Facebook Pixel 2026 AI Conference Schedule of Events | Western Kentucky University
  1. WKU
  2. CITL

2026 AI Conference Schedule of Events

Click a time tab to view the schedule for that specific time slot. The table includes information about each session, including the title, facilitators, start and end time, intended audience and level, assigned Zoom room, and session length. For more detailed descriptions of each session, please open or download the PDF schedule.

Zoom Room Session Session Length
1

Rethinking Academic Integrity in the Age of AI and Finding Moments to Foster Student's Self-Efficacy

  • Facilitated by: Silvio Polly, Scott Arnett, Donte McGee and Ericka Russell
  • Time: 9:10 - 9:35 AM
  • Audience: Faculty | Level: Beginning
 25 minutes
1

First, Do No Hallucinate: Teaching Students to Audit AI in Discipline-Based Writing

  • Facilitated by: Daniel Liddle
  • Time: 9:40 - 10:05 AM
  • Audience: Faculty | Level: Beginning
 25 minutes
2

From Brainstorming to Bibliography: Teaching Students How to Use AI In All Phases of Writing a Research Paper

  • Facilitated by: Mark Ciampa
  • Time: 9:10 - 10:05 AM
  • Audience: Faculty | Level: Beginning
 55 minutes
3 Break NA
Zoom Room Session Session Length
1

Augmenting Assignments with AI Enhancements

  • Facilitated by: Gary Houchens
  • Time: 10:20 - 10:45 AM
  • Audience: Faculty | Level: Beginning                                                                                                                                          

25 minutes
1

No Coding Required: How To Build Course-Specific GPTs

  • Facilitated by: Jeremy Logsdon
  • Time: 10:50 - 11:15 AM
  • Audience: Faculty and Staff | Level: Intermediate/Advanced

25 minutes
2

Considering Public-Facing Chatbots? Consider This!

  • Facilitated by: Charles Plemons
  • Time: 10:20 - 10:45 AM
  • Audience: Faculty and Staff | Level: Intermediate/Advanced

 25 minutes
2

Building Tomorrow's HR Professionals: Teaching with the AI Tools They Will Use

  • Facilitated by: Dana Henson
  • Time: 10:50 - 11:15 AM
  • Audience: Faculty | Level: Beginning

 25 minutes
3

Using AI agents to do Complex Tasks

  • Facilitated by: Dipesh Bhattarai
  • Time: 10:20 - 10:45 AM
  • Audience: Faculty | Level: Beginning

 25 minutes
3

AI as an Advising Co-Pilot: Practical, Ethical, Everyday Applications

  • Facilitated by: Brandy Lasiter
  • Time: 10:50 - 11:15 AM
  • Audience: Staff | Level: Beginning

 25 minutes
Zoom Room Session Session Length
1

Using AI to analyze student activity logs in BlackBoard and compare course activity to
resulting grades

  • Facilitated by: Steve Parris
  • Time: 11:30 - 11:55 AM
  • Audience: Faculty | Level: Beginning                                                                                                                                        
 25 minutes
1

Deconstructing the Black Box: Mapping AI with Frameworks

  • Facilitated by: Leah Spalding, Natalie Tyree, Kara Glenn
  • Time: 12:00 - 12:25 PM
  • Audience: Faculty | Level: Beginning/Intermediate
 25 minutes
2

Promoting Critical Thinking Through Student Exploration of AI and Bloom’s Taxonomy

  • Facilitated by: Matt Shake
  • Time: 11:30 - 12:25 PM
  • Audience: Faculty | Level: Beginning
 55 minutes
3

AI-Informed Web Strategy: Driving Student Recruitment

  • Facilitated by: Devin Bell
  • Time: 11:30 - 12:25 PM
  • Audience: Faculty | Level: Beginning
 55 minutes
Zoom Room Session Session Length
1

Practical AI Guidance for Students Preparing for Helping Professions

  • Facilitated by: Whitney Cassity-Caywood
  • Time: 12:40 - 12:55 PM
  • Audience: Faculty| Level: Beginning                                                                                                                                         
 15 minutes
1

The Page Numbers Don't Match: Keeping Human Work in Online Courses

  • Facilitated by: Cort Basham
  • Time: 1:00 - 1:15 PM
  • Audience: Faculty| Level: Beginning
 15 minutes
1

envAIronment and Art

  • Facilitated by: Chris Gilly-Forrer
  • Time: 1:20 - 1:35 PM
  • Audience: Faculty and Staff| Level: All
 15 minutes
2

Seeing What We Miss: Using AI to Improve Curriculum and Assessment Design

  • Facilitated by: Rheanna Plemons
  • Time: 12:40 - 1:05 PM
  • Audience: Faculty| Level: Beginning
 25 minutes
2

The ChatGPT-Friendly Professor

  • Facilitated by: Kelsey Truxal
  • Time: 1:10 - 1:35 PM
  • Audience: Faculty| Level: Beginning
 25 minutes
3

Mind? Math? Magic? How Large Language Models Actually Work

  • Facilitated by: Thad Crews
  • Time: 12:40 - 1:05 PM
  • Audience: Faculty and Staff| Level: Beginning
 25 minutes
3

Better Prompts, Fewer Regrets: How to Use AI and Still Do Your Own Thing

  • Facilitated by: Jon Williams, Samantha Williams
  • Time: 1:10 - 1:35 PM
  • Audience: Faculty and Staff | Level: Beginning
 25 minutes
Zoom Room Session Session Length
1

Shake your Bots Off: Adopting Agency-Style AI Workflows in the Advertising Classroom

  • Facilitated by: Diane McDonald
  • Time: 1:50 - 2:15 PM
  • Audience: Faculty| Level: Beginning                                                                                                                                         
 25 minutes
1

Generative AI in Business Education: What Faculty are Saying

  • Facilitated by: John Erickson, Tong Wu, Patricia Todd, Mariah Yates
  • Time: 2:20 - 2:45 PM
  • Audience: Faculty| Level: Beginning
 25 minutes
2

Getting Started with OpenClaw: Starting the Age of AI Workers

  • Facilitated by: Manmeet Singh
  • Time: 1:50 - 2:45 PM
  • Audience: Faculty| Level: Intermediate/Advanced
 55 minutes

 



 

Some of the links on this page may require additional software to view.

 Last Modified 3/16/26