Unizin Virtual Summit 2024

April 2-4, 2024

The 2024 Virtual Summit featured several UF presenters across its three tracks: AI and the Future of Teaching and Learning, Being Student-centered: Implementing Tools, Platforms, and Consortia to Support Student Success, & Data in Action. 

The abstracts for the presentations including UF-affiliated personnel are below:

• Keynote Panel: "AI & the Student Experience: Challenges and Opportunities" with Dr. Alexandra Bitton-Bailey (UF), Amy Goodburn (UNL), Stuart Selber (PSU), & Tom Andriola (UCI) – AI is impacting nearly every area of our institutions. This panel discussion will provide a multitude of perspectives on AI as it relates to the student experience, ranging from policy, technology, faculty development, teaching and learning. 
• “A New Activity Mart for Increasing Student Success” by Dr. Minh Pham (UF), Dr. Jose Silva-Lugo (UF), Dr. Heather Maness (UF), Sara Bolf (Unizin), and Kyle Unruh (Unizin) – Building on the recent Taskforce Mart - Level 1 Aggregated data mart (student’s performance and activities in a course on a weekly basis), UF collaborated with the Unizin DSS team to identify additional metrics and efficient code to generate helpful insights into enhancing student success.
• “Stepping Stones Pilot Evaluation and Updates” by Drs. Christina Bifulco (Rutgers), Heather Maness (UF), Lauren Marsh (Minnesota) – After the Faculty Development subcommittee released “Stepping Stones: A Faculty Development Curriculum for Learning Analytics Use,” 6 institutions piloted the curriculum and offered feedback. We’ll share what we learned and preview version 2, so you can leverage these consortia resources and empower instructors to use course data for student success!

Recordings of the presentation are available on the Unizin Summit 2024 YouTube Channel.