2026 Conference Schedule

Active Learning in the Age of AI: Easy-to-use Strategies for Any Classroom Setting

Lucia Gilbert
Sunshine Brosi
Nicholas Pardikes
Summer Gunn

Unfiltered: Real Talk about Things that Have (and Haven't) Worked for Us in the Age of AI

Jennifer Grewe
Marlene Graf
Brian Warnick
Russ Winn

Domain-Grounded AI Validation Curriculum for Arts and Sciences

Bart Gajderowicz
Zubair Barkat

Meeting the Digital Expectations of Gen Z: YouTubing Your Boring Asynchronous Lecture

Jeffrey Spears

Beyond the Easy Button: AI Feedback Loops That Strengthen Student Writing and Judgment

Lindsay Bennion

Community Engagement as a Tool to Promote Learning in the Age of AI

Nelda Ault-Dyslin
Alyssa Reidhead
Sidi Becar Meyara

What Makes a Strong Language Program? Designing Pathways and Participation in the Age of AI

Masaki Minobe

Building Student Resilience in the Era of Artificial Intelligence in Collegiate Education

Baron Wesemann

Supporting Students in Online Learning Environments with the Settings, Exchanges, and Events (SEE) Framework

Dallin Hendry
Johanna Craig
Greg Callan

Using NotebookLM to Enhance Student Learning

Sepideh Raei
Pedram Jahangiry

Real and Artificial Intelligence: Teaching, Mentoring, and Collaboration in the University Honors Program

Kristine Miller
Sunshine Brosi
Katie Kraus
Lucia Gilbert
Elizabeth Vargis

ChatGPT Can’t Do This: Reclaiming Dialogue Through Structured Socratic Seminars

Jan Thornton
Sean Camp
Eric Hansen

Teaching and Learning AI from Course Design to Capstone Projects: Instructor Lessons and Student Reflections

Zubair Barkat
Clarissa Richins
Athena Balderas

Teaching the Pause: Letting Inquiry Drive Students' AI Decisions

David Advent
Kacy Lundstrom

Experiential Learning: The Irreplaceable Skillsets Outside of AI

Erin Cox

From Passive to Playful: Transforming the Classroom Through Play

Tamryn McDermott
Reagan Siggard
Amanda Dawson
Sarah O'Neill
Emily Pifer
Fei Shuai

Beyond the Bot: Creating Learning Environments Where Human Intelligence and Emotion Lead, and AI Supports

Anwesha Pan

Teaching Programming When Students Have AI

Apoorva Chauhan

Assessing Student Learning in the Age of AI

Wayne Hatch

Broadening Online Learning Horizons: Lessons Learned From Implementing Interactive Opportunities in an Online Soil Science Course

Chelsea Duball

Translating Teaching Philosophies into Belonging Signals

Pooja Potdar
Heloisa Rutigliano

Literature as a Lens: Teaching Assessment to Preservice Teachers

Summer Gunn

AI in Teaching and Learning for Autistic Students: Evidence, Limitations, and Instructor Decision Points

Esa Kruskopf

Between Opportunity and Uncertainty: Teacher Education Students’ Perspectives on AI in Education

Stephen Ameko
Deborah Agbemakor

Spark Talks

From Idea to Learning Tool in Hours: Generative AI in Veterinary Anatomy Education

Mahesh Sivasubramanian

Interview Assessments: Incentivizing AI Use to Complement Student Learning

Marc Dotson
Reagan Siggard

All About the SCOTs Program

Kinsley Sorensen
Athena Balderas

3 Tasks to Develop Critical GenAI Literacy in the Translation Classroom

Marcela de Oliveira e Silva Lemos

Cultivating Dialogic Learning: A Narrative-Pedagogical Approach to Teaching Chinese Vernacular Stories

Li Guo

The Hidden Labor in the Age of GenAI: Emotions, Identities, and Teaching Conundrums

Xiao Tan

Beyond the Shortcut: Using AI to Support Deeper Research Thinking

Gonca Soyer
Crissa Draper

Lessons from Designing a Graduate-Level AI Course for Research and Teaching

Zubair Barkat
Sean Johnson

Designing Human-Centered Asynchronous Learning: Multimedia, Professional Practice, and Student Connection at a Distance

 Tami Curtis

Designing Equitable Digital Game-Based Learning for Low-Resource Classrooms

Emmanuel Atsu Fiahagbe

AI in Action: Hands‑On Strategies for Transforming Teaching and Learning

Becky Varndell
Jacque Ware
Mireya Ori
DesiRae Skaggs

AI-Supported Interpreter Training: Designing Multimodal Practice and Assessment Tools

Elsa Perez

A Panel on Career Readiness Curriculum Development

Julia Gossard

Beyond the Shelf: Librarians as Partners in Student Success

Shawn Hall
Yassin Nacer
Sara Szobody
Michael Harris
Kelly Rovegno
Paul Daybell

Disrupted Focus: Observing Multi-Device Interference in a University Library Setting

Stephen Ameko

The Value and Need for Engaging Experiential Education within Emerging Technological Landscapes.

James Taylor
Sunshine Brosi
Chloe Wilson

Human Connection, Storytelling & the Online Classroom Experience

Jennifer Grewe
Carly Sorensen
Emory Bradshaw

Teaching for Integrity in the Era of AI: Insights from a Faculty Learning Circle

Shelley Heath
Amanda Dawson
Katie Graves
Jason Marshall
Ali Mondt
Mireya Ori

Stumbling Blocks and Learning Opportunities: Using AI in the Second-Language Classroom

Doris McGonagill

Using AI in Career Readiness

Joseph Banks

Active Learning, Authentic Assessment: Engaging Students Through Collaboration

Summer Gunn
Stephen Kwiatek
Julianne Hunter

Utilizing Strengths Assessments in the Age of AI

Marlene Graf
Alyssa Reidhead

You, Me, and AI: Surviving Student Feedback Together

Sarah Andersen
Kelli Munns

What Does It Mean to be a Professional? Fostering Career Readiness in Students through Person Centered Pedagogy

Michael Gerald
Jennifer Hunsaker

Simulating Uncertainty: A LowTech Gamified Wildlife Management Exercise for Teaching Decision Making in Dynamic Ecological Systems

Tayler LaSharr
David Stoner
Sunshine Brosi

Mentoring Undergraduate Students: An Invitation to Faculty

Jeffrey Spears
Hannah Lewis
Jim LaMuth
Mike Christiansen
Amanda Deliman
David Law

How to Lose a Class in 10 Days: Lessons Learned in Innovative Grading Techniques to Scale Large Online Classes

Crissa Draper
Gonca Soyer

Collaborative Course Design for Intentional Student Learning

Vonda Jump
Lady Ajayi
Timothy Curran
Colin Flint
Henry Hallock

Using and Critically Evaluating Generative AI in Communication and Graphic Design Courses

Kelsey Hall

Building Human Connection Beyond the Classroom: A Japanese Cultural Workshop Series

Shino Manabe

Strategies for Teaching in an AI World

Amanda Lilly
Heidi Willers
Michael Otteson

Socratic Dialogue Assignments for Engaged Learning with AI

Logan Haviland

NotebookLM: How This AI 'Think-Tank' May Revolutionize Teaching, Research, and Learning at USU

Kevin Young

When Did ChatGPT Get Tenure?: Guiding University Classroom Discussions and Student Work In the Age of AI

Deb Monson

Beyond Policies: Harnessing Student Anxiety and Curiosity to Design for "Doing"

Cassidy Creech

Teaching Online After AI: Seeing What Replication Has Been Hiding

Jenny Willmore

Negotiating Meaning: The Interplay of Human Tutoring and AI Feedback in Chinese Writing Revision

Jasmine Chen

My Evolving Approach to AI in the Classroom

Missy Kofoed

Bridging Learning and Impact: Student-Centered Teaching and Extension in a Digitally Mediated World

Palak Gupta

AI and Video Tools in Language Learning

Ekaterina Arshavskaya