The FDIP
Season 2
Well Designed Courses
Andragogy
Microlearning
Active Learning
Prompting in Large Language Model AI
Season 1
by Faculty Development and Innovation Center
FDIC Director, Dr. Michael Gillespie, and Instructional Designer Kim Ervin talk about the importance (and impact) of well design courses. Show notes: Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom Publisher Website Technology driving the pedagogy horse instead of the other way around image link FDIC Backward Design Template
FDIC Instructional Designer Kim Ervin discusses "andragogy," the art and science of leading and/or managing adults. At the heart of andragogy is a set of assumptions that guide adults in their learning. Imagine this scenario: if you were to teach a subject to younger learners, your approach would Andragogy outlines assumptions about adult learning that when attune to, can serve as a compass to adjustments you can make to more effectively teach adults.
FDIC Instructional Designer, Kim Ervin, discusses what is and is not "microlearning."Microlearning is ateaching strategy that helps disrupt forgetting by activating our brains working memory to help transition new information into long term memories. In the book Microlearning: Short and Sweet by Karl Kapp and Robyn Defelice, microlearning is defined as an instructional unit that provides a short engagement in an activity intentionally designed to elicit a specific outcome from the learner. There are 5 keys words or phrases in that definition that underpin its meaning – 1 is instructional unit, 2 is short, 3 engagement activity, 4 intentional, and 5 is specific outcome. Show Notes Kapp, K. M., & Defelice, R. A. (2019). Microlearning: Short and Sweet. ATD Press. Flashcard Lab Chrome Extension Quizlet Booth Library OER LibGuide
FDIC Director Dr. Michael Gillespie and Instructional Designer Kim Ervin talk about active learning and its role in the college classroom.Show Notes:Reflecting on Your Practice Worksheet Online Instructional Activities Index Website – University of Illinois Springfield – ION Professional eLearning Programs Small Teaching OnlineFDIC Active Learning FLC
FDIC Instructional Designer Kim Ervin presents some tips for crafting prompts that drive effective interactions with large language model (LLM) artificial intelligence (AI) agents.An LLM can provide a response, a textual prompt is entered by a human. A well-crafted prompt serves as a navigational aid for the AI, molding its response. Following an LLM's response to an initial prompt, subsequent follow-up prompts can be entered, generating a chain of responses in an iterative manner. This iterative approach integrates an element of memory, because LLMs retain past prompts within a conversation while generating new responses. This essentially empowers you to progressively refine your prompts, to get closer to the desired outcome. Recognizing the pivotal role of a prompt to enrich a response, I'd like to use this episode to continue the conversation about AI’s like ChatGPT and Bard and share information regarding the art of crafting effective prompts.Links for Show Notes How to Use ChatGPT to Boost your Writing blogpost by Ethan Mollick Informational Webpage for the Vanderbilt University Coursera Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT Course Vanderbilt University Coursera Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT Course link A Prompt Pattern Catalog to Enhance Prompt Engineering with ChatGPT PDF link GitHub Awesome ChatGPT Prompts
Dr. Michael Gillespie, FDIC Director, talks with Dr. Lauri DeRuiter-Willems about her FDIC Fellowship on Open Educational Resources (OER).Show Resources:Knight-Davis, Stacey and DeRuiter-Willems, Lauri, "Instructor and Librarian Collaboration on a Course Without a Textbook. (2018). Faculty Research & Creative Activity. 246Booth Library LibGuide: Open Educational ResourcesLauri DeRuiter Willems: LibGuide
FDIC Director Dr. Michael Gillespie and Instructional Designer Kim Ervin talk about the 2023 FSI Annual Conference and look ahead for the coming year.
FDIC Director Dr. Michael Gillespie talks with Joe Fatheree, an educator, activist, scholar, and thought-leader on AI in education. GPT-4 Is Here. But Most Faculty Lack AI Policies (Inside Higher Ed, 22-March, 2023) AI in Higher Education (Ray Schroder, UPCEA Sr. Fellow, UIS) Everybody is Cheating: Why this teacher has adopted an open ChatGPT policy (NPR, 26-January, 2023)
Kim Ervin shares ways to increase the potential for office hours to be used by learners. Rethinking Office Hours Recorded Webinar (48:15) Introducing Faculty Office Hours: Arizona State University Video (2:21) Innovative Office Hours Infographic Public Space Office Hours Article
FDIC Instructional Designer Kim Ervin shares best practices for creating accessible Microsoft PowerPoint presentations. Resource Information for Creating Accessible MicroSoft PowerPoint Presentations Provided by EIU FDIC Kim Ervin, Instructional Designer Contact Information Fall 2022 ISS Departments with Contact Information (Effective 9-01-2022).xlsx or email support@eiu.edu