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 Horizon 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 our monthly AI Horizons newsletter. 

Monday, June 8, 2026

  • Hands-on Introduction to Generative AI

    9:30 - 11:00 am

    This workshop gives participants a grounded, practical understanding of generative AI. Through a series hands-on exercises participants will explore how these tools generate responses, where their limits show up, and how to use them effectively without overestimating their abilities.

Monday, June 15, 2026

  • AI and Academic Writing

    3:00 - 4:00 pm
    Armory room 182 and online via Zoom

    Our two presenters will discuss the risks to both academic integrity and student learning associated with the use of AI in writing assignments. They will also share strategies available to instructors moving forward.

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

  • A Quick Introduction to CITL's Generative AI Fluency Certificate

    9:30 - 10:00 am
    Armory room 182 and online via Zoom

    An overview of the new Generative AI Fluency Certificate, a flexible program designed to help learners use generative AI thoughtfully, responsibly, and effectively. This session will introduce the certificate structure, highlight key module topics such as AI literacy, human-AI collaboration and discuss how the modules can support responsible AI use in your courses.

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

  • Enterprise Generative AI Tools

    2:00 - 3:00 pm
    Armory room 182 and online via Zoom

    Learn about the generative AI tools currently available to campus through Technology Services and how they can be used responsibly in teaching, learning, and professional work. This session will introduce available tools, discuss appropriate use cases, and highlight key considerations such as data privacy, accuracy, accessibility, and human oversight.

Thursday, June 18, 2026

Monday, June 22, 2026

  • Beyond the Bot: Using AI For More Than Just Chatting

    3:00 - 4:00 pm
    Armory room 182 and online via Zoom

    AI has the power, when used correctly and responsibly, to positively affect the lives of the campus community. From document conversion, to simulations and role playing, we will demonstrate some of the AI driven applications and interactions that our new team have been developing to aid in student engagement, virtualized experiential learning, and accessibility.

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

  • AI-Enabled Worldbuilding as Iterative Mental Model

    2:00 - 3:00 pm
    Armory room 182 and online via Zoom

    For three years I’ve taught a class with a unique dependency; each semester I need a detailed plan for a video game - a narrative, locations, characters - and a gameplay loop that ties it all together. AI helps to meet this need, but rather than using it to generate content, I leverage it as a framework for quickly externalizing, organizing and iterating ideas.

Thursday, June 25, 2026