Dr. Jennifer Culver, the Community Engagement Manager at Quality Matters (QM) wrapped up the Quality in Action sessions. Culver noted that you can’t have innovation and continuous improvement without innovation. Attendees spoke about the ideas shared and potential. AI simplifies the creation of scenarios and also brings challenges. The generative tools can help create cases, questions, and content. Culver highlighted how accessibility should be part of the design process. Penny Ralston-Berg shared that to emphasize continuous improvement they share an activity that starts with a skateboard and ends with a car. Steven Crawford said that in the classroom we don’t get do-overs but also not to let perfect be the enemy of done. Culver added the “car maintenance” part by reminding us that we have to go back and update content and improve interactions. Christi Calvert from West Virginia University spoke about learners have been using AI for reflections and discussion forum responses and that there are also ways for instructors to introduce AI to help students understand acceptable use. Culver shared a Padlet board with links with resources from sessions. Culver and Ralston-Berg talked about helping users learn about critical thinking and reliability. Culver stressed the need to promote fact checking. They noted that more personalized assessments and conversations about AI use are needed.
