Zoom links for Teaching Talk sessions on September 24 are available in Canvas; upon registering and accepting the Canvas course invitation, you can access the Zoom links in Modules for each session. Room numbers for Interactive Sessions can be found on the printed program available at the registration desk at Dewberry Hall on September 25.
A complete program with presenter names and abstracts can be found in our Canvas course.
Scroll down for our At-a-glance schedules:
Tuesday and Wednesday, September 22-23
Pre-Conference Workshops via Zoom:
| Date | Time | Workshop |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, September 22 | 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. | Lecture a Little Less |
| Tuesday, September 22 | 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. | Rethinking Academic Integrity in the Age of AI Through Alternative Assessment |
| Wednesday, September 23 | 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. | Creating Relevance in General Education Courses |
| Wednesday, September 23 | 10:15 – 11:15 a.m. | Designing, Teaching, and Assessing Reflective Assignments |
Thursday, September 24 Teaching Talk Sessions via Zoom:
| Time | Session Title | Teaching Talk 1 Title | Teaching Talk 2 Title | Teaching Talk 3 Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:30 – 9:50 a.m. | Opening Remarks | |||
| 10:00 – 10:50 a.m. | AI-Enhanced STEM Teaching by Design | AI‑Supported Backward Design in STEM Courses | AI in Laboratory‑Based STEM Learning | AI‑Enhanced Quantitative Skill Development |
| 10:00 – 10:50 a.m. | Teaching and Support Strategies for Student Growth | Embedding Care in Course Syllabi | Collaborative Learning and Classroom Community | |
| 10:00 – 10:50 a.m. | Innovative Approaches to Research, Writing and Skill Development | A Writing-Intensive Redesign of Undergraduate Courses in Conflict Studies | Demystifying Undergraduate Research | Drawing the Logic: Argument Mapping |
| 11:00 – 11:50 a.m. | Integrating AI into Teaching: A Departmental Framework for Policy, Graduate Readiness, and Assessment Integrity | Developing a Department-Level Framework for AI Integration | Designing AI-Resilient Assessments that Promote Learning Integrity | Preparing Graduates for AI-Augmented Workplaces |
| 11:00 – 11:50 a.m. | Engaging Students Through Technology and Innovation | Online Modules for Hands-on Learning | RShiny Apps for Statistics Courses | |
| 11:00 – 11:50 a.m. | Designing Learning for Relevance, Application and Impact | Students as Jazz Critics | STAR‑V for Engineers | Making Learning Relevant with Exit Tickets |
| 11:00 – 11:50 a.m. | Practices for Group Learning and Active Engagement | Virtual Case Study Collaboration | Student Learning and Competitive Games | Critiques of Flipped Classrooms |
| 12:00 – 12:50 p.m. | Teaching AI Decision-Making Through Leadership Scenarios | Teaching with AI-Supported Scenarios: Design, Development, and Implementation Lessons | Building an AI Teaching Toolkit: Lessons from Classroom Research and Practice | |
| 12:00 – 12:50 p.m. | Student Engagement Activities Pilot Analysis on Computing for Scientists | Context for Student Engagement | From Raw Data to Actionable Insights—Building the Dashboard | Using Engagement Analytics to Build an Index |
| 12:00 – 12:50 p.m. | Stregthening Assessment, Feedback and Student Understanding | Faculty and Students as Co-collaborators in Assignment Rubric Design | Capstone Course, Environmental Sustainability | |
| 12:00 – 12:50 p.m. | Strategies for Engagement, Participation and Student Success | Customizable Erasable Boards | Using Perusall to Get Everyone to Talk in Class | How the MIX Enhances Teaching & Learning |
| 12:00 – 12:50 p.m. | Building Workforce Skills in the Classroom | Making Informatics Relevant to Nurses | Cultivating Self-Knowledge in Educational Settings | Translating Literature into Impact |
| 1:00 – 1:50 p.m. | Climate-Ready Workforce Training Using Geo-Spatial Techniques | Building Climate Risk Literacy Through Learning Modules: From Heat to Floods | Using Social Capital to Strengthen Community Climate Risk Reduction | Piloting Experiential Learning for Climate Risk Literacy |
| 1:00 – 1:50 p.m. | The Great Online Teaching Bake Off: Recipes for Relevance | “Signature Challenge”: A Refreshing “Appetizer” to Spark Curiosity and to Get Learners Warmed Up | “Technical Challenge”: A Substantial “Main Dish” Which is Relevant and Central to Applied Learning | “Showstopper Challenge”: A Delicious “Side Dish” to Enrich the Main Learning Experience, Adding Flavor Through Learner Interaction |
| 1:00 – 1:50 p.m. | Opportunities and Challenges with AI in the Classroom | AI Scaffolding and Sparring | GenAI Pathways for Writing Assignments | Student Public Opinion Regarding GAI |
| 1:00 – 1:50 p.m. | Boots on the Ground: Utilizing Fieldwork in Community-Based Education | Engaging Students in Community-Based Learning to Solve Real-World Problems Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) | The Role of Fieldwork in Promoting and Understanding Global Positioning Systems’ (GPS) Data Collection |
Friday, September 25 Interactive Sessions In-Person:
| Time | Session Title |
|---|---|
| 8:30 a.m. | Registration Opens |
| 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. | Light Breakfast |
| 9:30 – 9:50 a.m. | Opening Remarks |
| 10:00 – 10:50 a.m. | Social Impact by Design |
| 10:00 – 10:50 a.m. | Contextual Learning Through PBL Projects |
| 10:00 – 10:50 a.m. | Collaborative Problem Solving for Empowerment/Inclusion |
| 10:00 – 10:50 a.m. | Trauma-Informed College Classrooms |
| 11:00 – 11:50 a.m. | Anti-Oppressive Social Work Curricula |
| 11:00 – 11:50 a.m. | STEM Transfer Pathways through Pedagogy |
| 11:00 – 11:50 a.m. | Digital Escape Room Games |
| 11:00 – 11:50 a.m. | Action Research for Classroom Instruction |
| 12:00 – 12:50 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 – 1:50 p.m. | Career Readiness Through Learning Transfer |
| 1:00 – 1:50 p.m. | Detecting Pink Slime News |
| 1:00 – 1:50 p.m. | Peer Mentorship in Undergraduate Classes |
| 1:00 – 1:50 p.m. | Discussing Writing and Gen AI with Students |
| 2:00 – 2:50 p.m. | Beyond the Positionality Statement – Reflexivity Journal |
| 2:00 – 2:50 p.m. | Asynchronous Collaboration with Lucid |
| 2:00 – 2:50 p.m. | From Silos to Synergy: Team Performance |
| 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. | Reception |