A Not-So-Extreme Course Makeover: AI Redesign, Tools, and Strategies

Marci Shepard, PhD, EdD

12:30PM-1:25PM

Session Description - Join me for a walkthrough of how I redesigned a course to incorporate AI. This session will provide you with examples of teaching resources including an AI policy, syllabus, lessons, assignments, and an assessment model. We will reflect on lessons learned from the initial implementation. This includes making connections to the 4 Cs of 21st-century learning (communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity) and exploring various AI tools and strategies. Leave with expanded thinking about using AI for teaching, learning, working, and life.

Leveraging Course Design Preparation with AI 

David Moore, PhD 

1:30PM-2:00PM

Session Description - This session will explore course design phases such as task analysis, assessment, formative evaluation, and strategy development through AI augmentation. 

Leveraging AI in teacher education and visual communication 

Alan Wu, PhD, Adonis Durado, and Joshua Osondu 

2:05PM-3:00PM

Session Description – Dr. Wu and two doctoral students in the ILDT program will respectively discuss preliminary research findings from three studies: (1) Pre-service teachers' STEM instructional preparedness and leveraging AI in lesson planning; (2) Research categorizing (text to image, text to audio, text to website, etc.), rating, and evaluating pros and cons of over 200 of the best AI tools currently available on the market; and (3) A systematic review identifying effective professional development strategies for developing AI literacy framework in K-12 teacher preparation. 

Teacher Agency and A.I. –Reconsidering the 80/20 Split 

Kevin Cordi, PhD, Matt Henry, Luke Kennedy, Cheyanne Kifer, and Hannah Henthorn 

3:05PM-4:00PM

Session Description – Join Dr. Cordi and his students for an engaging presentation on how they harnessed AI to spark reactions and responses from a selected book. They will showcase their creative process, demonstrating how they used AI tools while maintaining their own agency in the project. Dr. Cordi will also discuss the crucial role educators play in shifting mindsets from consumers to creators and producers in the age of AI. Don’t miss this opportunity to explore the intersection of technology and creativity in the classroom.