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Students appreciate accessible and well-designed Canvas courses. ETS is here to help you amp up your Canvas course through:
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Tech Tip – TTT
A quick technology tip to help you engage your students whether in the classroom or remotely.
Tech Tip from ETS: AI and Assessment Strategies
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As you think about your learning goals and AI, check out these timely resources on course policies, assessments, and usage examples from Alchemy’s recent webinar: “Navigating AI and Assessments: Strategies for the New Academic Year.”
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Tech Tip from ETS: A Student Guide to Navigating College in the AI Era
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| Given our own uncertainty about generative AI, undoubtedly our students also have questions. Elon University and the AAC&U have put together A Student Guide to Artificial Intelligence. This is a wonderful, excellent, fabulous gem; check it out! |
I’m familiar with AI. Now what?
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Are you already pretty familiar with generative AI? Ready to try more advanced prompting? Our friends at the UCF’s Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, led by Kevin Yee, have created a terrific resource: AI Hacks for Educators. Kevin and his group offer more than 50+ AI uses with detailed prompts that you can copy and edit for your purposes. |
From fear to familiarity
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In May, I had a conversation with Adam Weinberg about the use of generative AI and its implications for higher education. During that conversation, I recommended two things:
When we met last week, Adam shared his enthusiasm for Mollick’s book—he even purchased copies for the entire senior staff! |
Restoring Trust in the Age of AI
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| Trust is a peculiar thing. It is not unique to humans—I think my dog trusts me—but it is clearly something that chatbots do not possess. In his recent piece in The Chronicle, ‘Why We Should Normalize Open Disclosure of AI Use‘ Marc Watkins aptly notes that “Teaching is all about trust, which is difficult to restore once it has been lost.” |
Tech: Canvas, Reproducibility, and Gemini
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| Canvas Updates and Support ETS created a page on My Denison to share tips for using the new Canvas template, so you can ensure your courses are student-friendly! Check it out to find important information, such as posting your syllabus in the most effective location and how to get more support. Reproducibility Using RStudio for Teaching and Research |
Teaching: Your fall classes and AI
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Tech: Summer course prep-What you need to know
Canvas has a sleek new template coming, thanks to the feedback from over 100 faculty/students. The new template will launch in May- check out this 30-second sneak peek!
OER resources: As you think about course content this summer, this LibGuide for Affordable Content & OER makes an excellent starting point. If you are interested in learning more about affordable content practices, the Open Education Resources Initiative has a streamlined, self-paced Canvas course worth exploring.
Down the AI Rabbit Hole: Dumbledore’s Army
In this week’s ‘Down the AI Rabbit Hole’ I share some great resources from the Mollicks at the Wharton School of Business. I also make a revelation about my AI journey as it related to Denison and beyond.
Listen to Down the AI Rabbit Hole: Dumbledore’s Army
This week’s tip:
In the last few weeks we got two influential resources from Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School of Business, a leading innovator in generative AI.