UFII AI Mini-Symposium: AI in Education

AI in Education Mini-Symposium will bring together AI visionaries, researchers, educators, administrators and industry representatives to discuss the trends and issues in AI in education. Using a variety of session formats the mini symposium will engage these stakeholders in important and timely discussions of the novel applications of AI in education, ethics of AI in education, human-AI interaction and collaboration.

Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Live, in-person
Location: Institute for Advanced Learning Technologies & Norman Hall Conference Center

PROGRAM:

8:45 – 9:15AM   Coffee/pastries, networking

9:15 – 9:30AM  Welcome and AI in Education Updates from UF Leadership (Dr. David Reed, Associate Provost for Strategic Initiatives and Director of UF’s Artificial Intelligence Academic Initiative Center)

9:30  – 10:15AM  Spark Talks – PIs funded by different programs, talk about their projects AND the funding program (Nancy Ruzycki, FL Dept. of Education; Anthony Botelho, The Schmidt Family Foundation; Maya Israel, NSF ITEST) Link to video: https://ufl.zoom.us/rec/share/ObqptjuQfjRjDo4v6DBz6LXOSGajEPIECqQLi3DFSP33V0MteaZpmgs5_bKjC65m.dsqLKAKSJ2Q8jdrd?startTime=1652793345000.

10:15 – 11:00AM  Poster/demo session

11:00 – 12:00PM   AI in Education Panel (via Zoom) moderated by Dr. Corinne Huggins-Manley. Panelists include Dr. Nia Dowell, Dr. James Lester, and Dr. Irene Lee. Link to video: https://zoom.us/rec/play/vunHUYBORyfKywLJSGMkfYtj36tTCGjFe97EYYZ0nOVT_a_icj3yVF-SZGy5zkF1A5mVAj-p0TxSlBJd.3rM8dl82U15bWRUH?autoplay=true.

12:00 – 1:00PM   Lunch and networking

1:00 – 1:30PM   AI in education course intro and course showcase

1:30 – 2:30PM   Thematic breakouts with a facilitator for each:

• • AI for Decision Making in Education (analytics, IoT etc)
  • AI for Designing Adaptive Learning Experiences Curricula
  • AI Education (What and how we should teach)
  • Ethics and Fairness in AI for Education

Tuesday, May 17, 2022
9:00AM – 2:30PM
Lunch will serve at Noon
Event is free, but registration is required. 

For more details, visit https://ialt.education.ufl.edu/ai-in-education-mini-symposium/.

For specific questions about content of the symposium, please contact Dr. Pasha Antonenko at p.antonenko@ufl.edu . More general questions, contact Flora Marynak at flora.marynak@ufl.edu.