Teaching and Learning Symposium

Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education

Kristin Corkins, Nursing & June Levitt, Communication Sciences

AI is rapidly penetrating our everyday lives  It sounds threatening , but believe it or not , we cannot avoid AI,  If used wisely, AI could function as a very convenient tool  During this session , we will introduce ways to utilize AI in scheduling, Zoom Note-taking, and aiding in editing/refining documents.

Developmental Mathematics Interventions: Corequisites and Supplemental Instruction

Shawnda Smith, Brandi Falley & Lorianne Gillander, Mathematics

The Developmental Mathematics program at TWU has evolved over the years. We have developed corequisites in College Algebra and Statistics and supplemental instruction in Math 1013 has embedded support into the traditional Math 1013 curriculum. These options have helped students satisfy their core mathematics and degree requirements in one semester.

Universal Design 101: Making Links Descriptive

Samanthi Kottegoda, Biology

Want to offer more flexibility in the way you present content? Using descriptive links can help readers better navigate the document. And, it has the added benefit of helping users with screen readers, as it will instead read out the title of the link rather than its full web address.

Canvas Outcomes to Address Accreditation Reporting

Carla Stebbins & Sandra Tyson, Health Care Administration

Use Canvas Outcomes to facilitate reporting for a degree program using a defined set of competencies/outcomes. Instructors assess students in their courses on these competencies as outcomes using Rubrics to provide feedback and ratings on their program progress. Program data exports to summarize, track and trend student competency achievements to support course- and program-level improvements for reporting to the accreditation body.

Starting Conversations: Choose-Your-Own-Adventure, Small Group Notebooks, Plickers, and Feedback Forms

Alannah Shelby Rivers, Psychology

This presentation focuses on a few ways to use both low-tech (physical notebooks) and higher-tech (Plickers, QR codes, Canvas, Google Tools) formats to spark in-class discussions and generate quick feedback in face-to-face classes.

Using AI Technology to Enhance Instruction of Preservice Teachers

Sarah Cooley & Ann Wheeler, Mathematics

During this presentation, we will discuss the uses of AI technology to enhance instruction in the classroom. Topics will include how we have utilized AI to have future teachers analyze AI generated lesson plans and assessments.

Promoting Open Educational Resources (OER)

June Levitt, Communication Sciences

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, my co-authors and I have developed four OER textbooks and three OER booklets. This presentation will discuss the essential points for designing, organizing, refining, compiling, and publishing OER materials in two publicly available digital libraries: OER Common (national-level) and OERTX (state-level).

Improving Outcomes of Free Response Questions with Rubrics in Statistics

Brandi Falley, Shawnda Smith & Lori Gillander, Mathematics

Students struggle with free response questions so the use of a rubric to guide their understanding when completing a problem improves their success. Our analysis examines the scores on a free-response exam question, exam grades, and individual responses who used a rubric and those who did not have a rubric.

Making Canvas Accessible for All: One Click at a Time!

Youlonda FitzGerald & Maria Serrano, Biology

Accommodation letters arrived with both visual and hearing accommodations. Is your Canvas accessible to all students? UDOIT scans Canvas showing you have 500 errors! Take a deep breath, as we share some quick and simple steps to make the needed alterations to ensure your course is universally accessible for all.

Canvas Outcomes to Address Accreditation Reporting

Carla Stebbins & Sandy Tyson, Health Care Administration

Use Canvas Outcomes to facilitate reporting for a degree program using a defined set of competencies/outcomes. Instructors assess students in their courses on these competencies as outcomes using Rubrics to provide feedback and ratings on their program progress. Program data exports to summarize, track and trend student competency achievements to support course- and program-level improvements for reporting to the accreditation body.

The Art of Critique: Peer Feedback Strategies

Christine Adame, Visual Arts

The presentation will discuss strategies of facilitating successful peer critique sessions on assignments both simple and complex. Attendees of this presentation will come away with ideas on how to leverage Slido, Padlet, and Google Drive to enliven in-class feedback sessions.

The Impact of AI Technology Across Disciplines

Ann Wheeler, Mathematics & Angela Mooney, Spanish

During this presentation, we will discuss two chatGPT-based projects in our Spanish and mathematics education courses, as well as student reflections on the activities. Modifications for future rounds of the activities will also be detailed.

AI Rescued OER

Mary Berger, Biology; Emarely Rosa-Dávila, Social Work; & Karen Dunlap, Teacher Education

The transition of college courses to Open Education Resources (OER) provided a significant saving to students by reducing costly textbook expenses. However, upon this transition, faculty lost an abundance of free instructional resources that were previously provided by publishers. This presented an increased burden on faculty, particularly new faculty to generate course materials from scratch. In this workshop, we will present information on how to increase faculty productivity by leveraging AI to generate instructor resources. We will further discuss the many benefits and concerns that faculty have with using AI to generate content.

Communities of Learning and Practice in Asynchronous Classes

Agatha Beins, Multicultural Women's & Gender Studies & Kathryn Cantrell, Child Development/Child Life

Online asynchronous coursework makes education more accessible but also brings challenges in building community among students and training them for clinical practice. This presentation advocates for integrating “socially valuable communication”—in contrast to “educationally valuable communication”—as a para-instructional method to enhance knowledge and skill building.

Become Proficient in Making Your Audio and Video Content Accessible

Deepani Tennakoon, Biology

The law requires that faculty meet the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) standards when making audio and video content available to learners. This session will engage participants interactively to become aware of the expected standards and discover resources to make their audio and video content accessible to all learners.

Positional Framework: Designing Online Classes for Student Interaction and Belonging

Jerry Burkett, Teacher Education

Designing an online class can be a challenge. It can be increasingly difficult to teach the course and generate student interaction. In this session, participants will hear strategies for designing an online course to strengthen student interaction, learner belonging, and understanding positionality.

Quizzes to Encourage Frequent Studying and Student Interaction

Kyle Biggerstaff, Kinesiology

Unannounced quizzes covering material from the previous class day encourage frequent studying and student interaction. The same quiz is given individually and to groups of students. Student interaction occurs in groups when prepared students teach less prepared students. All students in each group benefit by teaching, listening, or discussing.

How Can AI Tools Help Engage Students and Enhance the Process of Research and Learning?

Mahesh (Michael) Raisinghani, Accounting & Finance

This presentation will provide practical advice for faculty on how to engage students with new technology while restructuring classes into more active learning environments. Emphasis is on the techniques to transform assignments and assessments to motivate and engage students by placing greater emphasis on the process and experience of research and learning.