Our first Learning Revolution mini-conference on AI: "Teaching and Learning with AI," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, June 27th, 2024, from 12:00 - 2:30 pm US-Pacific Time.
What effects do generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, tools, and applications have on learning and teaching? What impacts will they have on our educational abilities and activities, collaboration and communication, literacy, student agency, and independent, informal, and lifelong learning? The Teaching and Learning with AI summit will consider these questions and more.
While AI technologies have many dramatic benefits, there are also challenges and concerns expressed by professionals, students, and educators about the impact of these new technologies on teaching and learning and the information ecosystem as a whole. Some are reasonably concerned about protecting privacy and confidentiality of students while using generative AI tools and ensuring equity and accessibility. Others worry about ethics, plagiarism, bias, misinformation, transparency, and the loss of critical thinking. And all in the learning professions are wondering how AI might allow or require changes in pedagogy and curricula.
Join us for this free virtual conference to learn how students, educators, and teachers of all types are utilizing generative artificial intelligence tools. Conversations and presentations in the conference will address the practical implications of these tools in the profession, and information on the call for non-commercial, practitioner-based proposals is below.
Our special conference chair is Reed C. Hepler, Digital Initiatives Librarian and Archivist, College of Southern Idaho.
RECORDINGS:
Recordings of the event sessions and the chat logs can be found HERE. You need to be a member of Library 2.0 (free) to access the recording page - sign up here.
Video recordings of the sessions are also available at the Learning Revolution YouTube channel.
This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded.
REGISTER HERE
to attend live and/or to receive the recording links afterward.
Please also join the Learning Revolution community to be kept updated on this and future events.
Everyone is invited to participate in our Learning Revolution conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among teachers and learners worldwide. Each three-hour event consists of a keynote panel, 10-15 crowd-sourced thirty-minute presentations, and a closing keynote.
Participants are encouraged to use #teachingandlearningwithai and #learningrevolution on their social media posts about the event.
OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL:
Digital Initiatives Librarian and Archivist, College of Southern Idaho
OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL & SPECIAL ORGANIZER
Reed Hepler is the Digital Initiatives Librarian for the College of Southern Idaho and an M.Ed. student at Idaho State University in the Instructional Design and Technology program. He obtained a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science, with emphases in Archives Management and Digital Curation, from Indiana University. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in History with minors in Anthropology and Religious Studies as well as a Museum Certificate. He has worked at nonprofits, corporations, and educational institutions encouraging information literacy and effective education. Combining all of these degrees and experiences, Reed strives to promote ethical librarianship and educational initiatives.
Professor in English and Technical Writing at the University of Central Oklahoma
OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL
Dr. Laura Dumin obtained her PhD in English from Oklahoma State University in 2010. She is a professor in English and Technical Writing at the University of Central Oklahoma who has been exploring the impact of generative AI on writing classrooms. She also runs a Facebook learning community to allow instructors to learn from each other: https://www.facebook.com/groups/632930835501841.
When she is not teaching, Laura works as a co-managing editor for the Journal of Transformative Learning, directs the Technical Writing BA and advises the Composition and Rhetoric MA program, and was a campus SoTL mentor. She has created four micro-credentials for the Technical Writing program and one for faculty who complete her AI workshop on campus.
Chief Academic Officer of Lumen Learning
OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL
Dr. David Wiley is the Chief Academic Officer of Lumen Learning, a company dedicated to eliminating race, gender, and income as predictors of student success in US higher education. His multidisciplinary research examines how generative AI, open educational resources, continuous improvement, data science, and professional development can be combined to improve student outcomes. He is an Education Fellow at Creative Commons, adjunct faculty in Brigham Young University's graduate program in Instructional Psychology and Technology (where he was previously a tenured Associate Professor), and Entrepreneur in Residence at Marshall University's Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation. More information about Dr. Wiley is available at davidwiley.org.
Professor of English at Berkeley College & Consultant
OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL
Jason Gulya is a Professor of English at Berkeley College, where he teaches any subject related to writing and the humanities. Recently, he has turned his attention to incorporating AI into the classroom effectively and responsibly. He works as a consultant with colleges, school districts, and companies.
Associate Director at Center for Research on Learning and Teaching at the University of Michigan
OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL
Dr. Tazin Daniels is Associate Director at the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching at the University of Michigan, she runs programming for both instructors and administrators looking to improve curriculum design and teaching practices across campus. In particular, Dr. Daniels is a leader in human-centered digital education with expertise in cutting-edge technologies including online teaching tools and generative artificial intelligence. She has published on the topics of inclusive teaching and instructor preparation and is a highly sought after speaker on these topics. Dr. Daniels also runs her own consulting firm, ThePedagologist.com, as a way to extend her connections with like minded-people and organizations committed to advancing educational equity everywhere.
CLOSING KEYNOTE: "The Generative Approach to Education"
Steve is the founder and director of the Learning Revolution Project and Library 2.0, the host of the Future of Education and Reinventing School interview series, and has been the founder and chair (or co-chair) of a number of annual worldwide virtual events, including the Global Education Conference and the Library 2.0 series of mini-conferences and webinars. He has run over 100 large-scale events, online and in person.
Steve's work has been around the democratization of learning and professional development. He supported and encouraged the development of thousands of other education-related networks, particularly for professional development, and he pioneered the use of live, virtual, and peer-to-peer education conferences. He popularized the idea of "unconferences" for educators, and for over a decade, he ran a large annual ed-tech unconference, now called Hack Education (previously EduBloggerCon).
Steve himself built one of the first modern social networks for teachers in 2007 (Classroom 2.0), developed the "conditions of learning" exercise for local educational conversation and change, and inherited and grew the Library 2.0 online community. He may or may not have invented an early version of the Chromebook which he demo'd to Google. He blogs, speaks, and consults on education, educational technology, and education reform, and his virtual and physical events and online communities have over 150,000 members.
His professional website is SteveHargadon.com.
ACCEPTED SESSIONS:
Below are the currently accepted and scheduled proposals. Feel free to click through to comment on them and/or communicate with the submitters. The final schedule for the mini-conference will be posted the week of the event.
- AI Brick and Mortar: Which AI Platform/Tool Is Best For Your Task?: Laura Lacasa Yost; Instructional Designer, Kirkwood Community College (Link to proposal)
- AI in the Hot Seat: Assessing Its Information Literacy Competency: Sarah Pavey MSc FCLIP FRSA, SP4IL Education Consultancy (Link to proposal)
- AI Literacy: Fostering an Intertwined Relationship between Pedagogy and Technology in Higher Education: Emily Rush, PhD, Rush University (Link to proposal)
- Elder as Melder Perspectives on Learning and Teaching with AI: Dr. David L. Stoloff, Professor, Education Department, Eastern Connecticut State University (Link to proposal)
- Empowering Tomorrow's Creators: AI Tools for the Modern Classroom: Michael Fricano II, K-6 Design Technology Teacher, ʻIolani School, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi (Link to proposal)
- Foster AI Fluency by Converting Student Assignments: Kevin Yee, Director of the Faculty Center, University of Central Florida | Laurie Uttich, Instructional Specialist (Link to proposal)
- Gamifying Generative AI as a Way to Teach AI Literacy: Sierra Adare-Tasiwoopa ápi, Instruction Technologist, Nevada State University (Link to proposal)
- Harnessing AI Responsibly: Strategies for Academic Excellence and Integrity: Brenda Brusegard, Head of Secondary Library, Oberoi International School, Mumbai, India (Link to proposal)
- How big is the AI advantage for student creators?: Jon Ippolito, Professor of New Media and Director of Digital Curation, School of Computing and Information Science, University of Maine | Gregory Nelson | Troy Schotter (Link to proposal)
- How to Create an AI Tutor for Your Course: Dr. Michael Rota, Professor of Philosophy, University of St. Thomas (MN) (Link to proposal)
- K-12 Open Education Resources: How Librarians Can Use AI and OER Together: Julie Erickson, Chief Learning Officer, LanCrew Colorado (Link to proposal)
- LFFL: Empowering Students with Generative AI for Lifelong, Fast, and Fun Learning: Dr. Marvin Starominski-Uehara, Adjunct Assistant Professor, International Business & Environmental Studies at Temple University Japan (Link to proposal)
- Meet Them Where They Are: Preliminary Data Assessing Students' Attitudes Toward Generative AI Use : Dr. Jeanne Beatrix Law, Professor of English and Director of First-Year Writing Program, Kennesaw State University (KSU) | Dr. Laura Palmer, Professor and Chair, Technical Communication & Interactive Design (KSU) (Link to proposal)
- Now the Hard Work Begins: Inviting Writers to Use AI Tools: Dr. Troy Hicks, Professor and Chairperson, Teacher and Special Education, Central Michigan University | Dr. Kristen Hawley Turner, Director of Teacher Education, Drew University (Link to proposal)
- Teaching Beyond the Tech: Exploring the Durable Power-Skills Students Will Need to Succeed in the Age of AI: Ashlee Russell, M.Ed., Special Education Teacher and AI Educator for Adult Learners, Cumberland County Schools and AI Learning Central (Link to proposal)
- Teaching with AI: Revolutionizing Education for the Future: Daniel Bernstein, CEO, Teachally (Link to proposal)
This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded.
REGISTER HERE
to attend live and/or to receive the recording links afterward.
Please also join the Learning Revolution community to be kept updated on this and future events.
Everyone is invited to participate in our Learning Revolution conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among teachers and learners worldwide. Each three-hour event consists of a keynote panel, 10-15 crowd-sourced thirty-minute presentations, and a closing keynote.
Participants are encouraged to use #teachingandlearningwithai and #learningrevolution on their social media posts about the event.
