Episodes

  • Inclusive Excellence with John Blue
    Jul 26 2024

    FDIC Director Dr. Michael Gillespie talks with EIU Senior Diversity Officer and Executive Director of the Office of Belonging, Access, and Engagement.

    Office of Belonging, Access, and Engagement Website

    FDIC Website

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    31 mins
  • The Power of Prediction
    Apr 1 2024

    FDIC Instructional Designer Kim Ervin discusses the power of using prediction in your pedagogy.

    Show notes and resources:

    1. Article about prediction and learning - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8642250/
    1. A Method for Predicting the Academic Performances of College Students Based on Education System Data: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/10/20/3737#:~:text=The%20role%20of%20academic%20performance,risk%20of%20failing%20the%20course.
    1. An article that defines prediction and the difference between inference and prediction https://www.teachthought.com/literacy/difference-inference-prediction/
    1. How prediction increases student engagement - https://www.edutopia.org/blog/wonder-prediction-and-student-engagement-richard-curwin
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    7 mins
  • Well Designed Courses
    Feb 29 2024

    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

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    27 mins
  • Andragogy
    Jan 31 2024

    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.

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    15 mins
  • Microlearning
    Oct 30 2023
    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
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    11 mins
  • Active Learning
    Sep 29 2023
    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
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    33 mins
  • Prompting in Large Language Model AI
    Aug 30 2023
    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
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    18 mins
  • Open Educational Resources (OER) and Faculty Development
    Jun 28 2023
    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
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    22 mins