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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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CHERYL - Are there any specific tools or technologies that you have found are effective to help educators/learners communicate across language barriers?

Have you heard about MSU’s Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion?

"The knowledge and skills necessary to navigate an increasingly diverse campus and interconnected world are substantial. The Office for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion and its partners equip faculty, staff members and students with a variety of tools and resources necessary to be welcoming and inclusive of our diverse campus community through workshops, seminars, and trainings."

Submit education requests for IDI services, including educator consultations, on this Google form (https://forms.gle/acniZ9ThopU4cUhdA) or email (inclusion@msu.edu). If you have questions about education programs offered by the Office for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion or need to request a time-sensitive response please contact Dr. Patti Stewart at ps@msu.edu.

Hello Again Everyone! Marohang and I look forward to continuing discussion of the use of digital and cloud-based tools in our work with students across all modalities as well as the challenges and opportunities the digital-collaborative practice affords both students and instructors. All meetings will be via Zoom, and you can find the recurring link and pass code above. To assist everyone with their planning, our meetings for Fall 2023 are scheduled for the following dates and times:

10-11am on Friday, September 22, 2023
10-11am on Friday, October 13, 2023
10-11am on Friday, November 10, 2023
10-11am on Friday, December 01, 2023

Our Recurring Zoom Information:
ID 945 4508 9588
Passcode 851121

Please plan to join us, and we hope to see you on September 22nd!

Kind Regards,

Marohang and Stokes

A couple of resources I want to share:
Preparing Instructional Objectives: A Critical Tool in the Development of Effective Instruction 3rd Edition
by Robert F. Mager (cheap used versions available)

I've only begun digging through this, and I am hoping it will help me to clarify and target the kind of thinking I would like to promote in my teaching:
The Rationality Quotient: Toward a Test of Rational Thinking. Stanovich, West and Toplak

'Smart people do foolish things because intelligence is not the same as the capacity for rational thinking. The Rationality Quotient explains that these two traits, often (and incorrectly) thought of as one, refer to different cognitive functions. The standard IQ test...doesn't measure any of the broad components of rationality—adaptive responding, good judgment, and good decision making. The authors show that rational thinking, like intelligence, is a measurable cognitive competence....[T]hey present the first prototype for an assessment of rational thinking analogous to the IQ test: the CART (Comprehensive Assessment of Rational Thinking).

AI Commons Bulletin 1/24/2025
Human-curated news about generative AI for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

😊 The New Study Buddy: AI is Becoming a Tutor for Some College of Natural Science Students
MSU students are increasingly using AI tools like ChatGPT and the Khanmigo tutoring program to enhance learning, offering instant, interactive assistance for homework and studies.
Learn More: https://natsci.msu.edu/news/2025-01-the-new-study-buddy.aspx

🧠 Students Might Off-Load Critical Thinking to AI
This study found that using AI didn’t change students’ intrinsic motivation to learn. However, they did find that AI tended to cause “metacognitive laziness”. In other words, to avoid te work of critical thinking that AI is supposed to free them up to do.
Learn More: https://doi-org.proxy1.cl.msu.edu/10.1111/bjet.13544

🏫 Perplexity Pays Students to Market For Them
At least on AI company is using stealth marketing on campuses. Perplexity’s “Campus Strategist” program gives students a budget to spread awareness of Perplexity among their classmates.
Learn More: https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/perplexity-s-2024-campus-strategist-program

🦠 The Education Revolution Through AI
This open-access book offers a collection of chapters on AI’s impact on higher education. Key topics:
Potential: Personalized learning, automated tasks, and adaptive teaching
Challenges: Bias, ethics, and data privacy in education
Applications: Integrating AI into research, teaching, and course design
Learn More: https://octaedro.com/libro/the-education-revolution-through-artificial-intelligence/

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 Commons Bulletin 2/10/2025

🚨 CSU Launches “AI Commons” – Sound Familiar?

The California State University (CSU) system just rolled out CSU AI Commons, a system-wide hub for AI tools, training, and research. Backed by Big Tech partnerships, it focuses on faculty development, student literacy, and workforce acceleration. BUT: AI strategy isn’t just about resources—it’s about who controls the narrative. With corporate-backed AI in higher education, what happens to independent faculty innovation?

Learn More: https://genai.calstate.edu/

🔍Tracking AI Policies in Higher Ed

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has compiled a Padlet featuring AI policies and guidelines from institutions worldwide. This evolving resource provides insight into how different universities are shaping their AI approaches.

Learn More: https://padlet.com/cetl6/university-policies-on-generative-ai-m9n7wf05r7rdc6pe

📚 AI Submissions Outperform Students in Recent Study

A PLOS ONE study found that 94% of AI-generated assignments went undetected, with grades averaging half a grade higher than those of real students. There was also an 83.4% chance AI submissions would outperform a random selection of student work across modules.

Learn More: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0305354#:~:text=The%20%27Turing%20Test%27%20is%20now,a%20predefined%20set%20of%20rules

⚞ Blurry Lines in AI and Assessment

A study in Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education highlights student and educator confusion over acceptable AI use in assessments. Many rely on personal judgment or Grammarly analogies. The authors propose the Dynamic Educational Boundaries Model to embed clear AI-use guidelines directly into assessments.

Learn More: https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2025.2456207

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”).

Syllabus as an Administrative Tool Rubric