This annual event showcases ways that technology can be used to enhance teaching, learning, and research. The intent is give faculty and staff the opportunity to share how they are using technology in unique ways, network with other colleagues, and generate new project ideas. More information and event details can be found on the TLT Symposium Website.
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Donate to the Lion’s Pantry! This year the TLT Symposium is again providing an opportunity for attendees to support the UN Sustainable Development Goal, Zero Hunger by donating items to the Lion’s Pantry. Items can be dropped off throughout the day at the Symposium.
Visit the AI Arcade! These kiosks provide access to examples of creative and emerging generative artificial intelligence tools, most of which require subscriptions to access. Visitors to the AI Arcade can try these tools and leave feedback for the TLT team on how they could see these types of tools being useful in their own disciplines.
Want a fresh, creative way to express your teaching philosophy? This session will allow you to experiment with creating AI images for your classroom - using visual AI to turn your core educational values—like inclusivity, mentorship, or student-centered learning—into compelling images that capture your unique approach. Working at your own pace throughout the day, you’ll learn to craft AI prompts, generate visuals, and refine them to align with your style. By the end, you’ll have new skills to enrich your course materials, blending technology and personal reflection. Perfect for adding a creative twist to your teaching philosophy!
This session will explore how Generative AI (GAI) tools can be used to implement Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles during course creation. The principles of UDL will be reviewed, followed by an active discussion of how GAI can support implementation of UDL. Participants will engage in idea generation while also gaining insights from educational literature and presenters on GAI supporting UDL. Finally, the session will allow for participants to reflect on the new age of GAI in the classroom and how to enhance student success, specifically how to leverage GAI to move students to higher levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
This hands-on workshop explores how AI can enhance creativity, teaching, and research while addressing its ethical challenges. Participants will create AI-powered projects using tools like Claude, ChatGPT, and Canvas, exploring image, video, and music generation. Examples from the Creating and Learning with AI course will highlight real-world applications, and discussions will examine AI’s costs and benefits. Leave with practical skills, fresh ideas, and a balanced understanding of AI’s potential and challenges.
This session explores the implementation of generative AI in CHEM 110H, an honors general chemistry course, through AI-integrated assessments aimed at enhancing metacognitive skills and conceptual understanding. We’ll present evidence of improved learning outcomes and share assessment tools that positively impacted student attitudes toward and usage of AI. Through interactive polling and a brief workshop segment, attendees will explore how these assessments can be adapted for diverse disciplines, envisioning practical AI-based enhancements for their own classrooms.
As AI-driven text generation tools like ChatGPT become increasingly accessible, online educators face the challenge of maintaining academic integrity while encouraging genuine student engagement in discussions and assignments. This presentation explores strategies for designing AI-resistant learning activities that foster critical thinking and authentic learning experiences, using AI as a supportive tool in the design process. The session will provide attendees with concrete methods in leveraging AI to create prompts, assignments, and assessments that are less vulnerable to AI-generated student responses and more aligned with fostering original ideas and critical engagement.
At Penn State Lehigh Valley, students and faculty explored AI’s impact on education through a book club, discussions, and practical experiments in course design and teaching. The panel will share insights on AI’s role in enhancing teaching, learning, and collaboration. Presentations will cover the book club, AI’s application in Microeconomics and Business Forecasting courses, and using Microsoft Copilot for teaching scientific inquiry. A student will also share their experience with AI tools in coursework, providing diverse perspectives on AI’s educational potential on campus.
Assistant Teaching Professor of Business, The Pennsylvania State University
I am working towards incorporating employability or transferable skills in my courses in Economics and Math for teaching at Penn State University Lehigh Valley Campus. I include collaborative or team-based projects where students apply their learning to unknown situations using team... Read More →
How can we ensure students truly learn when using AI tools like ChatGPT? This session presents evidence-based strategies for enhancing learning outcomes through pretesting—having students attempt to solve problems before consulting AI. Drawing from experimental research, we'll explore how this simple yet powerful approach significantly improves student understanding and retention.
This session will discuss key AI technologies used to help both users with disabilities and those responsible for providing accessible content. The IT Accessibility will demo tools which uses AI for, automatic speech recognition (ASR), image recognition and PDF remediation and others from both a AT user’s and editor’s perspective. As with other areas of AI, some tools show great promise for streamlining accessibility, but also come with the need to ensure quality control.
This hands-on session with Maker Commons blends community and technology, celebrating individuality while exploring Artificial Intelligence. Participants will engage in guided AI prompts that invite them to reflect on their heritage and ancestry, creating personalized textile swatches printed on magnets that will form a collaborative quilt installation. Through this interactive experience, participants will discover how generative AI can be customized to achieve meaningful, tailored outcomes. This event not only fosters creativity but also holds potential for interdisciplinary applications, making it adaptable for project-based learning and a variety of community settings, both inside and outside the classroom.
Associate Teaching Professor of Art, The Pennsylvania State University
Anna Divinsky is an Associate Teaching Professor, Integrative Arts, College of Arts and Architecture. She is also the program coordinator of two World Campus programs, Digital Multimedia Design, and the Digital Arts Certificate. Divinsky’s teaching experience spans over two decades... Read More →
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assistants present opportunities and challenges for teaching writing. In 2023, instructors in a small 400- and two large 100-level courses integrated ChatGPT to provide feedback during students’ writing revision process. This session explores the pros and cons of using AI in writing instruction, focusing on the design of assignments in BIOL403 (Biological Writing and Communication for Research) and BIOL162/164 (Human Anatomy & Physiology Laboratory I and II). We will discuss the impact on student writing and share feedback from students and teaching assistants, offering insights into the integration of AI tools in writing-focused biology curricula.
This session presents the development of a Mastery Path in Canvas, designed to help students critically evaluate AI-generated content. Students act as investigative journalists solving a puppy theft. Attendees will; learn about mastery paths and how to use AI tools to help in the process, receive information to embed the Puppy Pack module into their own courses, and identify resources for collaboration to create similar projects. The path was created by Instructional Designer Lee Ann Dickerson, with content feedback from the LDT 550 Design Studio class led by Priya Sharma. Interactive discussions will highlight AI integration strategies for education.
This presentation will provide you with a fun, but impactful opportunity to add AI image creation to engage students with the content and encourage them to reflect about AI uses and the product it creates. Multiple AI image generators will be explored during the session with opportunities for participants to practice and share their creations. Additionally, pedagogy of photo narratives will be shared and its role in encouraging students to reflect about the image chosen and the process that created it. Explore how words and phrasing matters. Multiple assignment types and lengths will be shared during this interactive session.
Transform your approach to AI integration in education with our innovative Ai Toolkit. This session introduces a visual framework that clearly guides AI use in coursework, addressing students’ uncertainty about appropriate AI implementation. Learn how our Elevating Bloom's Taxonomy framework elevates learning outcomes while maintaining academic rigor. Discover our proven faculty adoption process, developed through successful implementation in our pilot program. Join our interactive session to gain practical tools, implementation strategies, and access to our collaborative working group shaping the future of AI-enhanced education.
Microsoft Copilot is an artificial intelligence tool, freely available to our community behind the PSU login. Students in my fall interdomain class (Chocolate Worlds) developed community guidelines for when and how Copilot AI should be used for projects. I’ll report on their choices and their reflections at the end of the course. Session participants will try prompts and discuss Copilot’s responses. We also will compare the AI summaries generated for results of related Google searches. Resources for learning about AI will be provided as a take-away, along with suggestions for building frameworks for AI use in classes.
Learn from a variety of faculty from the 2024 TLT Faculty Engagement Awards cohort about how they implemented generative AI tools for teaching including applications such as instructional design, course planning, and content delivery, as well as generative AI to enhance faculty productivity in teaching and administrative tasks. The use cases will showcase different educational contexts and locations throughout the University. The focus will be sharing the creation of instructional content, instructor experiences as part of implementing generative AI for practical teaching applications, feedback of the experiences, and discussion around the affordances and constraints of generative AI for teaching.
Amy Kuntz is the Learning Innovation Strategic Initiatives Coordinator in Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) and adjunct instructor at Northampton Community College. She is responsible for leading the TLT Faculty Fellows program that has 4-6 project teams conducting intensive... Read More →
This session explores the power of AI-driven microlearning to boost student engagement in university settings. In response to declining attendance and reduced engagement post-COVID, microlearning breaks down complex topics into digestible, interactive elements like quizzes, flashcards, and scenarios. We will demonstrate how AI tools, specifically ChatGPT, streamline content creation for educators, allowing seamless updates and customization. Through live demonstrations, interactive polls, and group discussions, participants will gain hands-on experience with AI-generated microlearning materials, leaving them with practical insights for enhancing their teaching. Join us to discover a transformative approach to making learning more dynamic and accessible.
Invites attendees to discover AI’s role in creativity through an interactive workshop focused on game design. Small teams will use text-based AI tools to brainstorm and prototype a board game, with support provided to ensure a fun and engaging learning journey. This experience showcases AI as a creative partner in the design process.
We present an on-going study that examines undergraduate students’ use of generative AI (Gen AI) for schoolwork, focusing on the educational and ethical challenges they face. While Gen AI is acceptable or encouraged for some assignments, it can be inappropriate or harmful for others. This ambiguity can result in misuse, leading to academic violations and impacting their learning. Through interviews with students from various years and disciplines, we explore their experiences with Gen AI, including navigating course policies, understanding instructor expectations, and addressing ethical dilemmas.
