Enriching Scholarship 2025, May 5 – 9
Being Human in a Digital World
Conference registration is now open!
The conference theme, Being Human in a Digital World, will highlight the success and challenges of being human in a space with an increasing technology presence. Session topics will explore the intersection of humanity and technology through the lenses of mental health, accessibility, artificial intelligence, inclusive teaching, and the use of technology to support humans rather than replace them.
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May 5 sessions will be held in-person on the Ann Arbor campus.
May 6 – 9 sessions will be held remotely via Zoom.
Keynote Address: Educating Humans to Thrive in an AI World
(Wednesday, May 7, 1-2pm) It is hard to ignore the AI threats to economic, academic, political, environmental and psychological well-being. Higher education, however, finds itself in a unique position to understand and combat these threats: asking better questions and judging answers has always been at the center of a critical thinking education. Education manages the tension between learning to be fully human and preparing for a successful career. Since expertise is also essential to using AI well, we will need to prepare students to be experts in a world where AI can produce better work than many interns. Understanding how we might (or might not) use AI to support human thriving will be essential as we begin the process of maintaining the best of our tradition while rethinking curriculum for a new world.
2025 Keynote Speaker: José Antonio Bowen
José Antonio Bowen has won teaching awards at Stanford and Georgetown, served as dean and president, has written over 100 scholarly articles and appeared as a musician with Stan Getz, Bobby McFerrin and others. He is the author of Teaching Naked (2012, awarded Best Book on Higher Education), Teaching Change (2021) and Teaching with AI with C. Edward Watson (2024). Stanford honored him as a Distinguished Alumni Scholar (2010) and he has presented keynotes and workshops in 20 countries. In 2018, he was awarded the Ernest L. Boyer Award (for significant contributions to American higher education). He is a senior fellow for the American Association of Colleges and Universities and does consulting for a wide variety of Fortune 500 companies.
Join us Monday, May 5, 2025 in-person
We can look forward to coffee and treats beginning at 9am, two morning session blocks with a meditation break between, catered box lunch, and the return of our popular poster/demonstration session from 1:30 – 3pm. In-person sessions are indicated by ** below.
Session Titles
The exact schedule is still coming into focus, but the list of accepted titles is now available below.
The humans of the planning committee asked U-M GPT to help summarize our session titles. This is what U-M GPT generated after several prompts and human input: Dive into the future at the “Being Human in a Digital World” conference, where innovation meets education! Discover how AI, VR, and tech are reshaping the learning experience. With intriguing sessions ranging from AI-powered learning to virtual cultural exchanges, this is your opportunity to engage with groundbreaking ideas and be part of crafting education’s vibrant future.
Session titles in alphabetical order (Dates and times for each session will be available soon).
- 3V World – A Virtual Community for Vietnamese Language and Culture
- Accessibility Panel
- Ace It! Playing Cards as a Strategy for Gaming Assignment Design
- African Ritual Theatre and AI: Is there a possible link?
- AI-Generated Multiple-Choice Questions: Striving for Pedagogical Soundness
- AI-Powered Learning Support: Enhancing Student Engagement Through Adaptive Questioning
- Anotemos: Enhancing video-based assignments using GenAI
- Art and Anatomy: Using arts-based pedagogy and VR to cultivate curiosity and creativity
- Artifacts of Culture: Keeping Physical Media Alive
- Artificial Intelligence: Automatically Inclusive or Automated Ineffective?**
- Assessment of the Impact of Communication Tools on Project Team Collaboration and Performance
- Bringing the Library (and the Librarian) into Your Canvas Site
- Building a Second Brain: Creating a Calmer, More Focused Academic Life with Personal Knowledge Management
- But Is It Copyrightable? Understanding Copyrightability of AI Created Works
- Citation Inaccuracies in Orthopaedic Surgery: A Novel Classification and Precautions for Artificial Intelligence
- Designing an Equitable Syllabus
- Developing AI as a Reliable Study Tool for Students
- Development and Use of a Virtual Mock Patient Chatbot in a Large, Pre-health, Team-Based, Classroom
- Embracing Technology to Foster Inclusive Onboarding: Enhancing New Hire Experiences
- Empowering Students to Engage Critically: Integrating AI Competencies into Collaborative Assignments
- Enhancing Student Teamwork Experience and Encouraging In-Class Participation in Hands-on Robotics Courses
- From Consumers to Creators: Engaging Students with Generative AI for Social Good
- From Pixels to Personal: Humanizing the Online MBA Experience
- From the Catalog to Canvas: How We Get You the Films You Need
- GenAI & Library Instruction: Supporting the U-M Campus Community
- GenAI-ability: Identifying and Adapting Vulnerable Course Assignments
- Global Human Connections through Virtual Exchange**
- Harnessing AI for Campus Innovation: Go Blue App, MiMaizey, and Canvas Maizey Integration
- Harnessing Canvas Innovations: Elevating Teaching with New Tools and Features**
- How Older Technologies Can Inform Students’ Strategic Use of Generative AI for Deeper Learning
- Humanizing the Sports Fan Experience- Using Blockchain, GenAI, and Virtual Environments to Add Personalized Experiences in Sport
- Incorporating GenAI Assignments and Tools Into a Large, Elective, Gameful Course: Challenges Confronted and Lessons Learned**
- Insights Gained From a Virtual Intergenerational Yoga Intervention
- Lessons Learned From Winners of the 2025 Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize
- Leveraging Information Technology and AI to Bridge Language Gaps for Under-Resourced Learners
- Neuronest: A Dive into a Digital Mental Health Hub for Students
- Reimagining Learning Design: Generative AI Enters our Toolkit
- Smarter Questions, Deeper Learning: Leveraging Generative AI and Problem Roulette for Student Success
- Student Voices
- Support STEM Student Writing with the Free Lettersmith Software
- The Journey of Technology Integration and Adaptation in the Faculty of Law, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
- Training for Tomorrow: Concussion Assessment in Virtual Reality
- Unveiling the New GenAI Mini-Workshop Series: Enhanced Learning for Instructors, Staff, and Students
- Using Panorama to Improve Accessibility in your Canvas Course
- When Life Gives You LLMs, Make LLMonade: A Playful Approach to AI Literacy
- Writing A Cite-worthy Research Abstract: Strategically Making Your Research More Discoverable
What is the Teaching and Technology Collaborative?
The Teaching and Technology Collaborative (TeachTech) supports the U-M community’s efforts to leverage technology for teaching, learning, and research. We provide opportunities and resources for the use of technology that is driven by purpose rather than tools. TeachTech members connect you to a wide variety of services and experts across all campus units through consultations, workshops, collaborations, and other activities. We host the annual Enriching Scholarship conference, first offered in 1998, to bring together U-M faculty, staff, and students to share best practices and explore new opportunities that enhance teaching, learning, and research.
Recordings of most sessions are available at our Teachtech MiVideo Mediaspace. Additionally, anyone with a U-M uniqname can still self-enroll in last year’s conference website at Canvas to review session titles, descriptions, and to access session materials.
More about the Teachtech Collaborative
U-M has a community of instructional support professionals who can help you understand the technology and achieve the best results in your teaching. Our goal, no matter where you start, is to connect you to the right support group at the right time to get your questions answered.
How to get started?
- Fill out the ITS Instructional Support interest form and we will connect you to the appropriate colleagues
- Browse the list of U-M Instructional Support Groups for more information
- Email us at teachtech@umich.edu
What has the Collaborative been working on recently? Lots! Mostly related to Generative AI
- Members of Teaching and Technology Collaborative contributed feedback to the university’s new Academic Technology@Michigan website, specifically, the instructional resources page for Generative AI
- Contributions to the U-M Generative AI website
- A slate of cross-departmental workshops. Recordings of the most recent generative AI workshops are available on both the ITS MiVideo website and also the Teachtech MiVideo website.
Visit our MIVideo site to see recordings from our most recent Enriching Scholarship conferences. The Previous Conferences page of this website offers a comprehensive review of past themes, speakers, and statistics.
Attend Workshops Throughout the Year
Workshops are offered throughout the year at various locations. Click Upcoming Sessions above, or enter a topic of interest in the search box. TeachTech workshops are intended to be accessible to all participants. If you require an accommodation to fully participate, please contact teachtech@umich.edu in advance of the workshop. All Teachtech workshops are free.