Generative AI: News

AI Symposium Keynote Recording + Slides

If you were unable to attend in person, the keynote's presentation recording and slides are now available.

Symposium Keynote Recording: available on Panopto

• Speaker: Dr. Trey Conatser, Assistant Provost for Teaching and Learning and the Director of the Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT) at the University of Kentucky.

• Abstract: Research and experiences with generative AI thus far have led educators to reflect on the importance of distinguishing short-term performance gains from the more transformative effects of "durable learning," the habits of mind and educational practices that promote "deep engagement, transfer of knowledge and durable skill development" (Yan, et al. 2025). The ubiquity of AI tools therefore calls on educators to surface the nature and process of durable learning in ways that are both unique and common across the disciplines. The goal of this keynote is (1) to describe what durable learning looks like when AI tools are embedded across our digital interfaces, (2) to review concrete, adaptable examples of durable learning in action as students are guided to engage with AI, and (3) to center the joy of teaching and learning as a critical aspect of our AI-engaged future.

• Presentation Slides