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Considering AI Tools for Exploration or Instruction? Use the AI Decision Tree!

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Did you Know? In early 2024, the UHOIC, in collaboration with ITS Data Governance, developed the UH AI Decision Tree (PDF), an easy-to-follow flowchart for UH faculty and staff interested in exploring AI-based tools and/or incorporating them into their teaching. The flowchart includes links to an overview of artificial intelligence, UH AI recommendations, and important considerations for the ethical use of AI, including how to protect your and your students’ data when using third-party tools. Check it out!

For those interested in additional AI resources and UHOIC AI-focused events, check out the UHOIC Artificial Intelligence (AI) webpage.

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Explore the Lamakū Learning Pathways!

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With the learning management system (LMS) transition from Laulima to Lamakū underway, there continues to be a growing number of resources, tutorials, events, etc. available for faculty and staff across the system. To help navigate everything in a one-stop shop, the Lamakū Learning Pathways infographic (Miro, accessible PDF version also available) was created to map out the curated resources into different user pathways: Core, Plus, and Power. 

Whether you are new to Lamakū, seeking to deepen your knowledge, or aiming to support others, these groupings are designed for users to easily jump between pathways (and topics), depending on their specific needs. As new professional development events and/or resources become available, they will be incorporated into the infographic.

A special mahalo to the UH Instructional Design Professional Learning Community (ID PLC) for their hard work in creating these invaluable resources.

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AI Prompting Guide

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Has work/life been so busy that you wish for a solution to improve your day-to-day tasks or teaching, learning, and work contexts? Generative AI might be a solution for this with properly tailored prompts!  Check out the AI Prompting Guide for information on AI considerations and various AI frameworks to help guide you with composing more explicit and comprehensive prompts, along with numerous example prompts to help get you started. The guide was first shared at the Work Smarter Not Harder: Level Up AI Prompting webinar in February 2024.

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AI Recommendations For Faculty and Staff

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2023 was a busy year with the onset of AI and its integration into higher education. So many resources and professional development were made available, from introductory webinars, tools exploration, and research, to strategies for incorporating/acknowledging AI in the classroom. This may all be overwhelming, but don’t fret, we have just the solution for you! 

Have you thought about exploring Artificial Intelligence (AI) to test it out or to integrate it into your instruction?  Want a quick overview and/or refresher on what you need to know about AI so you can jump in? The UHOIC team has created an AI Overview Infographic to provide a handy resource for UH faculty and staff, which contains the following sections: 

  • Introduction to Generative AI: UH-specific AI resources for faculty/staff and students.
  • Benefits & Concerns of AI: Gain insights into the advantages and challenges AI brings to higher education from Educause.
  • Stay Up to Date with AI: The UH AI Resource for Teaching & Learning is a frequently updated resource covering various topics (e.g. AI and assessment, accessibility, copyright, etc.).
  • Review UHOIC-Hosted AI Webinars: Other useful AI-based resources and archived AI-focused webinars from Fall 2023.

We look forward to providing support as you continue to explore and learn more about Generative AI for teaching and learning. Subscribe to our UHOIC Newsletter and visit the UHOIC website for current events and professional development opportunities!

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Navigating Artificial Intelligence at the University of Hawaiʻi: New Resources and Recommendations for Teaching and Learning

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to transform the world of education in many ways. It’s important to consider multiple factors and implications when deciding whether to integrate AI-based tools into your teaching and learning. The University of Hawaiʻi has created a number of compiled resources and recommendations for faculty, staff, and students: 

  • UH Online Generative AI webpage –  Reference this main page for guidelines and recommendations. Additional pages are available for targeted audiences: 
  • AI Resources for Teaching and Learning – This resource, created collaboratively by the UH Instructional Design Professional Learning Community (ID PLC), covers topics related to AI (i.e., Accessibility, Assessment, Citations & References, Copyright, Educational Considerations, Ethics, Pedagogy, Policies for the Classroom, Prompting, and Tools) along with summaries, key points, and/or recommended use for each included source.

Whether you are new to AI or already familiar with it, these resources can help guide you to explore the possibilities and potentials of AI for teaching and learning.

This Fall 2023 semester’s lineup of UHOIC-hosted events will be centered around AI; sign up for the UHOIC newsletter or visit the UHOIC website for more information as it becomes available!

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Integrating E-books and Videos into the Laulima Lessons Tool Workshop

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The Center for Teaching Excellence presents a workshop on Integrating E-books and Videos into the Laulima Lessons Tool. This hands-on workshop will introduce some of the primary online video and e-book resources available through Hamilton Library.

Topics will include:

  • Finding and working with video resources—including Films on Demand, Swank, and Ethnographic Video Online
  • Finding and working with e-books (and articles)
  • Sharing and embedding resources through Laulima’s Lessons tool
  • Pedagogical considerations and resources for Laulima
  • There will also be time at the end to work on developing courses.

Presented by:
Brian Richardson, Librarian, Hamilton Library

This event is sponsored by the OFDAS Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) and Hamilton Library.

To register: https://www.ofdas.hawaii.edu/events/

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Best of All Worlds: Strategies for Asynchronous and Synchronous Learning Webinar Resources

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We had a great turnout of 115 attendees! During this webinar, we focused on online synchronous, asynchronous, and hybrid (a combination of asynchronous and synchronous) learning strategies.

A special mahalo nui to our presenters for sharing their insight and for supporting the breakout room discussions. 

You’ll find the webinar recording and a link to the presentation slides on the event’s page.

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5-Week Online Teaching Trends

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Are you curious about what instructors felt went well or the challenges they encountered when teaching accelerated online courses? Since the launch of 5-week online course offerings at UH in 2019, survey feedback was obtained from instructors after each term. 

Take a look at the trends from the post-course survey results (derived from the qualitative analysis of responses obtained from Oct. 2019 – April 2021).

UH Online 5-Week Post Course Teaching Survey Trends - Who? UH 5-Week Online Instructors who completed teaching a course; What? UH Online 5-Week Post Course Teaching Survey; When? Oct. 2019 - April 2021; Why? Check-in after the course and determine ongoing support for 5-week faculty.

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UH Online 5-Week Alumni Tips

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The 2021 UH Online 5-Week Summer PD is in full swing! Faculty and instructional designers across the UH system are actively engaged in an online learning community exchanging ideas and strategies to design and develop meaningful experiences for their online accelerated students. These UH Online 5-Week Alumni Tips (compiled from qualitative analysis of feedback from the 2020 cohort) were shared at the launch of the 2021 PD.

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