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, June 10, 2025

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Thursday, June 12, 2025

    • 10:00 - 11:00 am
    • Armory room 156 and online via Zoom

    In this interactive session, we’ll explore the expanding landscape of AI learning resources, from “free” webinars and online courses to seminar offerings from organizations like EDUCAUSE and other entities. Whether you're just beginning your AI journey or looking to deepen your expertise, you'll discover options that suit your learning style, goals, and budget.

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

    • 10:00 - 11:00 am
    • Armory room 156 and online via Zoom

    This workshop offers strategies for balancing innovation, ethics, privacy, intellectual property, and accessibility to create more inclusive learning environments. Digital humanities uses technology to support analysis, community, and connection. Situating AI among analog and digital technologies prepares educators and their students to engage…

    • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
    • Armory room 156 and online via Zoom

    In today’s rapidly evolving AI landscape, knowing which generative AI tool to use can make all the difference. This session offers a practical, side-by-side comparison of the leading GenAI platforms, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, Grok, and highlighting their unique strengths, limitations, and ideal use cases. Whether you're writing, coding, etc...

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

    • 10:00 - 11:00 am
    • Armory room 146 and online via Zoom

    This hands-on workshop introduces practical strategies for using AI tools to support student success. Participants will explore how generative AI can be used to foster engagement, provide real-time feedback, enhance study habits, support diverse learning needs, and build academic confidence.

    • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
    • Armory room 156 and online via Zoom

    In Thomson Reuters Enter. Ctr. GmbH v. Ross Intel. Inc., 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24296, one of the first legal decision regarding GenAI and copyright infringement, the court found that an AI startup is liable for copyright infringement when it copied all the legal decision summaries in creating a legal research search engine powered by AI.

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Thursday, June 26, 2025

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

    • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
    • Armory room 156 and online via Zoom

    This session will attempt to approach AI and AI dystopia from the margins. By centering Black epistemologies and Afro-futurist aesthetics in two recent animation - Iwaju (Disney, 2024) and Jurassic World: Chaos Theory (Animation Works, 2024), I call for a more inclusive design thinking in developing and branding AI technologies for people of color, especially within predom

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

    • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
    • Armory room 156 and online via Zoom

    This hands-on beginners’ Large Language Models workshop will introduce the participants to text generating AIs. We will explore their features and capabilities and apply them in streamlining teaching tasks and research. Other concepts will include: privacy/security, legal and ethical considerations of AI, and generative AI’s place in higher education.

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

    • 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
    • Armory room 156 and online via Zoom

    No registration required, just stop by Armory room 156 or visit us in the dedicated Summer of AI Zoom room.

    • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
    • Armory room 156 and online via Zoom

    This hands-on, hybrid, beginners’ workshop will introduce participants to image (still and moving) generating AIs. We will explore their features and capabilities and apply them in higher education settings. You will learn how to safely streamline your work, reduce production time, and easily generate visual aids for your classroom needs.

Thursday, July 10, 2025

    • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
    • Armory room 156 and online via Zoom

    This hands-on beginners’ workshop will walk the participants through the creation process of a custom LLM for classroom purposes with Illinois.chat created by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). Please bring your laptops.

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Thursday, July 24, 2025

    • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
    • Armory room 156 and online via Zoom

    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

Thursday, July 31, 2025

Wednesday, August 6, 2025