Welcome to the November edition of the Innovative Learning Center Newsletter!
This month, we’re excited to celebrate Tulane University's Compliance & Ethics Week, explore evolving education trends like AI-driven learning, and offer workshops on tools like Top Hat and Gradescope. You'll also find tips for managing assignments in Canvas and extending course dates for incompletes.
Plus, we're thrilled to announce the Adobe Creative Jam will be part of Tech Day 2025. Dive in and discover opportunities to enhance your academic technology experience!
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Mike Griffith, PhD
Director – Strategic Academic Technology Innovation| Information Technology
Director – Innovative Learning Center
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What assignment types can I create in a course?
An Assignment type of content in Canvas refers to an assignment that can be submitted online through text entry, file uploads, media recordings, external tools, URLs, or Canvas pages.
Assignment content types include assignments, discussions, and quizzes.
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- can be graded or ungraded;
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can be evaluated with rubrics and aligned with outcomes;
- can automatically create a new gradebook column (except not graded)
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Extending Your Course End Date for Incompletes
Courses typically conclude at the end of each term prohibiting submissions and additional updates. If you anticipate students working through incompletes or requiring access to the course, you can extend the Course End Date before the end date is reached. Modify the Participation field from Term to Course under the Course Settings tab.
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The Evolution of Education: From Push to Pull in an AI-Driven World |
Author: Blaine Fisher, Ph.D., MS, MA, NRP, PG-Cert
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The education landscape is undergoing a revolutionary transformation, shifting from a traditional "push" system of knowledge delivery to a technology-enabled "pull" system where learners actively seek and retrieve information. This fundamental change represents more than just a technological evolution—it signifies a complete reimagining of how humans interact with knowledge and learning.
With the emergence of artificial intelligence, this evolution has accelerated dramatically, demanding a fundamental redesign of educational approaches and priorities. The traditional model of education, where knowledge is pushed from teacher to student in a predetermined sequence, is giving way to a more dynamic and personalized approach where learners pull information as needed, guided by curiosity and practical necessity.
This transformation is not merely about adopting new technologies; it represents a paradigm shift in how we conceive of learning itself. In an AI-driven world, the ability to effectively and ethically retrieve, evaluate, and apply information becomes as crucial as the information itself. This shift demands new pedagogical approaches, updated curricula, and a fundamental rethinking of what it means to be educated in the 21st century.
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- Education is evolving from "push" to "pull" systems
- AI literacy should be considered as essential as traditional core subjects
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Human-AI collaboration requires both technical and humanistic skills
- Educational institutions must adapt to prepare students for an AI-augmented future
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Teach Anywhere Office Hours provide help for any academic and technology related questions. Held every Monday and Thursday from 12pm – 1pm | In-person [HTML 300] and via Zoom
No appointments needed.
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Compliance & Ethics Week, Nov 4-8, 2024 featuring panelists from IT and the Tulane community
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Tulane University is celebrating its second annual Compliance and Ethics Week, November 4-8, 2024, to raise awareness of its Compliance & Ethics Program, recognize the efforts of compliance partners, and reinforce its mission and values for building a great university. Compliance & Ethics Week has been designated by the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) and is observed by many institutions of higher education.
Topics Include:
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IT Security and Cyber Risks
- AI in Higher Ed
- AI Meets Energy
- NIL Compliance
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NSPM-33 Collaborative Research
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We’re thrilled to announce that the Adobe Creative Jam will now be part of Tulane’s Tech Day on April 11, 2025!
This change extends the original November deadline, giving participants more time to create, refine, and perfect their
projects.
Throughout the spring semester, we’ll offer a series of Adobe workshops designed to build essential skills,
from ideation and design to final presentation. This new schedule means Creative Jam participants will have the
unique opportunity to showcase their work to a wider audience on Tech Day, with the potential for greater
visibility, networking, and recognition. Stay tuned for workshop dates and registration info!
*Students graduating in December will still be eligible to submit to the contest.
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As we plan our next Tech Day event, we're looking to create sessions that are relevant, engaging, and directly beneficial to our community. Your feedback will help shape the day's topics, format, and focus areas, ensuring we meet the diverse needs and interests of our faculty, researchers, staff, and students.
Whether you're hoping to explore emerging tech, improve accessibility and efficiency in your work, or find new ways to collaborate, we want to hear from you!
Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts and help us make this the best Tech Day yet.
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