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 […]
Steve Kaufman, a senior instructional designer at the University of Akron, presented a session titled “The AI Empowered Instructional Designer.” Kaufman started with a statement: “This is the most exciting and simultaneously anxious time to work in education.” They described AI as the next disruptor. Kaufman then shared several quotes, including one describing how Google […]
The next QM Connect 2024 Conference AI Lightning talk I watched was by Carolyn Stoll and Krista Galyen. The title of the session was “Why Grade Using AI.” Stoll shared how they use AI for rich, robust, feedback. Stoll teaches a writing course in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Cincinnati. Stoll is […]
Tonight I continued watching the QM Connect 2024 Conference AI Lightning Sessions. The next session was “A Team Approach: Getting started with AI to build efficiencies.” Lisa Byrnes and Kate Morgan from Penn State Wold Campus were the presenters. They are both instructional designers interested in AI and wanted to streamline processes. They established a […]
Tonight I watched another AI Lightning Talk from the QM Communications YouTube playlist. Dr. Bryan Malone presented at the QM Connect Conference on “AI for Course Data Analytics Development.” They have a four-month process for developing courses. Malone wanted to develop a 300-level Big Data Course using AI (Chat GPT paid subscription) and Subject Matter […]
I continued watching the Quality Matters (QM) lightning talks session. The session focused on AI for course design. The first group of speakers included: Kate Morgan, Lisa Byrnes, Amanda Hardman, Heather Braatz, Bryan Malone, and Jess Kahlow. The first session with Dr. Rachel Brooks was on the use of AI to expand branching scenarios for […]
Continuing with the KBase Science Session: Data integration to support (or refute) predictions, I watched the session by Paramvir Dehal and team. The title of the session was “Leveraging LLMs to Synthesize and Develop New Questions.” They talked about the use of a KBase Research Assistant with the goal of accelerating science by helping with […]