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MAMC wins funding for microcredentials
Marshall Advanced Manufacturing Center and partner Mountwest Community and Technical College received nearly $1 million to launch a new career skills training program to meet pressing industry needs. Students in the new program would earn industry skill sets, a certificate of applied science, an associate of applied science degree and microcredentials through the Marshall Skills Exchange.
Explore Marshall and AI across campus: from Institutional Research, CTL and AI Taskforce, Academic Affairs, Information Technology, and Marshall Health.
Are you interested in learning about Ultra’s AI Design Assistant? Drop in for our virtual office hours every 12-12:30 Monday-Friday.
Licensure & Federal Regulation Updates
On October 24th the Biden-Harris Administration released final rules to strengthen monitoring and oversight of institutions of higher education and strengthen consumer protection for student borrowers. To be updated on Federal Guidelines and Licensure Updates, please email licensure@marshall.edu to be added to the “Licensure” Team’s Channel.
Read the U.S. Dept of Ed press release and the facts sheet here.
Faculty Spotlight:
Read about how Professor Gardner talks to his students about AI, his advice to “leave the boring stuff to AI,” and what ChatGPT thought he did for a living.
Upcoming Events & Workshops:
Tech Tuesdays at 2pm: Join us on 11/28 for our AI Design Assistant workshop. We’ll show you how to auto-generate images, modules, rubrics, and test questions in your course.
Ultra Office Hours: Drop into our office hours any Monday-Friday, 12-12:30 and we’ll answer your Ultra questions.
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Resources for Teaching and Design:
Online Best Practices for Teaching and Learning Series: AI: Resources to Inspire
Foregrounding A.I. as a tool – an imperfect one – allows students to identify signs of fabrication, biases, inaccuracies, or shallow reasoning. This in turn boosts confidence in their own human thinking. Explore our problem-based learning example activities to help your students think critically about AI.
AI: Faculty Supports in Ultra: AI integration in Ultra makes it easier than ever to keep track of student progress and build content.
In the Know: Blackboard Anthology’s Approach to AI
Have some questions about privacy, copyright, or other AI concerns related to Ultra? We share Anthology’s philosophy on AI integration in Blackboard and their responses to common concerns.
Tech Tool Tip of the Month: AI Design Assistant in Ultra
Want to try Ultra’s Design Assistant? Our tutorials show you how to auto-generate course modules, rubrics, and even test questions. Get inspired!
Student Resources and Events, Info to Share with your Students:
AI Squared: Artificial Intelligence and Academic Integrity: This libguide from Marshall Libraries includes student questions about the ethical use of AI posed to Chat GPT (with its answers), tips for avoiding plagiarism, tips for using generative AI for research support, and current guidance on citing generative AI.
AI and Student Research tutorial: Librarian Sarah Mollette discusses ethical strategies and limitations of AI for student research.
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