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We're now utilizing this group as a space dedicated SOLELY to recognizing and celebrating MSU Educators who have received #iteachmsu's annual Educator Award. Award recipients are nominated through iteach.msu.edu via the Thank an Educator form. You can submit any educators you want to celebrate by clicking here: https://iteach.msu.edu/home/thank_an_educator.

If you're looking for featured educators and educator stories, please join the new group "Doing the Work: Educator Stories" at https://iteach.msu.edu/groups/doing-the-work-featured-educators/feeds

In a project that has been in the works for a long time, with an aim to be a platform for positive change at such a large institution, there is a lot of pressure to get it just right. That being said, we hope that in the true nature of prototyping and design iterations, users to the new space approach it with an open mind and a recognition that it's not perfect (but we're committed to making it the best it can be in our current phase).

Has anyone else experienced this tension between a "perfect" end product and launching a new project?

Hi Ungraders,

Thanks to all who were able to attend our 4/4 session and greetings to those who weren't able to. I wanted to post the questions that were indicated as "follow up needed" as folks left the space last week so we can continue the conversation, sharing, and support. In no particular they are:
1. How to encourage/increase undergrad/student readiness?
2. How do we ensure ungrading doesn't reproduce grade inequities?
3. How do you set students up to manage self-direction?
4. How to negotiate internal and external ecosystems - jobs?
5. How can we keep the atmosphere competitive even with ungrading?

I hope folks can simmer on these and share reflections, ideas, and resources as they come up. Also, I hope folks can add more questions, ideas, and resources.

~Brittany

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.

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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