Gen AI at CITL

The Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CITL) is hosting generative artificial intelligence (AI) events at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Throughout the AI series at CITL faculty and staff will have the opportunity to participate in hands-on workshops, guest talks, and conversations on how GenAI impacts the future of education and beyond.  Make sure you subscribe to the AI newsletter to stay informed about all things Generative AI.

Friday, March 27, 2026

  • Spring into AI Series: The AI Student Voices Roundtable (Panel Discussion)

    2:00 - 3:00 pm
    Armory room 172 and online via Zoom

    An informative roundtable conversation about the use of Gen AI in students' educational journeys, personal lives, and career preparations. Several students from the Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (BNAACC) will share how they use Gen AI as learning tool, remain aware of AI's cultural impacts in society, and build AI skills for career preparations.

Friday, April 3, 2026

  • Amazing Grades for Free: Investigating AI’s Capability to Solve Course Assignments

    1:00 - 2:00 pm
    Armory room 172 and online via Zoom

    In this talk, we will report on our effort to test this hypothesis: is it possible to "excel" in a course without absolutely any knowledge? We show that, while there is variability across courses and assignment types, large language models are indeed often able to achieve a strong grade in a course without any meaningful help from human users or course material.

Thursday, April 9, 2026

  • Iterative Collaboration with GenAI

    11:30 am - 12:50 pm
    Custom Virtual via Zoom

    This workshop introduces practical ways of integrating AI tools into teaching and learning while maintaining academic integrity. *This workshop counts towards completion of our CITL's Teaching Certificates. To learn more visit: https://citl.illinois.edu/professional-advancement-teaching-certificates

Friday, April 24, 2026