Teaching and Learning with AI Conference

Teaching and Learning with AI Conference

Wilson Rojas

University of Northern Iowa

Assistant Director, Emerging & Innovative Technologies

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

Don't Build Agents, Build Skills: Teaching Foundation-Level AI Competencies for All Instructors Coastal 7Tatiana Rudchenko • Lantz Ferrell • Meredith Lancaster Redesigning General Education with AI: From Enduring Questions to Transferable Skills Escambia HallwayMartina Saltamacchia • Amy Ellefson 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

1:40pm EDT

Building, Rebuilding, and Scaling Student Badges for AI Skills Desoto 4Anna Haney-Withrow

2:20pm EDT

Chat didn’t start the fire: The systems that made ChatGPT the scapegoat for an industry already burning Lafayette 2Caitlyn Misteri Dissertation Buddy: AI-Enhanced PhD Support Beyond the Chair Suwannee 4Anthony T. Caito AI Exploration Stations: a Model for Training Faculty and Staff on AI Tools Desoto 1Bonny Cable • Jonathan Barlar

3:00pm EDT

AI Assisted Course Design: A Practical Faculty Workflow Guided By Backwards Design Suwannee 2John Schumacher Beyond AI Users: Teaching human-in-the-loop as a workforce competency Suwannee 4Erin Taylor

3:40pm EDT

What Students Learn With—and Without—AI: A Practical Teaching Framework Lafayette 3Milagros Sanoja Why AI Training Isn't Enough: The Hidden Gap Between Faculty Awareness and Institutional Change. Desoto 5Jessica Stansbury

4:20pm EDT

"I Don't Know Yet": Building Communities Where Faculty Can Think Out Loud About AI Lafayette 5Jennifer Potter Teaching What AI Cannot Do: Reimagining Human Competencies in Higher Education Coastal 10Elle Corvette

5:00pm EDT

Happy Hour Coastal Ballroom

6:00pm EDT

Speed Networking Coastal 7Mary Rubin

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 Playground: Setting Up a Low-Lift, High-Value PD Session for Faculty Coastal BallroomJesika Brooks The AI Thinking Partner: Practical Approaches to Assessment Design Desoto 2Michael Rodriguez Delgado • Janine Diaz-Cotto

9:40am EDT

“Is AI Allowed?”: Designing Transparent AI-Integrated Assignments Desoto 1Rebecca Leis AI Fluency at Scale: A Faculty & Staff Development Model Coastal 9Rachel Hoke The Purposeful Struggle: Designing Learning That Matters in the Age of AI Desoto 5Candyce Nelson The Dissertation Whisperer: Building a Symbiosis Between AI and Human Mentorship Desoto 3Vernon Czelusniak

10:20am EDT

Strategic AI Leadership in Higher Education: Governance, Investment, and Curriculum in the Age of Transformation Coastal 7Munevver Mine Subasi Beyond the Prompt: Integrating AI for Experiential Learning and Professional Readiness Lafayette 1Allison Muise • Katherine Nessen

11:00am EDT

How to Build and Test Ethical AI Tutors Lafayette 5Mark Collier

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

2:20pm EDT

Designing Writing Assignments in the Age of AI: Practical Strategies for Faculty and Students Escambia HallwayLee Markowitz From Barriers to Bridges: Using AI and Universal Design for Learning as Partners for Change Desoto 3Alex Mason • Jenny Monarch McGuire

3:20pm EDT

Building a Teaching Toolkit for AI Ethics Coastal BallroomHannah Rozear

3:40pm EDT

Building AI Fluency for Faculty: Practical Classroom Applications Beyond the Hype EscambiaBilly Stone

4:20pm EDT

Rewriting the Rules of Teaching: Designing with, Not Against, AI Desoto 5Doreen Mayrell

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

Designing Low-Stakes AI Learning for Faculty: Lessons from an AI Test Fest Coastal 7Emmie Mercer • Richard Tillies How Faculty can avoid obsolescence in the age of AI. Lafayette 4David Holder

9:40am EDT

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

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