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. 

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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