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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AristAI offers an AI Tutor that provides 24/7 personalized academic support and an Accessibility Tool that instantly scans and fixes LMS, document, and video content—helping educators enhance student learning and meet ADA and WCAG compliance with minimal IT effort.
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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.
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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…
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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...
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In this upcoming student voices panel, students will provide their own Gen AI perspectives. This will be an informative conversation about the use of Gen AI in student's educational journeys, personal lives, and career preparations.
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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.
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This presentation showcases workflows and use cases to leverage an AI chatbot for research tasks and project development. Mindful of flaws and many challenges, I conclude that use of the chat bot for research tasks often extends my productivity and saves time.
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Taking stock of recent developments in the U.S.-China AI race, this talk offers a geostrategic analysis of why a winner-take-all approach to AI will fail and what it implies for humanity as a whole.
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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
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This session will showcase what the Illinois Chat platform is about including the use cases and future plans
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Join us for a candid discussion about the realities of creating AI-resistant assignments versus the benefits of embracing AI-enhanced learning. We'll explore techniques to make assignments harder for AI to complete—while acknowledging their limitations—then discuss why AI-enhanced assignments that teach responsible AI use may be more future-proof for student success.
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Join us for a dynamic panel exploring the promises and pitfalls of generative AI in higher education. Faculty and staff will share diverse perspectives on how AI is reshaping teaching, learning, ethics, and the future of academia.
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This session will use short, lightning-round presentations and a discussion panel to explore how campus stakeholders in the humanities are integrating or foregoing generative AI in their instructional practices.
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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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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.
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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.