Teaching and Learning with AI Conference

Teaching and Learning with AI Conference

2:20pm EDT

The ‘Master Student Advisor’: Mass Personalization in Higher Education through Generative AI

Thursday June 11, 2026 2:20pm - 2:50pm EDT

Preparing for a new course is a challenging endeavor that all students must undertake multiple times during their academic careers. How can AI help students prepare better before the course starts? The ‘Master Student Advisor’ leverages the students’ key information and AI to present a personalized plan for each specific course, that includes: strengths and gaps analysis, study strategies, networking opportunities, suggested additional resources, practical applications for the student’s career, etc., tailored to the student’s and professor´s profile, and the course’s needs. This session includes results from pilots applied in a Triple-Crown business school.

Speakers

Sandro Sanchez

Director of MBA Programs, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL PERU

My profile: https://centrum.pucp.edu.pe/centrum/profesores/sandro-sanchez/Research Center: https://centrumthink.pucp.edu.pe/centros-de-investigacion/centro-de-investigacion-en-ia-y-el-futuro-de-los-negocios/

Thursday June 11, 2026 2:20pm - 2:50pm EDT
Suwannee 2

Practical AI Tools/Agents and Implementation, 30-Minute Session | AI in Pedagogy and Curriculum Design, 30-Minute Session

Co-Author(s) Juan Miguel Iglesias, Centrum PUCP Business School

3:00pm EDT

AI Assisted Course Design: A Practical Faculty Workflow Guided By Backwards Design

Thursday June 11, 2026 3:00pm - 3:30pm EDT

How can faculty move beyond simple prompts to a reproducible, AI-assisted course design process? This session demonstrates a comprehensive workflow using meta-prompting, Deep Research, Google NotebookLM, & AI Agents to augment faculty expertise. Guided by backwards design principles, attendees will learn to create reproducible, "building blocks" using GenAI to refine course objectives, develop authentic assessments, and tailor learning materials/activities. Whether faculty are refreshing an assignment, building syllabi, or redesigning a course, this workflow offers an AI-assisted path prioritizing the faculty member’s voice and pedagogy. Participants will leave with a framework for scaling their course design efforts without sacrificing instructional integrity.

Speakers

John Schumacher

University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)

Thursday June 11, 2026 3:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
Suwannee 2

AI Fluency and Faculty Development, 30-Minute Session

3:40pm EDT

Developing an Ethical AI Ecosystem

Thursday June 11, 2026 3:40pm - 4:10pm EDT

The purpose of this presentation is to share with other institutions the successes and challenges of developing an AI training module for faculty consumption. The College of Innovation and Design at East Texas A&M University offers all online asynchronous instruction with many part-time instructors from many fields. Within our learning management system, we have developed lessons specifically for faculty around generative AI. This includes topics, such as, What is Gen AI? How does Gen AI work? And most importantly, how to talk to students about the improper use of Gen AI. There is also a section on how to recognize Gen AI, as well as guidelines faculty can use in their courses.

Speakers

Tina Lancaster

East Texas A&M University

George Swindell

East Texas A&M University

Thursday June 11, 2026 3:40pm - 4:10pm EDT
Suwannee 2

Institutional Strategy and Leadership, 30-Minute Session | AI Fluency and Faculty Development, 30-Minute Session | AI in Pedagogy and Curriculum Design, 30-Minute Session

4:20pm EDT

Moving from Loss to Possibility: A Human-Centered Framework for AI Adoption in Higher Education

Thursday June 11, 2026 4:20pm - 4:50pm EDT

When AI reshapes how we teach and learn, institutions don't just face technical transitions, they face human ones. Drawing on grief theory, change management research, and real-world implementation experience from the University of Florida, this session offers faculty, instructional designers, and administrators a practical framework for navigating the human side of technological evolution. Presenters will explore acknowledgment, community, and agency as antidotes to resistance and uncertainty, leaving attendees with actionable strategies to lead their institutions through technological evolution with empathy and purpose.

Speakers

Robyn Hammontree

D2L

Nico Rose

The University of Florida

Sponsors

D2L

D2L

Thursday June 11, 2026 4:20pm - 4:50pm EDT
Suwannee 2

Ethics/ Policy/ and Governance, 30-Minute Session | AI Fluency and Faculty Development, 30-Minute Session

9:00am EDT

AI in Action. Empowering a Blind Colleague with Generative AI for Accessibility

Friday June 12, 2026 9:00am - 9:30am EDT

We need to tackle the mandated accessibility gaps in higher education before the federal deadlines in 2026/2027. This session showcases a solution for a gap that I discovered with a screen reader unable to read a VPAT PDF’s that had become unreadable due to a large amount of spaces. We fixed this with a custom Gemini GEM (Generative Expert Model). In this session we will demonstrate the prompt instructions to analyze the VPAT, flag vague compliance language, and deliver clear accessible results. See a live demo and gain a method that you can apply at your institution.

Speakers

David Ecker

AI Educator, Stony Brook University

I have been in technology for 30 years.
I teach in the Business School at Stony Brook and Old Westbury.

Friday June 12, 2026 9:00am - 9:30am EDT
Suwannee 2

AI Fluency and Faculty Development, 30-Minute Session

9:40am EDT

From Abstract to Actionable: A Custom GPT Suite for Outcome Alignment

Friday June 12, 2026 9:40am - 10:10am EDT

Outcome alignment within curricula often feels abstract and compliance driven. This session introduces the CWLO Checker Suite, a set of custom GPTs built in ChatGPT, each tailored to a specific institutional outcome. Faculty paste assignment content and receive structured feedback: matched performance levels, what's already working, and optional improvement suggestions labeled by design framework (TILT, UDL, accessibility). Piloted at a college-wide in-service, the suite made alignment feel concrete, transparent, and surprisingly enjoyable. Participants will see the tool in action and leave with a replicable model for their own institutions.

Speakers

Kristin Copeland

Dean of Library and Learning Innovation, Clover Park Technical College

Ronald Lethcoe

Instructional Curriculum Design Specialist, Clover Park Technical College

I’m a Curriculum and Instructional Design Specialist at Clover Park Technical College, where I focus on helping faculty integrate AI, equity, and design thinking into their teaching practice. My background spans K–12 and higher education, with a special interest in how technology... Read More →

Friday June 12, 2026 9:40am - 10:10am EDT
Suwannee 2

AI in Pedagogy and Curriculum Design, 30-Minute Session

10:20am EDT

AI-Enhanced UDL: Practical, Inclusive Teaching for a Rapidly Changing Classroom

Friday June 12, 2026 10:20am - 10:50am EDT

AI is rapidly transforming how we design for equity, engagement, and learner variability. This session explores how Universal Design for Learning and AI tools can work together to create inclusive, flexible, and future-ready classrooms. Participants will leave with practical strategies for redesigning course components using AI-enhanced UDL principles, along with ethical insights and tools that can be applied immediately. #UDL #AIinTeaching #InclusiveDesign

Speakers

Lyndsey Stratton

Pedagogy and Instructional Innovations Specialist, Lincoln University-Pennsylvania

Friday June 12, 2026 10:20am - 10:50am EDT
Suwannee 2

Practical AI Tools/Agents and Implementation, 30-Minute Session | Ethics/ Policy/ and Governance, 30-Minute Session | AI Fluency and Faculty Development, 30-Minute Session

11:00am EDT

Syllabus Scholar: developing an AI-powered syllabus design tool

Friday June 12, 2026 11:00am - 11:30am EDT

We developed an AI-powered tool to integrate the User Designed Inquiry (UDI) framework we developed into curriculum design, helping faculty create a student-centered, inquiry-driven, and competency-based course. This tool simplified the transition from a traditional syllabus to an inclusive, High Impact Practices (HIPs) UDI syllabus. By analyzing uploaded syllabi, the AI applies a backward design process to integrate Universal Design for Learning (UDL), professional and academic competencies, and HIPs into the course learning objectives, assessments, and activities, providing a UDI-aligned syllabus. This tool empowers faculty to bridge the gap between complex pedagogical theory and practical, student-oriented course design.

Speakers

Xiangyu Hu

Lehigh University

Friday June 12, 2026 11:00am - 11:30am EDT
Suwannee 2

AI in Pedagogy and Curriculum Design, 30-Minute Session | AI Fluency and Faculty Development, 30-Minute Session | Ethics/ Policy/ and Governance, 30-Minute Session

1:00pm EDT

Guardrails, not gotchas: Ethics and policy in AI

Friday June 12, 2026 1:00pm - 1:30pm EDT

This session explores how the rapid adoption of AI in teaching, research support, and integrity workflows is outpacing the development of policy, privacy, and equity safeguards. Participants get a concise ethics update on bias, opacity, hallucinations, detector limits, and data governance risks, then apply a red–yellow–green framework to classify AI uses, set guardrails, and identify prohibited practices. The session concludes with a straightforward implementation plan that incorporates stakeholder input, vetted tools, and update cycles aligned with learning and equity outcomes. Attendees leave with a campus-ready traffic-light scaffold, a one-page checklist for privacy and transparency, and a pilot template for staged rollout.#AIEthics #Policy #AcademicIntegrity

Speakers

Christian Moriarty

Professor, St. Petersburg College

Christian Moriarty is a Professor of Ethics and Law at St. Petersburg College, the Ethics & Governance co-chair of the Florida Artificial Intelligence Learning Consortium (FALCON), and a director and treasurer of the International Center for Academic Integrity (ICAI). He earned a... Read More →

Friday June 12, 2026 1:00pm - 1:30pm EDT
Suwannee 2

Ethics/ Policy/ and Governance, 30-Minute Session | Assessment and Academic Integrity, 30-Minute Session | AI Fluency and Faculty Development, 30-Minute Session

1:40pm EDT

Redesigning Teacher Preparation for the AI Era: A Course Model for Technology Integration

Friday June 12, 2026 1:40pm - 2:10pm EDT

As generative AI reshapes education, teacher preparation programs must equip candidates to integrate technology ethically and effectively. This session presents the design of a new undergraduate course, Integrating Educational Technology and AI for Effective Teaching Practice, developed for pre-service teachers in their final preparation phase. Grounded in national standards and the ASSURE model, the course emphasizes AI literacy, applied practice, and ethical reflection. The presentation details the design process, key assignments, and collaboration strategies. Attendees will gain an adaptable structure for building tech-rich, practice-based courses, and a preview of a graduate-level companion course focused on cognitive approaches to AI in education.

Speakers

Elizabeth Aguila

Assistant Professor, Nova Southeastern University

Friday June 12, 2026 1:40pm - 2:10pm EDT
Suwannee 2

Practical AI Tools/Agents and Implementation, 30-Minute Session | AI in Pedagogy and Curriculum Design, 30-Minute Session

2:20pm EDT

Responsible Use of Generative AI in Peer Review: Where Do We Draw the Line?

Friday June 12, 2026 2:20pm - 2:50pm EDT

As generative AI becomes embedded in academic workflows, faculty are increasingly experimenting with its use in peer review and often without clear or consistent guidance. Publisher policies vary widely, raising an important question for higher education: what role, if any, should AI play in peer review? Drawing on experience reviewing qualitative research, this session examines ethical, practical, and scholarly considerations, including confidentiality, trust, and reviewer accountability. Participants will explore responsible uses, common pitfalls, and leave with guiding questions to support transparent, ethical, and effective AI-assisted peer review practices.

Speakers

Martha Snyder

Nova Southeastern University

Dr. Marti Snyder is the Director of Faculty Professional Development at Nova Southeastern University's Learning and Educational Center and a professor in the Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice. With over 15 years of experience in corporate learning... Read More →

Friday June 12, 2026 2:20pm - 2:50pm EDT
Suwannee 2

Practical AI Tools/Agents and Implementation, 30-Minute Session | AI in Pedagogy and Curriculum Design, 30-Minute Session | Assessment and Academic Integrity, 30-Minute Session

3:00pm EDT

AI Bytes: Small Sessions, Big Impact

Friday June 12, 2026 3:00pm - 3:30pm EDT

Faculty and staff want to explore AI but often lack time to learn how on their own. AI Bytes offers a solution through short, focused workshops designed to help educators build practical AI skills for teaching and administrative tasks. Each session combines tool demonstrations, peer-reviewed strategies, and Q&As to support informed experimentation. This presentation will share the structure of the series, examples of topics and activities, and insights from results and feedback. Attendees will leave with adaptable models and actionable ideas for designing small, sustainable AI learning opportunities that create big results on their own workplaces.

Speakers

JD Weagley

Senior Instructional Designer, Purdue University

Jenny Monarch McGuire

Educational Technology Consultant, Purdue University

Friday June 12, 2026 3:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
Suwannee 2

Ethics/ Policy/ and Governance, 30-Minute Session | AI in Pedagogy and Curriculum Design, 30-Minute Session | Assessment and Academic Integrity, 30-Minute Session

3:40pm EDT

The State of Copyright and AI: 2026 Updates

Friday June 12, 2026 3:40pm - 4:10pm EDT

The AI copyright landscape has dramatically shifted in the last year. Courts have issued conflicting rulings on AI-generated works and training data fair use, while certain AI outputs have successfully secured copyright protection. International entities are establishing transparency requirements in an effort to reshape and reframe industry practices. This session examines these pivotal developments, analyzes emerging legal doctrines on authorship and liability, and explores how recent cases are redefining intellectual property boundaries in an AI-driven world.

Speakers

Sarah Norris

Digital Initiatiaves Coordinator, UCF Libraries

Sarah Norris is Digital Initiatives Coordinator at the University of Central Florida Libraries. In this role, she leads the Libraries’ Digital Initiatives unit in digitization and the management of STARS, UCF's Institutional Repository. She has presented at local, state, national... Read More →

Friday June 12, 2026 3:40pm - 4:10pm EDT
Suwannee 2

Practical AI Tools/Agents and Implementation, 30-Minute Session | AI in Pedagogy and Curriculum Design, 30-Minute Session

4:20pm EDT

Always the Antagonist: How AI Tropes Create Barriers to Buy-In

Friday June 12, 2026 4:20pm - 4:50pm EDT

As awareness and use of AI continues expanding more rapidly than critical AI literacy, gaps in public AI literacy are filled by disquieting tropes from fiction, including portrayals of AI technologies as volitional, antagonistic, or heralds of apocalypses. The deliberately anthropomorphic designs of many AI technologies contribute to these powerful and misleading cultural understandings. This talk identifies understanding AI anthropomorphization and cultural tropes as an under-considered component of AI literacy, and explores how intentionally developing student, faculty, and staff understandings of entertainment media’s influence can balance expectations and affective responses to AI and foster more productive discourse surrounding AI adoption.

Speakers

Jackson Bostian

Assistant Professor of User Experience Design, William Peace University

Friday June 12, 2026 4:20pm - 4:50pm EDT
Suwannee 2

AI in Pedagogy and Curriculum Design, 30-Minute Session

9:00am EDT

Learning in the Tension: How Varied Faculty AI Approaches Prepare Students for an Uncertain Future

Saturday June 13, 2026 9:00am - 9:30am EDT

Students thrive when they encounter faculty with varied perspectives on AI—some who integrate it deeply, others who design AI-resilient assignments. Drawing on Connecticut College's AI@Conn Initiative, this session explores how navigating these differences cultivates metacognitive flexibility, adaptive expertise, and intellectual agency. Rather than seeking institutional uniformity, we argue that pedagogical diversity prepares students to work across professional contexts where AI adoption varies widely. Participants will gain strategies for supporting faculty across the AI spectrum and tools for helping students understand the reasoning behind different approaches.

Speakers

Susan Purrington

Harold F. Wiley Generative AI Teaching and Learning Fellow, Connecticut College

Matthew Gardzina

VP for Information Services & Librarian of the College, Connecticut College

As vice president for Information Services and librarian of the College at Connecticut College, Gardzina is the chief information officer and leads both the libraries and Information Technology of the College, including traditional library services, administrative computing, telecommunications... Read More →

Saturday June 13, 2026 9:00am - 9:30am EDT
Suwannee 2

AI in Pedagogy and Curriculum Design, 30-Minute Session | Ethics/ Policy/ and Governance, 30-Minute Session | Practical AI Tools/Agents and Implementation, 30-Minute Session

9:40am EDT

Layered Learning with AI: Integrating AI for Invention, Research, and Reflection

Saturday June 13, 2026 9:40am - 10:10am EDT

Abstract: This session will present two multifaceted assignments and corresponding activities that use AI tools for critical thinking and the writing process. The activities will focus on invention, research, and revision. The activities draw on DEER praxis which emphasizes, “defined engagements with AI tools for specific purposes, and generous use of reflection” (Cummings et al., p. 1). The speakers will demonstrate how AI tools can provide a foundational background and understanding of a topic so that students can apply this knowledge in complex and creative ways to assignments. #AIactivities, #AIreflection, #layeredlearningCummings, R., et al. (2024). Generative AI in first-year writing: An early analysis of affordances,limitations, and a framework for the future. Computers and Composition, 71, 102827.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102827.

Speakers

Aimee Jones

Assistant Professor, Lynn University

Joanna Sackel

Assistant Professor, Lynn University

Saturday June 13, 2026 9:40am - 10:10am EDT
Suwannee 2

Practical AI Tools/Agents and Implementation, 30-Minute Session | AI in Pedagogy and Curriculum Design, 30-Minute Session

10:20am EDT

Authority Without Answers: Teaching Judgment in an AI-Saturated Classroom

Saturday June 13, 2026 10:20am - 10:50am EDT

As AI systems generate fluent answers instantly, traditional assessments struggle to distinguish performance from understanding. This session introduces a judgment-centered teaching framework that uses AI as productive friction rather than a shortcut. Participants will explore how deliberately designed prompts, contradictions, and AI-generated confidence can expose reasoning, surface misconceptions, and support deeper learning without relying on surveillance or detection tools. Practical classroom examples from government, history, and composition courses will illustrate how authority can be exercised through question design rather than answer control.

Speakers

Scott D'Amico

Faculty Development Program lead, The Alamo Colleges District

Saturday June 13, 2026 10:20am - 10:50am EDT
Suwannee 2

Institutional Strategy and Leadership, 30-Minute Session