Month: February 2025

Benefits of CUREs on Scientific Identity in Undergraduates

I am happy to have found the JMBE YouTube playlist I had forgotten about! Tonight I watched the session on “CURES increase students’ scientific self-efficacy, scientific identity, and self-assessed skills.” Grace Borlee and Carolina Mehaffy were the guests, and the session was moderated by Stanley Maloy, JMBE Editor-in-chief. Mehaffy is at Colorado State University along […]
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Innovative Assessment Strategies Using Chatbots

Tonight I started watching some of the JMBE Live sessions I missed. This session was from May 17, 2024 and Greg Crowther and Thomas Knight shared their paper. Stanley Maloy, JMBE Editor-in-Chief, facilitated the session. Knight started by defining higher and lower-order cognitive skills (HOCS and LOCS). Knight defined lower-order cognitive skills from Bloom’s levels […]
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AI Empowered Instructional Design Insights

Tonight I watched the QM session “The AI Empowered Instructional Designer.” Steve Kaufman form the University of Akron was the presenter. They shared a GoogleDoc at bit.ly/ai-empowered-id Kaufman spoke about DeepSeek as a disruptor in the AI industry. Kaufman also emphasized using AI to make us all more connected and literate. Several examples in the […]
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Understanding Regular and Substantive Interaction in Course Design

QM has provided several wonderful webinars and ideas for me to consider. Tonight I watched the recording for the session “Incorporating Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) into Course Design and Delivery.” Jenny Davis from the University of Cincinnati presented an interactive session. Davis explained that in July of 2021, the US Department of Education defined […]
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Digital Accessibility: Key Takeaways from the AmplifyFE Webinar

Tonight I watched a webinar on digital accessibility from the ALT YouTube channel. Stephen Taylor from the Reagent’s University London and ALT member was the presenter. The title of the session was “AmplifyFE Community Space Webinar – Universal Designs for Learning: Accessibility for Everyone.” Taylor explained the Reasonable Adjustments in The Equality Act 2020 from […]
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AI Attitudes in Higher Education: CHLOE 9 Findings

Tonight I continued watching the CHLOE 9 – Strategy Shift: Institutions Respond to Sustained Online Demand webinar. Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer, Encoura, focused on outsourcing and third party services (TPS) and online program management (OPMs). Garrett noted that there is growing importance and regulation of TPS and OPMs. Chief Online Learning Officers (COLOs) […]
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