Teaching and Learning with AI Conference

I'm a Teaching & Learning Specialist at Saint Leo University's Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence, and most of my work lives at the intersection of experimenting with what AI can actually do and helping students and faculty tap into their own creativity along the way.

I came up through ten years of high school teaching, which shapes everything I do. At the end of the day, what I care about most is the teaching moment: did something land, did someone grow, did they leave knowing something they didn't before? That instinct drives everything I build.

These days I teach and develop AI Unlocked: Skills for Life, Work, and Society, an 8-week course where students explore the practical, ethical, and philosophical sides of generative AI. I've also developed three asynchronous generative AI courses for professors including one built specifically to help faculty learn how to teach AI, along with a Microsoft Copilot micro-training series and a growing library of AI webinars for faculty.

One of my favorite things to do is get faculty curious about tools beyond the usual big names because the AI landscape is wide, and there's a lot worth exploring. I believe the best AI experiences happen when people stop trying to use it perfectly and start using it curiously and I design for that every chance I get.