Teaching and Learning with AI Conference

Teaching and Learning with AI Conference

Lisa Blue

Eastern Kentucky University

Director of AI Strategies

Lexington, KY

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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

First Time Attendee Free Pre-Conference Coastal 7Eric Main • Lauren Kehoe 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

Don't Build Agents, Build Skills: Teaching Foundation-Level AI Competencies for All Instructors Coastal 7Tatiana Rudchenko • Lantz Ferrell • Meredith Lancaster

1:40pm EDT

From Prompting to Learning: Making Student Reasoning Visible in an AI-Enabled Blended Humanities Course Desoto 5Lars Jones

2:20pm EDT

Chat didn’t start the fire: The systems that made ChatGPT the scapegoat for an industry already burning Lafayette 2Caitlyn Misteri

3:00pm EDT

Useful, Not Magical: Teaching Students to Find Sources and Verify Claims with AI Desoto 4Dr. Laura Adele Soracco

3:40pm EDT

Why AI Training Isn't Enough: The Hidden Gap Between Faculty Awareness and Institutional Change. Desoto 5Jessica Stansbury

4:20pm EDT

From Policy to Practice: An Institutional Strategy for Advancing GenAI Fluency Lafayette 4Luciana Arronche • Jeffrey T. Olimpo "I Don't Know Yet": Building Communities Where Faculty Can Think Out Loud About AI Lafayette 5Jennifer Potter

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

Strategic AI readiness in higher education: A hands-on introduction to the AI Strategy Compass (AISC) Coastal 6Ines Springael

10:20am EDT

Strategic AI Leadership in Higher Education: Governance, Investment, and Curriculum in the Age of Transformation Coastal 7Munevver Mine Subasi Understanding Student Resistance to AI: Bridging the Gap Between Institutional Investment and Student Adoption Escambia HallwayAbby Bell

11:30am EDT

Buffet Lunch Exhibit Hall F

1:00pm EDT

Building Bridges, Not Walls: Facilitating Safe Dialogue About AI Across Campus Desoto 1Susan Purrington

1:40pm EDT

From Detecting to Mentoring: Teaching for Trust and Learning in the Age of AI Desoto 4Zhuo Chen

2:20pm EDT

Talk Back to the Machine: Reclaiming Discussion in the AI Era Coastal 9Jessica Slisher • Heather Olson KEEP SHINING: Staying Human While Teaching with AI Desoto 1Dr. Nancy Richmond

3:00pm EDT

Dinner is Served: How Faculty Development Created a “Choose-Your-Own-Assessment” Menu for AI-Enhanced Teaching and Learning Desoto 2Shauna Maragh • Jennifer Fontaine • Kevin Colwell Learning Together in Ambiguity: What Cross-Institutional Dialogues Reveal About Teaching with AI Lafayette 1Kari Weaver • Thomas Olson

3:40pm EDT

The State of Copyright and AI: 2026 Updates Suwannee 2Sarah Norris Building Faculty Capacity for AI-Rich Teaching: Insights from a Collective Teaching Lab Lafayette 5Priyadharshini Sivakumar

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

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

Learning in the Tension: How Varied Faculty AI Approaches Prepare Students for an Uncertain Future Suwannee 2Susan Purrington • Matthew Gardzina Making Learning Visible in an AI-Rich Classroom: An Evidence Framework for Assessment and Grading Suwannee 1Daniel Forrester

9:40am EDT

Beyond AI Adoption: Rethinking Faculty and Institutional Readiness for Teaching with AI Desoto 3Ahmet Hacikara Embracing Ambivalence: How to Create Inclusive Spaces for AI Conversation Suwannee 4Meghan Henning • Lee Dixon • Esther Brownsmith • Mandy Shannon

10:20am EDT

The AI Commons: A Strategic Roadmap for Building a Centralized Campus Spaces for AI Literacy and Innovation Lafayette 5Mahesh Neelakanta • Alex Ambrose • Yanran Chen • Gregory Wilson • Dayna Durbin

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