2024 Schedule

Wednesday, May 15

Essential for Some, Helpful for All (1:00 - 2:30 p.m.)

Creating Accessible Courses that Look Good (2:45 - 4:15 p.m.)

Mind the Overlap: The Power of Open UDL (2:45 - 4:15 p.m.)

Thursday, May 16

Using Canvas Ungraded Quizzes to Help Students Learn Class Material (Digital Poster, 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.)

 Learning Through Arguments with AI (10:45 - 11:30 a.m.)

Implementing UDL through Gamification (2:30 - 3:15 p.m.)

Supporting Northwestern's Neurodivergent Learners (2:30 - 3:15)

Wednesday, May 15

The Medium is Part of the Message: Using AI to Build a Learning Culture (1:00 - 2:30 p.m.)

Thursday, May 16

• Augmenting Creativity
• Conversing with Collections: Exploring LIbrary Data with Generative AI
• Expectations Regarding AI Use and Integration into the Classroom
• Generative Artificial Intelligence: A Recap of an NU Library Workshop

 Learning Through Arguments with AI (10:45 - 11:30 a.m.)

Using AI to Help You Teach How You've Always Wanted (11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.)

History, Hype, and Hope: Reflecting on AI, Equity, and Public Education (11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.)

Gender Bias Free and Inclusive Language Curriclum through Generative AI Tools (11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.)

Creativity in the Age of AI: Forging New Pathways in Media Education (1:30 - 2:15 p.m.)

The AI Horizon at Northwestern (2:30 - 3:15 p.m.)

Creating Stories: Gen AI tools as Writing Tutor (2:30 - 3:15 p.m.)

Lightning Talks

• Can AI Pass My Class? Rethinking Quizzes in Chat-GPT World (2:30 - 3:15 p.m.)
• Taking the Cop Out of the Classroom: Decolonizing Academic Integrity (2:30 - 3:15 p.m.)

Wednesday, May 15

Fostering Critical Thinking Using Online Discussions (1:00 - 2:30 p.m.)

Exploring "Ungrading" in Assessment and Learning (2:45 - 4:15 p.m.)

Thursday, May 16

Using Canvas Ungraded Quizzes to Help Students Learn Class Material (Digital Poster, 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.)

I'm Altering the Deal: Contract Grading for Tricky Curriculum (10:45 - 11:30 a.m.)

Celebrating Pedagogical and Curricular Innovation: Insights from a Multi-Disciplinary Panel of Award-Winning Teachers (10:45 - 11:30 a.m.)

Co-owning Inquiry, Learning Outcomes and Student Choice in Higher Education (10:45 - 11:30 a.m.)

Voices of Experience: Alternative Assessment across Disciplines (11:45 - 12:30 p.m.)

Lightning Talks (1:30 - 2:15 p.m.)

• Reimagining Assessment Practicum: Design
• Reimagining Assessment Practicum: Implementation
• Reimagining Assessment Practicum: Insights

Ungrading in a Foreign Language Class (2:30 - 3:15 p.m.)

Wednesday, May 15

Fostering Critical Thinking Using Online Discussions (1:00 - 2:30 p.m.)

Returning Civility to Civil Discourse: Exploring Dual Narratives (2:45 - 4:15 p.m.)

Thursday, May 16

Teaching Social Justice and Perspective Taking in a Dialogue Seminar (11:45 - 12:30 p.m.)

Talk Back: Teaching Adaptations and Confilct Mediation to Expand the Canon (1:30 - 2:15 p.m.)

Wednesday, May 15

Play and Presence: An Improvisational Approach to Teaching (1:00 - 2:30 p.m.)

Thursday, May 16

AR/VR Reality Room (8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.)

Digital Posters, 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.

• The Sound of Learning
• Undergraduate Students' Experiences and Preferences with Course Modalities
• Use of Templates and Guides to Help Bridge the Gap between Novice and Expert
• Amplifying Our Voices

Co-owning Inquiry, Learning Outcomes, and Student Choice in Higher Education(10:45 -11:30 a.m.)

Modeling Norms from the Field: The Playful Approch to Early Mathematics (Lightning talk, 1:30 - 2:15 p.m.)

Virtual Reality and Language Teaching and Learning (1:30 - 2:15 p.m.)

Implementing UDL through Gamification (2:30 - 3:15 p.m.)

Thursday, May 16

Digital Posters, 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.

• Inclusive Unit Conversation Activity for STEM Courses
• Maximizing Canvas Features to Engage Students
• Unlimited Resubmissions as an Equitable Grading Practice

From Canvas to Campus-wide Conversations: FGLI, Faculty, and Fellowships (10:45 - 11:30 a.m.)

Co-owning Inquiry, Learning Outcomes and Student Choice in Higher Education (10:45 - 11:30 a.m.)

History, Hype, and Hope: Reflecting on AI, Equity, and Public Education (11:45 - 12:30 p.m.)

Teaching Social Justice and Perspective Taking in a Dialogue Seminar (11:45 - 12:30 p.m.)

Learner-Centered Syllabi: Conversation with an Asst. Prof. of Instruction (11:45 - 12:30 p.m.)

Gender Bias Free and Inclusive Language Curriclum through Generative AI Tools (11:45 - 12:30 p.m.)

Talk Back: Teaching Adaptations and Confilct Mediation to Expand the Canon (1:30 - 2:15 p.m.)

Rethinking Participation: A Bias-Resistant tool for Active Class Engagement (1:30 - 2:15 p.m.)

Fluent Converations: Unlocking the Potential of Spanish Heritage Learners (1:30 - 2:15 p.m.)

Thursday, May 16

Virtual Reality and Language Teaching and Learning (1:30 - 2:15 p.m.)

Rethinking Participation: A Bias-Resistant tool for Active Class Engagement (1:30 - 2:15 p.m.)

Fluent Converations: Unlocking the Potential of Spanish Heritage Learners (1:30 - 2:15 p.m.)

Reading the Past and the Present in Chinese Language (1:30-2:15)

Ungrading in a foreign language class (2:30 - 3:15 p.m.)

Creating Stories: Gen AI tools as Writing Tutor (2:30 - 3:15 p.m.)

Thursday, May 16

Sharing the Burden of Burnout: Shifting the Focus from Individual to Institutional Wellness (Digital Poster, 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.)

Well-Being in Health Professions Education: How to Support Students (Digital Poster, 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.)

Peak Performance, Resilience, and Repair (10:45 - 11:30 a.m.)

"Make it a Safe Space" Needs Analysis for Student Wellness and Community (2:30 - 3:15)