Schedule
Connect with your peers and enhance your teaching with multiple workshops offered. From improving the student experience to exploring cutting-edge classroom technology resources, and even delving into the realm of teaching and learning with AI, there’s something for everyone.
All sessions are hybrid, offering both Zoom and In-Person options at Academic Technology Services in 116 Pearson Hall.
KCTO Workshop Registration (In-Person and Zoom)
For Zoom Workshops, register via the individual Zoom links below.

Day 1 – Tuesday, January 23 (Zoom or In Person 116 Pearson)
9:00 am 9:50 am
Zoom or 116 Pearson
AI for Writing and Learning: Opportunities and Challenges
By Lauren Kelley & Maria Barefoot
Part 1: AI-Enhanced Writing – Maintaining Authenticity in Academic Writing Objective: To demonstrate how AI, including tools like Perplexity and Google Bard, can enhance writing tasks without compromising individual creativity and expression. Key Topics: Strategies for integrating AI in writing, maintaining an authentic voice, ensuring accuracy, and assessing content relevance and quality.
Part 2: AI in Education – A Practical Approach to Enhanced Learning Objective: To explore the practical application of AI in educational settings, focusing on its role in reinforcing student learning.
Key Topics: Development of AI-powered study aids, facilitation of language learning through AI, creation of practice questions, and navigating the ethical landscape of AI-generated educational content.
10:00 am - 10:50 am
Zoom or 116 Pearson
Poll Everywhere: A Toolkit for Attendance, Syllabus Review and Knowledge Checks
By Racine Lewis, Jamie Summerfield, Lauren Kelley
11:00 am - 11:50 am
Zoom or 116 Pearson
Capture Space: Classified. 7 surprising insights about your Canvas videos
By Ali Pawlowski
12:00 pm - 12:50 pm
Zoom and 116 Pearson
Exploring Ethical AI Use in Teaching and Research: A Guided Discussion
By Xuan Cai, Lauren Kelley, Racine Lewis, Rafi Turitz-Sweifach
1:00 pm - 1:50 pm
Zoom and 116 Pearson
Beyond the Lecture: Strategies and Best Practices for Adopting Technologies in Large Classes
By Xuan Cai, Joe Rapposelli
This session presents the strategic use of technology guided by the SAMR model which can not only manage the challenges of scale but also enrich the educational experience. We will particularly highlight tools like Perusall, emphasizing their role in making education more interactive, engaging, and tailored to individual student needs.
2:00 pm - 2:50 pm
Zoom or 116 Pearson
Problem Based Learning and AI
By Phil Duker, Agnes Ly
3:00 pm - 3:50 pm
Zoom or 116 Pearson
Accessible Course Design
By Molly Thomas
Accessibility is often overlooked but is extremely important in your course design. This session will help you learn easy (and quick) skills to make your online course more accessible for all learners. (Presentation will focus on why accessibility is important, and simple things that faculty can do in their Canvas site – headings, alt text, pdfs, etc.)
Participants attending this workshop in person are strongly encouraged to bring their laptop or device!
Day 2 – Wednesday, January 24 (Zoom or In Person 116 Pearson)
9:00 am - 9:50 am
Zoom or 116 Pearson
FeedbackFruits Office Hours
By Jessica Schroeder, Jamie Summerfield, IT-ATS; Julia Wysocka, FeedbackFruits
10:00 am - 10:50 am
116 Pearson
Making the Transition to iClicker Cloud
By David Maltby, iClicker rep, Jamie Summerfield, and Beth Cartwright
11:00 am - 11:50 am
116 Pearson
Informal Formative Assessments (IFAs): Kahoot, Poll Everywhere, and Canvas Quizzes
By Eric Szot and Rachel Lapp
12:00 pm - 12:50 pm
Zoom or 116 Pearson
Introduction to Gradescope – A new tool pilot
By Pre-recorded vendor training with Beth Cartwright and Jamie Summerfield to facilitate
1:00 pm - 1:50 pm
Zoom or 116 Pearson
Prompt Engineering with a Twist: Harnessing Storytelling for Creative AI
By Jevonia Harris, Lauren Kelley, Rachel Lapp
This interactive 50-minute session is for educators, instructional designers, curriculum developers, and anyone interested in incorporating AI into their teaching and learning toolkit. We will dive into the world of AI-powered storytelling to enhance academic content. This workshop will focus on prompt engineering, using storytelling techniques to engage chatbots like Bing in Creative Mode, Midjourney, and ChatGPT4/DALL-E 3 to generate visually stunning and educationally relevant content. Attendees will learn how to craft compelling prompts that leverage the power of narrative to unlock the full potential of AI.
2:00 pm - 2:50 pm
Zoom or 116 Pearson
Increasing Access and Reducing Costs: A Hands-on OER Workshop for Faculty
By Molly Olney-Zide and Jeanne Kambara
3:00 pm - 3:50 pm
Zoom or 116 Pearson
The Canvas Gradebook
By Beth Cartwright