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Here is a downloadable file of the Center for Teaching and Learning Innovation (CTLI) mid-semester feedback survey sample questions. You can also access the Google Doc here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bvWBucqNfRfc938QekLlealPf4XbIbBCg1Bz5UgwUjY/edit?usp=sharing

Please note that there are colleges and units across MSU's campus that are already offering support to their instructors in collecting formative feedback. This effort is to complement these services and make them accessible to the broader MSU instructor community. Feel free to use these questions verbatim, or tailor to best suit your course(s).

After attending a learning community yesterday afternoon (and looking at MSU's online guidelines) on diversity, equity, and inclusion, I took a stab at putting together a two-minute Doodly video on the subject but pitched to the students in my courses. I've embedded it within the Week Six module of each course since part of student teamwork next week will be assessing their team dynamic, habits, and processes in the completion of Project #1, which teams are turning in on Friday, October 1st. Invariably, there will be a few teams who had interpersonal and/or work habit problems due to procrastination, poor planning, or weak organization. I've tried to use very basic DEI guidelines/definitions as a way to help teams think about their approach and improve collaboration for the latter 2/3 of the semester. See what you think. I hope I am not missing the point somehow. Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDX61xCHN74

AI Commons Bulletin 1/13/2025
Human-curated news about generative AI for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

😮 Word of the Day: “AI-giarism”
“The unethical practice of using artificial intelligence technologies, particularly generative language models, to generate content that is plagiarized either from original human-authored work or directly from AI-generated content, without appropriate acknowledgement of the original sources or AI’s contribution.” (Chan, 2024)
Learn More: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-024-13151-7

💚 H-Net Hosts 2025 AI Symposium: Fear, Faith, and Praxis: Artificial Intelligence in the Humanities and Social Sciences
This year’s theme, “Fear, Faith, and Praxis: Artificial Intelligence, Humanities, and Social Sciences,” focuses on student-centered approaches to the use of AI in pedagogical practice and reassessing previous assumptions about AI. This two-day event will be held on MSU’s campus on Feb 20-21, 2025, and available via live stream on the H-Net Commons.
Learn More: https://networks.h-net.org/2025-ai-symposium

💬 Try This: Use AI to Make Peer Feedback More Effective
Use this prompt: ‘‘I teach a university class where students work on teams for the semester. You are my assistant, who is going to help me provide formative feedback to my students. I collect peer comments periodically throughout out the semester, and I would like you to summarize the comments into a performance feedback review in a way that is constructive and actionable. Additionally, the students assess themselves and I would like you to compare their responses to the peer feedback. The output should be in the form of a letter, and please exclude anything that is inappropriate for the workplace.’’ [If there are less than 2 comments for a student, please provide generic feedback only.]
Learn More: https://www.ijee.ie/1atestissues/Vol40-5/02_ijee4488.pdf

🫥 AI’s That Can Read Your Student’s Emotions
Google wants its AI bots to read emotions. Critics point out the dangers from misclassifying user behaviors. AND recent research suggests the science of “universal emotions” is culturally biased.
Learn More: https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/05/google-says-its-new-open-models-can-identify-emotions-and-that-has-experts-worried/

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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”).

Equitable Pedagogy Learning Community- Reminder for our meeting this Friday 10/20/23 from 10:00am-11:30am! We have both in-person and Zoom options available!

Remember, our meetings will always take place from 10-11:30am the 3rd Friday of every month for the semester. 

For our meeting on Friday, we have two different papers to discuss about student resilience (I know they seem long, but there are lots of really big data tables). 


Meeting details:
In person: Synder C301
On Zoom: Link, Meeting ID: 988 5368 6880, Passcode: OFASD
We hope to see everyone on Friday! 

Casey and Valerie

Earlier today, I finished another episode of my audio podcast -- The Collaborative Cafe @ WSTKS-FM -- on a five step process student learning teams can follow to use AI in an ethical, transparent, and effective way to help develop their third collaborative project at the end of the Fall 2024 semester, Here's a link for interested listeners:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MxOh5r4BK8

Hello!

The MSU Department of Police and Public Safety is hosting a Community Cool Down event outside of the STEM Teaching and Learning Facility this Thursday, August 3rd, 2023 from 11:00am to 2:00pm. The event is open to all students, faculty, and staff and the goal is to provide a safe space and opportunity for the Spartan community to get energized ahead of the fall semester. There will be a DJ, yard games, cool treats, and more. We hope to see you there!

Greetings! I'm Dustin De Felice and tomorrow (10/22) I will be hosting an AMA on ideas for Hyflex classrooms. With the addition of cameras and microphones in classroom spaces across campus, the ability to link students online and in person has never been greater. While there are still challenges with this type of classroom, I have been exploring various formats, scheduling strategies, and modality choices with an eye toward future semesters. Please share your questions, add a thought, or even a description of how your classroom looks now by commenting on this post and I'll share what I know. Looking forward to having a conversation about Hyflex classrooms!

Here is a very interesting piece on [motivating] and engaging students from Faculty Focus: https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/effective-teaching-strategies/engaging-students-at-a-deeper-level/?st=FFdaily%3Bsc%3DFF220330%3Butm_term%3DFF220330

I hope you might find it interesting. I did, and there are some ideas here that I'll use early in the semester next fall when I return to the (hybrid) classroom.

Kind Regards,

Stokes