Teaching and Learning with AI Conference

Teaching and Learning with AI Conference

Laura Madson

New Mexico State University

8:00am EDT

Recharge Lounge CitrusAdobe • Apporto • Boodlebox • Curricu • D2L • EBSCO • iDesign • SchoolAI • QuadC • Turnitin • Verballi • Feedback Fruits • McGraw Hill • Harmonize Learning • Kyron Learning Registration Coastal Landing

9:00am EDT

What’s happening now with AI, and what will come next? Free Pre-Conference Coastal 8Kevin Yee

10:30am EDT

Conference Welcome Coastal BallroomWendy Howard • Kevin Yee

11:00am EDT

Opening Keynote: Teaching AI and Teaching with AI: Charting the Evolution of Learning, Curriculum, and Professional Practice Coastal BallroomC. Edward Watson

12:00pm EDT

Buffet Lunch Exhibit Hall F

1:00pm EDT

Designing AI for Teaching, Not Just Access: What Students Actually Ask an AI (and Why That Matters for Teaching) Coastal 10Keirah Comstock, Ph.D. • Yvonne Xu

2:20pm EDT

AI and Belonging: Playful Activities for First-Year Learning Lafayette 3Bridget Lillethorup The Be S.M.A.R.T. with AI Framework: Helping Students Make Better Choices Desoto 5Nikki Buyna

5:00pm EDT

Happy Hour Coastal Ballroom

8:00am EDT

Breakfast Buffet Coastal Ballroom Recharge Lounge CitrusAdobe • Apporto • Boodlebox • Curricu • D2L • EBSCO • iDesign • SchoolAI • QuadC • Turnitin • Verballi • Feedback Fruits • McGraw Hill • Harmonize Learning • Kyron Learning Registration Coastal Landing

9:00am EDT

AI-Informed, Not AI-Driven: A Framework for Responsible Course Redesign Lafayette 3Whitney Kilgore • Amanda Major • Briana Johnson • iDesign What Happens to Quiet Students When AI Speaks for Them? Voice, Identity, and Inclusion in AI-Mediated Learning EscambiaEunjeong Shin Your AI Compass: A Values-Driven Approach to Teaching & Learning With AI Desoto 4Chad Rohrbacher • Tracy Mendolia, PhD • Tess St. John AI is not a tool: metaphors, ethics and agency Lafayette 2Amy Ruopp • James Garvey

9:20am EDT

What Makes Learning Human? An Evaluation of AI-Generation in Academics Coastal BallroomMadison Hecker

9:40am EDT

How do we navigate students’ perception of AI replacing workers? Lafayette 3John Sherlock The Purposeful Struggle: Designing Learning That Matters in the Age of AI Desoto 5Candyce Nelson

10:20am EDT

From Ideas to Products: AI-Assisted Learning Without Outsourcing Thinking Lafayette 5Diego Cuadros • Maria Torres Beyond the Answer Engine: Using AI to Support Student Thinking, Not Replace It Desoto 4Diego Alvarado

11:00am EDT

Teaching AI With Joy: The Reframing That Changes Everything Coastal 9Mikhael Loo AI for Access and Inclusive Learning: Supporting First-Generation, Multilingual, and Neurodivergent Students Suwannee 3Rosita Scerbo AI-Enhanced Assignments with a Spiral Design Desoto 4Aubry Jacques

11:30am EDT

Buffet Lunch Exhibit Hall F

1:00pm EDT

Grade the Human, Not the Homework: Assessing Understanding Instead of the Artifact Coastal 6Ashley Evans Guardrails, not gotchas: Ethics and policy in AI Suwannee 2Christian Moriarty

1:40pm EDT

Designing Equity with AI: Scaffolding, Offloading, and Translation for Students with Learning and Attention Differences Lafayette 5Oksana Hagerty Weekly Prompts Instead of Weekly Readings Coastal 8Billy Kihei

2:20pm EDT

The AI That Refuses to Do Your Homework: Designing Chatbots That Actually Teach Instead of Cheat Lafayette 4Jeffrey Lyons From Prompts to Platforms: Creating Your Own AI Tools That Fit Your Context Lafayette 1Daniel Ruelle

2:40pm EDT

Designing with AI, Not Around It: A One-Day Generative AI-Assisted Course Design Studio Coastal BallroomAdeline "Addy" Tolliver • Constantin Icleanu

3:00pm EDT

AI Adventures in Introduction to Psychology Suwannee 1Julie Grignon Team Quest Bot: An Active, Engaging, and Fun Way to Assess Team Strengths Desoto 3Katie Wheeler • Haley Hegeman Beyond Knowledge Transmission: Centering the Learner with Fink's Taxonomy Suwannee 3Emily Wierszewski

3:40pm EDT

Error as Opportunity: A New Approach to Engaging Learners in Higher Education Coastal 9Ipek Yucelen • Seden Dogan The State of Copyright and AI: 2026 Updates Suwannee 2Sarah Norris Toward a Culturally Responsive Critical AI Literacy Pedagogy EscambiaKevin Reagan Cultivating Human-AI collaboration competency and critical thinking through hands-on Applied AI projects Desoto 5Efren de la Mora

4:20pm EDT

Always the Antagonist: How AI Tropes Create Barriers to Buy-In Suwannee 2Jackson Bostian If AI Can Do It, It’s Not What You Should Be Grading: Using Process-Based Rubrics to Restore Trust, Rigor, and Human Writing in the Age of AI Lafayette 2Kristi Yorks 5 Evidence-Based Principles for Incorporating AI-Powered Assessment in your Classroom Coastal 10John Swope • Curricu

5:45pm EDT

Machine in the Shell: A Live “Turing” Test Social Desoto 1Patrick Green

8:00am EDT

Breakfast Buffet Coastal Ballroom Luggage Storage Coastal 10 Recharge Lounge CitrusAdobe • Apporto • Boodlebox • Curricu • D2L • EBSCO • iDesign • SchoolAI • QuadC • Turnitin • Verballi • Feedback Fruits • McGraw Hill • Harmonize Learning • Kyron Learning Registration Coastal Landing

9:00am EDT

Making Learning Visible in an AI-Rich Classroom: An Evidence Framework for Assessment and Grading Suwannee 1Daniel Forrester Ctrl + Alt + Delete: Rebooting Pedagogy and Practice for Teaching with AI Lafayette 3Annette Jones • Christopher Riley • Robert Fuselier • Liying Miao AI for Data Interpretation & Visualization: Teaching Students to Explain, Not Just Compute Coastal 8Corron Sanders

9:40am EDT

Leveraging AI to Enhance Evidence-Based Learning: Practical Strategies for Long-Term Retention Coastal 7Ursula N. Sorensen • Aicha Rochdi From AI Use to AI Dependability: Designing Courses That Still Work When AI Changes Coastal 8Dawn Oetjen • Reid Oetjen • Jean Gordon • Eric Richardson Embracing Ambivalence: How to Create Inclusive Spaces for AI Conversation Suwannee 4Meghan Henning • Lee Dixon • Esther Brownsmith • Mandy Shannon

10:20am EDT

Fostering AI Fluency Through Authentic Learning: Applying the 4D AI Framework Suwannee 1Anymir Orellana

11:00am EDT

Closing Keynote: Higher Education in the AI Revolution, From Polycrisis to Pedagogy Coastal BallroomBryan Alexander

12:00pm EDT

Closing Message Coastal BallroomWendy Howard • Kevin Yee