AcademicTechExpo2025: Full Schedule

The Academic Tech Expo 2025 at the University of Oklahoma
Sooner AI: Pioneering Educational Innovation at OU

January 9th ATE Virtual! All virtual presentations over Zoom.
January 10th ATE In-person on the Norman campus in the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

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9:45am CST

Facilitating Collaborative Literature Reviews in Canvas

Friday January 10, 2025 9:45am - 10:35am CST

This session will explore an open framework for facilitating literature reviews within Canvas courses. Using this open framework, instructors provide students with opportunities to pursue scholarship in collaboration, easily gather and share resources among peers, and participate in discussions surrounding their explorations. This open framework is discipline agnostic and flexible by design. It can be utilized for smaller or larger classes, for single assignments, or as repeated engagement during the semester.

By the end of this active session, participants will have experienced the open framework in practice as well as exploring the requirements for integrating collaborative literature reviews into their own Canvas courses.

Speakers

Keegan Long-Wheeler

Lead Educational Technologist in Academic Innovation, OU Education Services

Keegan is a trained instructional designer, chemist, and secondary science teacher. He is also a proponent of sustainable technology, an advocate for student experience, and a teacher of teachers. Keegan gains fulfillment from problem-solving pedagogical challenges that intersect... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 9:45am - 10:35am CST
Regents Third Floor Oklahoma Memorial Union

10:45am CST

Image Alt-text and the Need for Human Review

Friday January 10, 2025 10:45am - 11:35am CST

Regents

The objective of this presentation will be to promote adoption of digital accessibility workflows that include the element of human review wherever AI tools are used.

Intended outcomes include understanding of practical and legal frameworks for accessibility generally and alt-text specifically, of current AI alt-text generation abilities, of potential pitfalls related to AI use, and of possible mitigation strategies.

Additional consideration will be given to motivationally supportive presentation design, such as recognition of pressures that orient instructors toward time-saving measures and away from time-intensive remediation efforts, and of underlying institutional values promoted by accessibility.

Speakers

Donna Lewis

Assistant Director for Communication and Special Projects, OU, Division of Access and Opportunity

Donna Lewis is the Assistant Director for Communication and Special Projects at OU's Accessibility and Disability Resource Center. She has over a decade of experience in creating inclusive digital experiences. As a Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC... Read More →

Jakob Gowell, M.A.T.

Graduate Assistant, Jeanine Rainbolt College of Education

Friday January 10, 2025 10:45am - 11:35am CST
Regents Third Floor Oklahoma Memorial Union

1:30pm CST

Best Practices for Using Generative AI to Create Quiz Content for the Canvas LMS

Friday January 10, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm CST

Regents

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) can significantly streamline the process of generating quiz content for the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS). This capability is especially critical in the field of Engineering Education, where the demand for creating a large volume of accurate and contextually relevant assessment materials can be particularly challenging.

Engineering courses often require complex, multi-faceted questions that not only test factual knowledge but also assess problem-solving skills, critical thinking, and the application of engineering principles. Despite the availability of video guides to assist instructors in leveraging AI to generate quizzes, many encounter frustration due to the sensitivity of online tools to special characters and keywords that are significant in Extensible Markup Language (XML).

Speakers

John Hassell

Associate Profressor of Software Development & Integration, University of Oklahoma Polytechnic Institute

John Hassell, PhD, MBA, an Associate Professor of Software Development and Integration at the University of Oklahoma Polytechnic Institute, brings over three decades of industry experience, primarily in the Tulsa, Oklahoma region, to his teaching role. His expertise spans front and... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm CST
Regents Third Floor Oklahoma Memorial Union

2:05pm CST

AI and Students Who Struggle with Literacy: Is There Academic Cheating in Our Classrooms?

Friday January 10, 2025 2:05pm - 2:30pm CST

Regents

Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be used as a tool to help all students read and write more efficiently. How is AI used with students who struggle with literacy tasks? How are students informed about using AI as a tool? Is there a limit to AI's use in the classroom? Students with diagnosed learning disabilities benefit from AI, but how do educators ensure students don't cheat? This presentation explores current research in AI related to students with diagnosed learning disabilities in grades K-12 and how cutting-edge research can help educator-practitioners in their classroom teaching practices.

Speakers

Marti B Limbocker

JRCE - College of Education

I am a doctoral candidate in the Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum department at the Janine Rainbolt College of Education. My research interests include elementary through middle-school-aged students who struggle with literacy tasks, their reading identities, and their... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 2:05pm - 2:30pm CST
Regents Third Floor Oklahoma Memorial Union

2:50pm CST

Claude is My Co-pilot: 5 ways to utilize artificial intelligence in the classroom (and three reasons to exercise caution when doing so)

Friday January 10, 2025 2:50pm - 3:40pm CST

Regents

Educators in many fields have expressed concern about use of artificial intelligence tools in their teaching. While their hesitation is understandable, adopting new techniques need not be as fearsome as they might think. Drawing on some of the current literature on AI-assisted pedagogy, this session provides participants with resources for broadening students, experience in the classroom with generative AI. Discussion and activities in this session include using claude.ai and other tools as a coach, a tutor, a proofreader, a tone-detector, and sparker of creativity. There will also be information about the societal, environmental, and economic drawbacks that support arguments for careful and modest use of this technology.

Speakers

Rebecca Huskey

Associate Professor, Classics and Letters, Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences

Rebecca Huskey received her doctoral degree in religious studies from the University of Iowa with an emphasis on 19th and 20th-century European thought. Her publications include Ricoeur on Hope and journal articles with a focus on the intersection of philosophy, theology, and literature... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 2:50pm - 3:40pm CST
Regents Third Floor Oklahoma Memorial Union

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