Summer of AI
The Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CITL) along with campus partners from The University Library, Technology Services, NCSA, ATLAS and The Siebel Center for Design will host the Summer of AI at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Throughout this summer-long series faculty and staff will have the opportunity to participate in hands-on workshops, guest talks, and conversations on how AI impacts the future of teaching and learning.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
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This session covers the fundamentals of prompt engineering, a key skill for leveraging AI. Through hands-on practice, participants will learn to craft prompts, curate AI output and further integrate AI into their research, writing, and teaching.
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Creating digital storybooks to help students learn challenging concepts: Have your students create digital storybooks that explain and illustrate challenging course topics. This intermediate level workshop requires basic skills in using CoPilot, Adobe Firefly, a Adobe Express.
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
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No registration required, just stop by Armory room 156 or visit us in the dedicated Summer of AI Zoom room.
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This presentation will focus on the critical, and at times possibly irreverent discussion of marketing, reality, expectations, costs, and who's winning. Also, risks and tradeoffs when deploying and feeding Gen AI tools, including data stewardship and governance. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of what's at stake, and how to critically engage.
Thursday, July 24, 2025
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Michelle Rome and Mike Sommers will discuss how they have approached AI in the ATLAS Internship Program. Several student developed projects will be highlighted. Mike will also be presenting how he has been using AI to help further his personal study techniques.
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
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No registration required, just stop by Armory room 156 or visit us in the dedicated Summer of AI Zoom room.
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This session will focus on the ease of creating custom AI agents using ChatGPT and Copilot. Attendees will first explore existing custom AI agents and then learn how to easily create their own specialized agent.
Thursday, July 31, 2025
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Ethical issues in research are typically framed as the “responsible conduct of research” (RCR). RCR principles include honesty and transparency. The RCR lens is a useful way to evaluate the use of generative AI in research tasks, including AI-assisted literature reviews, experimental protocol development, and writing.
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This presentation will dive into the development and application of faculty digital avatars in creating video content for Gies online courses.
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
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No registration required, just stop by Armory room 156 or visit us in the dedicated Summer of AI Zoom room.