=jolti
💬 Communication Teacher: Special Issue on AI
A special issue of Communication Teacher explores four AI adaptation stances: observation, replication, enhancement, and transformation. Articles cover how educators integrate generative AI, with assignments, student reflections, and practical applications for communication courses.
Learn More: https://doi.org/10.1080/17404622.2024.2419012
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”).
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over 1 year ago
Do you use Copilot in Power Automate? I have only had moderate success with having Copilot outline flows for me, but I have found it useful that I can have Copilot write plain language descriptions of flows I have created. This helps me with a recurring question I have when making a new flow: 'How did I do this the last time?"
Posted on: Equitable Pedagogy Learning Community
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almost 2 years ago
Hi all! This month we are planning to have a little brunch party at our in person meeting. Please RSVP in the poll in our Microsoft Teams if you will attend, so we can make sure we bring enough food and coffee!
We were also hoping to have a discussion about the Mindful twenty-something (link to ebook from Library in Teams) book that Jonathan Ritz suggested for our group. It's short, and we thought a jigsaw-style reading could be fun. The table of contents is on Teams. Pick a part that sounds interesting to you, and then choose it in the poll. It would be best if we could try to get all the parts spoken for, so we can have a full discussion.
Look forward to seeing everyone!!
We were also hoping to have a discussion about the Mindful twenty-something (link to ebook from Library in Teams) book that Jonathan Ritz suggested for our group. It's short, and we thought a jigsaw-style reading could be fun. The table of contents is on Teams. Pick a part that sounds interesting to you, and then choose it in the poll. It would be best if we could try to get all the parts spoken for, so we can have a full discussion.
Look forward to seeing everyone!!
Pedagogical Design
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9 months ago
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
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.
💚 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
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”).
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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”).
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7 months ago
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
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”).
🧠 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
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”).