Teaching and Learning with AI Conference

The world students are writing in has changed dramatically. To remain relevant, writing instruction must move beyond finished products and toward the human thinking behind them. This workshop presents a redesigned first-year composition model that begins with student voice, builds toward academic reasoning through intentional scaffolding, and integrates AI as a transparent, purposeful tool rather than a shortcut. Participants will explore how narrative-centered opening units, process-based assignments, and structured peer interaction create conditions for genuine authorship before students engage with AI.Drawing from a community college composition course redesigned in 2025, the session highlights a multimodal “wizard-themed” learning environment that combines H5P interactive content with Harmonize tools—including PDF annotation, document-based peer review, multimodal project galleries, and video-based research defenses—to make student thinking visible throughout the writing process. H5P supports low-stakes practice, guided analysis, and metacognitive reflection, while Harmonize facilitates feedback-rich discussion around student-created work. Participants will examine course artifacts, sample activities, and redesign strategies that emphasize process over product, preserve student voice, and integrate AI in human-centered, transferable ways across disciplines. The session is structured as a hands-on workshop in which participants annotate sample texts, analyze and redesign assignments, examine AI-assisted brainstorming and revision, and leave with a revised, process-centered assignment ready for classroom use.