Enriching Scholarship 2025
Being Human in a Digital World
Our 2025 conference theme, Being Human in a Digital World, highlighted the success and challenges of being human in a space with an increasing technology presence. Session topics explored 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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Keynote Address: Educating Humans to Thrive in an AI World
Thank you to José Antonio Bowen for presenting our keynote address. 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.
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.