Choose Your Own AI-Venture: Engage, Explore, Experiment Registration Now Open for the 2026 CETL January Teaching Symposium
December 3, 2025
Choose Your Own AI-Venture: Engage, Explore, Experiment
Join us on January 21st for a dynamic one-day teaching and learning symposium designed for faculty ready to explore the power and possibilities of AI in teaching and learning. Get ready to Choose Your Own AI Adventure and explore a rich mix of interactive tracks, hands-on labs, and thought-provoking discussions. Whether you’re curious, cautious, or already experimenting with AI, this event will equip you with practical strategies, ethical insights, and creative inspiration to lead the way forward.
Register by January 7th to participate in this exciting event!
Symposium Sessions
Panel Discussion 9:30am
Beyond the Hype: Building a Responsible AI Culture on Campus
Panelists: Lindsay Waldrop (AIC/Schmid College), Richelle Tanner (Environmental Science & Policy Program), Deepa Badrinarayana (Fowler Law), Doug Havard (Attallah College)
Workshops
Morning – 10:30am
- Customizing Your AI Syllabus Statement: A Personalized Approach (LL Hodges, Wilkinson College)
- Using AI-Generated Formative Assessments to Improve Student Learning (Pradip Shukla, Argyros College)
- Helping Students Use GenAI Ethically and Creatively (Micol Hebron, Wilkinson College)
Afternoon – 1:45pm
- From Static to Dynamic: Using AI to Design Interactive Canvas Courses (M. Reza Mirbolooki et al., Crean College)
- Easy Grading with Claude AI (Louis Bru, Schmid College)
- Teaching AI Collaboration Through Iterative Logging (Younes Mourchid, Tutoring & Learning Center)
Learning Labs
- 11:30am & 2:45pm: The Art of Prompting: Designing Prompts for Better Results (Sarem Yadegari, IS&T)
- 11:30am: Hey, AI, Make this Make Sense: Creating Materials to Support Student Mastery (CETL Team)
- 2:45pm: AI, Exposed: Identifying the Tasks in Your Syllabus that Can Be Done by LLMs (Sarah Bana, Argyros College)
Lightning Talks 1:00pm
- Building Interactive Learning Apps with AI (Louis Bru, Schmid College)
- AI-Resistant Writing in the Classroom (Michael Robinson, Schmid College)
- Tools to Prepare Students for an AI-Enhanced Job Market (Connor Bogenreif et al., College of Performing Arts/Career & Professional Development)
- That Was Easy: Creating Class Assignments with ChatGPT (Christopher Trela, Dodge College)
Special Session for School/College and Program Leaders (and interested faculty) 1:45pm
Integrating AI into Your Program: A Systematic Approach to Developing an AI Degree Emphasis (Moom Roosan et al., School of Pharmacy)
Questions? Email us at CETL@chapman.edu