The 2026 Academic Technology Expo has concluded. We will leave this schedule up for a short while in case anyone would like to reach out to a presenter with questions about their session. Coming soon will be the recordings of all sessions.
| Time | Event/Session | Presenter & Presentation Title |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 9:15 | Kickoff and Welcome Address | Kevin Buck, Assistant Director of OU IT Learning Spaces |
| 9:15 - 9:40 | Session 1 - 25 mins | Wayne Riggs - Leveraging pockets of expertise to create an AI teaching assistant |
| 9:45 - 10:10 | Session 2- 25 mins | Stacy Frisbie & Julie Gordon - Leveraging Canvas Outcomes to Advance Student Success Through Competency Tracking |
| 10:15 - 10:40 | Session 3 - 25 mins | Sephra Osburn - Scaffolding AI Skills Throughout Your Program |
| 10:40 - 10:50 | Break | |
| 10:50 - 11:15 | Session 4 - 25 mins | Kimberly Allen - Unveiling Health Enigmas: Nurse Practitioner Students’ Exploration of Healthcare Mysteries through Artificial Intelligence |
| 11:20 - 11:45 | Session 5 - 25 mins | Julanna Kershen - How can I help students critically examine AI technologies? |
| 11:50 - 12:40 | Session 6 - 50 mins | Leonardo Borrazá - Using AI to Enhance Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) in Qualitative Research |
| 12:45 - 1:00 | ATE Virtual Day Closing | Michelle Meazell, eLearning Technologies Manager, IT Learning Spaces |
| Time | Event/Session | Conf Room B | Room B6 | Room B4 | Room B2 | Room B5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Registration (East Entrance)/Breakfast(Corridor B) | |||||
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Opening Address | Kevin Buck | ||||
| 9:30 - 9:45 | Agenda & Reminders | Kevin Buck | ||||
| 9:45 - 10:35 | Session Block 1 - 50min | Kofi Asare & Others- INSITE-e: An AI Tutoring System for Visual-Spatial and Logical-Mathematical Skill Development | Monica Wheeler - Beyond Content: The Impact of Rapport on Student Engagement and Achievement | M. Geneva Murray - Reimagine for Spring 2026: Ideating Course Design with Generative AI | Kashuan Hopkins - Our Shared Responsibility: Making PowerPoints Accessible | |
| 10:35 - 10:45 | BREAK | |||||
| 10:45 - 11:35 | Session Block 2- 50min | Lance Ford - AI Inside Classroom and Meeting Room with Zoom | Keegan Long-Wheeler - NotebookLM: Transforming Course Content into Podcasts & Instructional Video | Amanda Kis - Using Top Hat to Create and Administer Accessible and Engaging Course Content | Kevin Buck (panel): Many Roles, One Goal: Advancing Digital Accessibility Under Title II | |
| 12:05 - 1:05 | Keynote Lunch (lunch 11:45, keynote 12:05) | Keynote: Devon Persing - Digital Accessibility in the time of Title II | ||||
| 1:05 - 1:30 | Visit the Campus Partners & Networking Break | |||||
| 1:30 - 1:55 | Session Block 3 – 25min | Anna Moore - Amy Mueller - AI-Proofing your Exams: Digital and Analog Strategies to Support Authentic Assessment | Evalyne Tracy, Matt McDonald, Bradly Cusack - AI Strategy Cafe: Authentic Tools for Student-Centered Learning | Syeda Hassan & Grayson Wise - Designing for Student Success: Applying the Community of Inquiry Framework in Graduate Online Education | Subash Parajuli - Is the Qualtrics Accessibility Checker Enough to Build Accessible Surveys? | |
| 1:55 - 2:05 | BREAK | |||||
| 2:05 - 2:30 | Session Block 4 – 25 min | Meijun Zhu - AI Assistant Platform for Math Study | Kokab Khalilipaji & Syeda Hassan - Returning to HE: Building Digital Confidence for Non-traditional students | Tomika Cox - Preview of Upcoming Canvas IgniteAI Feature Options | TBA | |
| 2:30 - 2:40 | BREAK | |||||
| 2:40 - 3:30 | Session Block 5 – 50 min | William Farrell - AI in Media Production for Teaching and Learning | David Rankin - Empowering Academic Innovation through Artificial Intelligence: OU Libraries' Workshops and Services | Fany Martinez-Barahona - Smart Strategies for Successful Language Learning: Using AI for Independent Practice Beyond the Classroom | Allison Lowe-Simplifying Accessibility with YuJa Panorama: Transforming Courses for All Students | |
| 3:30 - 3:40 | Break - Move to Conf Room B | |||||
| 3:40 - 4:00 | Closing Remarks | Kevin Buck |
