Teaching and Learning with AI Conference

Teaching and Learning with AI Conference

Liz Winer

Samuel Merritt University

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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

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

AAC&U Lunch Coastal 9 Buffet Lunch Exhibit Hall F

1:00pm EDT

Teaching Systematic Literature Reviews with AI: Using Elicit as an Instructional Tool for Faculty and Graduate Students Escambia HallwayMarta Samokishyn Don't Build Agents, Build Skills: Teaching Foundation-Level AI Competencies for All Instructors Coastal 7Tatiana Rudchenko • Lantz Ferrell • Meredith Lancaster Using the EQUITY-AI Decision-Making Framework in Teaching and Learning Coastal 8LoriAnn Stretch If You Can’t Beat ’Em, Join ’Em: Best Practices for Responsibly Integrating AI into the Classroom Desoto 1Colleen Skinner 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

Sage Against the Machine: Media Literacy as a Strategy in the AI Age Suwannee 1Shelbey Rosengarten AI Exploration Stations: a Model for Training Faculty and Staff on AI Tools Desoto 1Bonny Cable • Jonathan Barlar The AI-Infused Assessment Playbook: A 360° Workshop on Designing Compliant, Student-Approved Assignments Coastal 7Sarah Lewis • Nelson Santos The Devil You Know: Empowering Faculty with Practical AI Pedagogy Know-How Suwannee 3Mariya Gluzman Creating Equitable Education Through AI Tutors and Faculty Tools That Support Learning and Reflection EscambiaMarivi Tejada-Simon Path 2: An AI-Centric Course Development Framework Using Custom Bots and Workflow Automation Desoto 2Jessica Clark • Jonathon Isham The ‘Master Student Advisor’: Mass Personalization in Higher Education through Generative AI Suwannee 2Sandro Sanchez

2:30pm EDT

Keeping Up Without Burning Out: Using AI to Move from Evidence to Assessment Coastal BallroomJ'Laine Proctor

3:00pm EDT

Be a TRAIIL-Blazer! Learn About Our AI Repository Coastal 10Nicole Stahl • Sarah Norris From Policy to Practice: Embedding AI Tools and Agents into Authentic, Assessable Coursework Lafayette 1Rhonna Krouse-Adams Advancing Institutional AI Readiness through Faculty Development and Student Partnerships Coastal 9Ursula N. Sorensen

3:40pm EDT

Bots, Not Slop: How a Custom Bot Helps Students Revise, Reflect, and Improve Suwannee 3Erica Noles Developing an Ethical AI Ecosystem Suwannee 2Tina Lancaster • George Swindell Beyond the Prompt: Building a "Course Architect" Agent for Automated Alignment to Pedagogical Standards and Full-Spectrum Curricular Development Desoto 1Muhammad Adeel Gamified AI Patient Simulations to Advance Clinical Reasoning in Undergraduate Genetics Coastal 8Lawrence Tartaglia Beyond Prompts: Building Custom AI Tools for Your Campus Coastal 7Denice Robertson Teaching Microbiology with Generative AI: Tips and Tools to Leverage Innovative AI Capabilities to Empower Microbiology Faculty to Integrate AI into Courses Escambia HallwayJordan Steel • Michael Barnhart

3:50pm EDT

Leveraging Generative AI for Immersive Learning Coastal BallroomSara Evans • Kristina DuRocher

4:20pm EDT

Surfing the Wave: AI Literacy and Research Navigation Desoto 4Tatiana Sazonova Using AI Tools in Canvas: Practical Teaching Strategies Lafayette 3Nicolas Hanhan

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 Your AI Compass: A Values-Driven Approach to Teaching & Learning With AI Desoto 4Chad Rohrbacher • Tracy Mendolia, PhD • Tess St. John Empowering Student Autonomy Through AI Course Companions Coastal 10Reima Abobaker

9:40am EDT

AI as Thinking, Practice, and Support Partner: Redesigning an Interdisciplinary Research Methods Course Coastal 10Kevin Jardaneh • Susan Spraker-Jardaneh • Shelly Wyatt From Abstract to Actionable: A Custom GPT Suite for Outcome Alignment Suwannee 2Kristin Copeland • Ronald Lethcoe “Is AI Allowed?”: Designing Transparent AI-Integrated Assignments Desoto 1Rebecca Leis

10:20am EDT

AI Use, Ethical Decision-Making, and the Open-Ended Case Method: Promises and Perils Suwannee 3Angelo Carlo Carrascoso Beyond the Answer Engine: Using AI to Support Student Thinking, Not Replace It Desoto 4Diego Alvarado Fluency ≠ Literacy: Practical Strategies to Scaffold, Not Offload Escambia HallwayRachel Rupprecht, Ph.D. • Heidi Keller • Vanessa Hormann

11:00am EDT

Teaching AI With Joy: The Reframing That Changes Everything Coastal 9Mikhael Loo How to Build and Test Ethical AI Tutors Lafayette 5Mark Collier Human Centered AI: Collaborative Models for Deep Learning in High Education Desoto 3Justin Lonsbury • Meredith Lancaster • Marta Galindo

11:30am EDT

Buffet Lunch Exhibit Hall F

1:00pm EDT

AI With Guardrails: Practical Course Design for Learning and Academic Integrity Desoto 5Andrew Wright • Rui Sundrup Connection is the Antidote: Harnessing Belonging, Agency, and Purpose to Reduce AI-Era Misconduct Coastal 8Karen Haslett • Danielle Maya Pratt, PhD • Devon Cadwell Bazata • Mandy Pacheco Sparking Change through AI Faculty Learning Communities Coastal 9Cub Kahn

1:20pm EDT

Beyond the Panic: Helping Students Use AI Thoughtfully in Research and Writing Coastal BallroomChristy Snider

1:40pm EDT

The Online Educator's AI Playbook Lafayette 3Wilson Rojas

2:20pm EDT

Inside AI-Enhanced Courses: Intentional Criteria for Practical Gen-AI Integration Lafayette 2Desiree Henderson • Alexandra Ward

3:00pm EDT

Wait...Microsoft Copilot Can Do That?! Desoto 1Alissa Harrington 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 Roleplaying with AI Bots Lafayette 5Aaron Crowell

3:40pm EDT

I Built an AI Feedback Agent So I Could Stop Repeating Myself - Designing a Course-Specific AI Feedback Agent in 10 Minutes Coastal BallroomShalini Gopalkrishnan Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Mining Engineering Education: Curriculum Design and Early Outcomes Lafayette 2Rana Alhaj Bedar From AI Policy to Assessment Design: A Review of Higher Education Course Syllabi Using the AI Assessment Scale EscambiaHulya Avci Building AI Fluency for Faculty: Practical Classroom Applications Beyond the Hype EscambiaBilly Stone 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

5 Evidence-Based Principles for Incorporating AI-Powered Assessment in your Classroom Coastal 10John Swope • Curricu

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

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 Beyond AI Adoption: Rethinking Faculty and Institutional Readiness for Teaching with AI Desoto 3Ahmet Hacikara

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