Something that can help your students improve is to be open to new learning experiences. Carol Dweck explains in this video Teaching a growth mindset how the perception that students have about their own learning abilities has an impact on their learning experience. Students who have more of a fixed mindset believe their intelligence cannot be cultivated; they believe they are stuck with the intelligence they were born with and there is no way to change it. These students do not always embrace challenges, learning might make them anxious and usually they have lower academic performance. 

On the other hand, students that have more of a growth mindset believe their intelligence can be developed by working diligently, applying strategies to improve and getting feedback from others. These students are more willing to take challenges and they are more resilient when they have setbacks.

Here are more resources to support student growth mindset:

Help students recognize the role of effort in their achievement

What Having a “Growth Mindset” Actually Means

How to Foster a Growth Mindset in Students

With a rapidly changing news cycle surrounding generative AI tools it is crucial for educators to stay informed. Locally, U-M has brought these tools in house with the various U-M GPT offerings. Autumm Caines, one of our instructional designers in the Hub, has been following these technologies for a few years now and brings us an introductory workshop covering the essentials including: AI vocabulary, defining the technology, practical use cases, prompt engineering basics, and an overview of several of the large scale concerns about this technology's impacts. Autumm has delivered this workshop at other institutions and conferences but this iteration will include a new section explaining and highlighting the U-M offerings.

You can always make an appointment to meet with the Hub instructional designers:

Questions or comments? beleng@umich.edu

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