15th Annual Faculty Center Conference--In Person

Dr. Lance Eaton is the Senior Associate Director of AI in Teaching and Learning at Northeastern University. His work engages with the possibility of digital tools for expanding teaching and learning communities while considering the profound issues and questions that educational technologies open up for students, faculty, and higher ed as a whole. He has engaged with scores of higher education institutions about navigating the complexities and possibilities that generative AI represents for us at this moment. His musings, reflections, and ramblings on AI and Education can be found on his blog: https://aiedusimplified.substack.com/

Skills, Behaviors, and Judgment: A Dual-Path Model of AI Literacy and Learning Gains

Jing Betty Feng, Ph.D., is a Professor at Business Management Department. She earned her BA and MBA from Michigan State University and her Ph.D. from Georgia State University. Dr. Feng teaches international business related courses with an emphasis on technology, innovation, and sustainability. She entered academia after seven years in global supply chain management, holding roles at companies including Dell and Whirlpool. Dr. Feng’s research explores the dynamics of global business through the lenses of intercultural interaction, sustainable internationalization, and the evolving relationship between technology and human behavior.

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Use It or Lose It: Writing that Does

Dr. Jason Lotz (Ph.D. in Comparative Literature) is an Associate Professor of English and Humanities at Farmingdale State College (FSC), Chair of FSC’s AI Task Force on Education, and co-Chair of FSC’s Writing in the Disciplines (WID) program. Collaborating with stakeholders across FSC, he works to repair, revise, and reconstitute the connections between learning outcomes and pedagogical practices in the era of Generative AI.

From Reflection to Action: Teaching with AI through the RACE Framework

Antigoni Papadimitriou, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Strategy at the School of Business, Farmingdale State College (SUNY). Her research focuses on organizational change, strategic decision-making, entrepreneurship in creative industries, and the role of artificial intelligence in strategy, entrepreneurial ecosystems, and teaching and learning. She employs organizational, stakeholder, and social learning theories using mixed-methods designs. Her work has been funded by the Research Council of Norway, the Greek Ministry of Education, Lehigh University, and JHU, and published in journals such as AI and Humans, Total Quality Management, Academic Ethics, and Creative Industries. She has presented her research at the Academy of Management (AOM), EGOS and other international conferences.

Co-Intelligent Classrooms: Developing and testing custom agents to support student learning

Kimberly Riegel has been an assistant professor of physics at Farmingdale State College since 2022, teaching introductory physics and physical science courses. Her scientific research focuses on sonic booms, noise control, and urban sound. She is also actively engaged in inclusive, evidence-based undergraduate teaching and learning research.

AI @ Distance: An Overview of AI at DL

Brandi is the Director of Distance Learning at SUNY-Farmingdale State College, a majority-minority technology college that provides a range of professional undergraduate and graduate degrees in the technology, health sciences, engineering, and business fields. As a first-generation high school graduate, Brandi’s career has been shaped by a commitment to building best-in-class online educational experiences for all students, and especially students whose circumstances might otherwise prevent them from completing their college degree. With an incredible team of instructional designers, technologists, and student interns, Brandi and the Distance Learning team serve the students, faculty, and staff at FSC with training, technical support, and course design services. In addition to her career in educational technologies and distance learning, Brandi teaches literature at Farmingdale State College.