Teaching with Technology
March 19, 2025, 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
University Hall 1000, Ahmanson Auditorium
Westchester Campus
Join the Center for Faculty Development, Information Technology Services, and fellow faculty members for an engaging event on how we reset and reconnect while exploring innovation, technology, and pedagogy.
Keynote Presentation
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Shaping the Future Responsibly Through Ethical Innovation with Dr. Anna Farzindar |
Schedule for TwT 2025
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8:30 |
Check-in, Light Breakfast |
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9:00 |
Welcome |
Introductions and Program Rundown |
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9:10 |
Keynote, Q&A |
Shaping the Future Responsibly Through Ethical Innovation Dr. Farzindar addresses ways we can ensure that A.I. remains safe, ethical, and aligned with human values while we expand human knowledge and creativity to educate the next generation. |
Anna Farzindar (SCSE) |
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9:40 |
Panel |
Innovating for Impact Faculty with diverse projects, including fighting misinformation, investigating inaccuracies, pushing the boundaries of A.I. in Modern Languages, and doing business for good, get together for a moderated roundtable to discuss how their teaching works and navigates our current educational environment. |
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Innovating for Impact |
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10:30 |
Brief Break |
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10:40 |
Interview |
Flipping the Classroom with Video This is a demo and conversation about the strategies used to increase student engagement for a "difficult" course. This Law School professor discusses how he worked with LMU's Office of Online Learning and ITS Creative Services to flip his class with video-based instructional design. |
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Flipping the Classroom with Video |
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11:00 |
Presentations |
What We’re Working On Instructors showcase a project, experiment, or approach they’re taking in their teaching and highlight their impact on the academic community and the greater community beyond the bluff. |
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12:40 |
Lunch |
Keep the Conversations Going Sit, enjoy lunch, connect, and learn from one another. |
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Presentation Details
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Greg Akai and Shannon Tabaldo (School of Education) share insights from their work to increase engagement in online courses, including best practices for using advanced features in Brightspace.
AI in Art Therapy Assessments: Three Classroom Exercises Nancy Choe (College of Communication and Fine Arts) demonstrates how students used A.I. as a study partner, an assessment designer, and a mental health chatbot to enrich clinical discussions. The presentation explores successes, challenges, and future improvements in integrating AI in therapy education.
Creative Teaching with Podcasts: A UDL Approach Corrina Laughlin (College of Communication and Fine Arts) presents how podcast creation fosters inclusive, multi-modal learning and critical student engagement. Grounded in Universal Design for Learning, her approach supports diverse learning styles, strengthens group collaboration, and refines assessment strategies.
Did They Read It? Using Perusall to Build Classroom Community Lauren Sinclair (Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts) showcases how social annotation with Perusall can be used to gauge reading comprehension and class engagement and build a sense of community within the classroom.
Streamlining Assessment with Gradescope Yanping Ma (Seaver College of Science and Engineering) discusses how she streamlined assessment and provided quicker, fairer feedback for both faculty and students using Gradescope. This tool offers opportunities to transform grading practices and foster consistent evaluation standards.
Preparing Students for a Changed Job Market Jason Jarvis (College of Communication and Fine Arts) explores the growing demand for "prompt engineering" as a valuable skill across professional disciplines. His talk examines A.I.'s social implications, its impact on the job market, and how instructors can prepare students for a changed world.
AI Applications in Teaching International Entrepreneurship Anatoly Zhuplev (College of Business Administration) explores how A.I. is transforming teaching and learning in higher education, particularly in business schools facing technological and socio-economic disruptions.
Using Peerceptiv and Breakout Learning to Impact Student Engagement and Content Assimilation Vin Bittencourt and Ingrid Green (College of Business Administration) present their work integrating A.I.-infused business analytics with peer review methodologies. Their projects using Peerceptiv and Breakout Learning demonstrate how technology can foster higher student engagement and deeper content assimilation.
Using VR for Engagement in Psychology Teaching and Research Chela Willey (Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts) discusses how immersive technology enhances students’ understanding of psychological concepts like embodiment and sense of agency. In her capstone seminar on Multi-Sensory Perception, she used virtual reality to give students hands-on experience applying research findings. |