Fall Into AI

The Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CITL) is hosting the Fall Into AI at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Throughout this Fall series faculty and staff will have the opportunity to participate in hands-on workshops, guest talks, and conversations on how generative artificial intelligence (AI) impacts the future of education and beyond.

Teaching With AI, Not To AI: Practical Strategies for Improving Teaching and Learning

Event Type
Lecture
Sponsor
The Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning
Location
CITL Innovation Studio, Armory room 172 and online via Zoom
Virtual
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Date
Oct 17, 2025   1:00 - 1:50 pm  
Speaker
Abdussalam Alawini
Contact
Przemek Bosak
E-Mail
pbosak2@illinois.edu
Views
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How do we harness generative AI to elevate, not replace, teaching and learning? This talk surveys current, evidence-informed uses of AI in classrooms and then gets hands-on with faculty-ready workflows. We’ll look at classroom assistants and virtual tutors, AI-supported assessment and feedback, and ways to weave AI literacy into the curriculum. Concrete demos include drafting new lectures, mapping a literature review to course modules, building quick simulations/visuals for lectures, and auditing assessment quality—complete with guardrails for verification, privacy, and ethics. Attendees will leave with practical prompts, templates, and adoption checklists they can use in their next course offering.

This hybrid presentation will take place on Friday, October 17 at 1 pm in CITL’s Innovation Studio (Armory 172) and on Zoom. No registration is required.

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