ETE Conference

Teaching now unfolds within an evolving educational landscape shaped by artificial intelligence, digital tools, and increasingly blended or asynchronous learning environments. These shifts influence how instructors design courses, how students engage with knowledge and build skills, and how learning is experienced. Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI invites educators to reflect on this changing terrain and to explore how thoughtful, intentional teaching practices sustain connection, curiosity, and meaningful learning experiences across physical and digital classrooms.

As technologies become more present in academic work, instructors face complex questions. How do we preserve the distinctly human dimensions of teaching within increasingly technologically mediated environments? How do we integrate AI and digital tools in ways that enhance rather than fragment learning? How do we design support structures that acknowledge both the opportunities and concerns students experience with emerging tools? When might technology deepen engagement, and when might it introduce distraction or overload? This conference creates space to examine these tensions with nuance, openness, and intellectual generosity.

We welcome a wide range of perspectives and approaches. Proposals may critically evaluate the pedagogical implications of AI or instructional technologies, highlight their innovative uses, or consider moments when simplifying or limiting technology better serves learning goals. Sessions may explore classroom practices, course design strategies, research findings, ethical questions, student experiences, or reflective teaching narratives. At the center of these conversations is the role of instructors as designers of learning experiences, making intentional choices about when, how, and why technology supports—or sometimes distracts from—meaningful learning. Our aim is not to prescribe a particular stance on teaching and learning in the age of AI, but to foster meaningful dialogue about how educators thoughtfully shape learning environments that support deep thinking, authentic engagement, and student success.

We encourage proposals that address teaching, learning, and student experience in any modality, including in-person, asynchronous online, and Connect. Contributions from faculty across disciplines, instructional designers, graduate instructors, and academic support professionals are welcomed.

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