Knowledge Commons | Caitlin Kirby | Activity https://hcommons.org/members/caitlinkirby/activity/ Activity feed for Caitlin Kirby. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:40:55 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 6ac2afab0cd94de3489214f5fe3b893f Caitlin Kirby changed their profile picture https://commons.msu.edu/activity/p/1942806/ Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:23:03 -0500 0 41d4fe3cfb2959078d4f20304e6963ab Caitlin Kirby wrote a new post, Evaluation from the 2025 Colleges Online Learning Academy published, on the site Evidence Driven Learning Innovation https://edli.commons.msu.edu/?p=2478 Thu, 25 Sep 2025 18:29:08 -0400 We have evaluated the outcomes and experiences of graduate fellows in EDLI's summer teaching fellowship for graduate students, the Colleges Online Learning Academy. The evaluation is available in a report […]

]]> 36f9080c81620800255ac2cb75f1d2c0 Caitlin Kirby wrote a new post, Report on Khanmigo usage available, on the site Evidence Driven Learning Innovation https://edli.commons.msu.edu/?p=2456 Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:33:49 -0400 EDLI just completed a report that summarizes student engagement with Khanmigo, Khan Academy's Generative AI tutoring tool, at Michigan State University. You can find the report on KC Commons at this link.

]]> 8c23acf9f35dc049ecdb31b969080fde Caitlin Kirby wrote a new post, EDLI collaboration with University Innovation Alliance featured in student success newsletter, on the site Evidence Driven Learning Innovation https://edli.commons.msu.edu/?p=2381 Fri, 30 May 2025 17:15:47 -0400 EDLI is collaborating with Maria O'Connell, Jane Zimmerman, and others evaluating the use of Khanmigo for students in Math 103 courses, with support from the University Innovation Alliance. This project has been […]

]]> b33fd1fb261bd74385406cd25e298033 Caitlin Kirby wrote a new post, Theoretical Frameworks for GenAI and Learning, on the site Evidence Driven Learning Innovation https://edli.commons.msu.edu/?p=2365 Mon, 19 May 2025 13:32:40 -0400 A big question in education research right now is whether generative AI (genAI) can help students learn. It's an important question because we know that many students are using genAI to assist in their college […]

]]> b3ad173fd060d4eefa9bb600bd9ea32c Caitlin Kirby wrote a new post, EDLI's evaluation of generative AI tutoring featured in the State News, on the site Evidence Driven Learning Innovation https://edli.commons.msu.edu/?p=2313 Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:19:14 -0500 The Office of Undergraduate Education is piloting the use of Khanmigo, a generative AI tutor, with some students on campus. EDLI is involved in evaluating its impacts. You can read about the project and EDLI's […]

]]> a6a56cf791e2c663a7efc090c78b244d Caitlin Kirby created the site AI Ethics Module Design Workshops https://commons.msu.edu/activity/p/1911991/ Tue, 18 Feb 2025 17:43:07 -0500 0 e63e16b02ea420ea897c32f4480ea0b6 Caitlin Kirby wrote a new post, Celebrating our Unfunded Grants, on the site Evidence Driven Learning Innovation https://edli.commons.msu.edu/?p=2218 Fri, 07 Feb 2025 16:22:02 -0500 By Caitlin Kirby, Associate Director of Research & Interim EDLI co-Director

I was trained as a graduate student to embrace failure as an expected part of my professional career. That training embodied […]

]]> 6a54da035702d7677e069d6764ed1ba5 Caitlin Kirby wrote a new post, Report: Year One of IUSE Grant Improving Learning Outcomes & Equity in Blended Learning, on the site Evidence Driven Learning Innovation https://edli.commons.msu.edu/?p=2165 Mon, 02 Dec 2024 14:48:43 -0500 Recently, EDLI completed our first year running a National Science Foundation (NSF) Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) grant that focuses on improving learning outcomes and equity in blended online and […]

]]> 20f9c86c87985fe4e9837704a50f2abf Caitlin Kirby wrote a new post, 2024 Evaluations for our COLA Graduate Teaching Fellowship, on the site Evidence Driven Learning Innovation https://edli.commons.msu.edu/?p=2159 Mon, 11 Nov 2024 20:37:31 -0500 We have updated the Colleges Online Learning Academy (COLA) website with student evaluations and deliverables from the 2024 year, which appears to have had a greater impact on students' digital pedagogy skills, […]

]]> a7d5ed74b10c2ada7082dcd698357e99 Caitlin Kirby wrote a new post, EDLI presents on technology and teaching at Lilly Conference on Teaching and Learning, on the site Evidence Driven Learning Innovation https://edli.commons.msu.edu/?p=2061 Tue, 22 Oct 2024 18:27:35 -0400 Caitlin Kirby, Hala Sun, and Min Zhuang each presented at the Traverse City Lilly Conference on Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning over October 9-11, 2024 on modality impacts on student learning outcomes, […]

]]> 7adb6e6bcfc6da7ab29d51bd9279de90 Caitlin Kirby deposited Fostering Teaching Skills in an Online Graduate Fellowship Conference Handout https://commons.msu.edu/activity/p/1882768/ Wed, 10 Apr 2024 17:01:14 -0400 Fellowships represent an important mechanism for graduate students to develop their teaching skills and reflect on their career goals. We developed an online teaching fellowship program that offered workshops and mentored cohort experiences for graduate students in multiple disciplines. In the 2022 fellowship, we evaluated the impact of our…[Read more]

]]> 0 8a651d1e71e770bc91d39c8dcdaa9b56 Caitlin Kirby replied to the topic T-Rex Autopsy in the discussion MSU Art-Science-Culture Collaboration https://commons.msu.edu/groups/msu-art-science-culture-collaboration/forum/topic/t-rex-autopsy/#post-4729 Thu, 09 Feb 2023 14:10:36 -0500 Whoa, cool.

Your description of the collaboration made me think of a group based mostly at Central Michigan University where they have the theater students design costumes, choreography, and lighting for various scientific processes. This article is about the formation of sand dunes:…[Read more]

]]> 4e4f676000ae7c46f9c5ea6ca55605ad Caitlin Kirby deposited University Hyflex Courses Observations https://commons.msu.edu/activity/p/1818913/ Thu, 27 Oct 2022 21:16:58 -0400 This document contains course observations of Hyflex courses, where students are able to attend online and in-person simultaneously. Courses were observed simultaneously by an in-person and an online observer in Fall 2021. The purpose and content of the observations is to understand course activities, effectiveness of digital technology, the…[Read more]

]]> 0 2823a94a2c7b78d571ee6e12b3b8b7d1 Caitlin Kirby deposited Hyflex/Blended Course Instructor Surveys https://commons.msu.edu/activity/p/1818907/ Thu, 27 Oct 2022 20:22:06 -0400 This data set contains Likert-type and open-ended survey responses from instructors of blended and Hyflex university courses (those with options for students to attend both online and in-person, often simultaneously). Instructors completed a pre- (n=9) and post-survey (n=3) about their course design, professional development, goals, and goal…[Read more]

]]> 0 7a99420d473d4c4d07578180cdbdf727 Caitlin Kirby's profile was updated https://commons.msu.edu/activity/p/1741564/ Tue, 15 Jun 2021 15:34:18 -0400 0