91��ý

ADT

NDT

Event

9:30 –
11:30 a.m.

10 a.m. –
12 p.m.

Opening Session

• Land Acknowledgement & Welcome 

• Introduction of Keynote: Dr. Diane Gutiw, Vice President, Global AI Research Centre Lead, CGI

• Keynote Address and Q&A

11:30 a.m. -
12:30 p.m.

12 -
1 p.m.

Break

12:30 -
1:20 p.m.

1 -
1:50 p.m.

Concurrent Session 1

• AI and Online Assessment and Evaluations and Best Practices
  Dr. Trevor Adams (Saint Mary's University)
  
  
• Human Inquiry, Artificial Intelligence & Asking “Why?”: Rediscovering Our Purpose in Teaching and Learning
  Dr. Stacey MacKinnon (University of Prince Edward Island)
  
  
• AI literacy where it can do the most good: research productivity and the mechanisms of agency
  Catherine Gracey, Marc Bragdon & David Ross (UNB)
  
  
• Integrating AI in the Research Journey: Balancing Research Productivity with Ethical Responsibility
  Jim Tuff (91��ý)
  
  
• Adopt, Adapt, or Build?
  Shakir Hussain (Dalhousie University)
  
  

1:30 -
2:20 p.m.

2 -
2:50 p.m.

Concurrent Session 2

• Keeping Human Judgement Consequential: A Conversation about GenAI in Teacher Education
  Johanathan Woodworth, Eddia Solas, Christine Doe, and Med Kharbach (Mount St. Vincent University)
  
  
• AI and Iterative Instructional Reflection: A Collaborative Approach
  Shannon Ezzart (Cape Breton University)
  
  
• Perceptions, Attitudes, and Compliance Related to Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in Higher Education: Preliminary Findings
  Caroline Gibbons PhD and Renaud Comeau PhD (Université de Moncton)
  
  
• What’s the Deal with Artificial Intelligence?
  Rylan Higgins (Saint Mary's University)
  
  
• The Abstract Emotion of Minor Workplace Frustration Experienced by a Left-handed Toaster: Hic Sunt Dracones... The Art of Exploring Terra Incognita?
  Shane Theunissen (Mount St. Vincent University)
  
  
• Identity as a Dimension of AI Literacy: Building on the TSCAI Model in teacher education
  Steven Van Zoost (Acadia University)
  
  
• Case Study on use of “AI Practice” by FeedbackFruits in the LMS.
  Michael Holmes-Lauder, Michael Kerr and Kimia Nazari (University of New Brunswick)
  
  

2:30 -
3:20 p.m.

3 -
3:50 p.m.

Concurrent Session 3

• One Educator's (reluctant) AI Adventures
  Ian Gibson (91��ý)
  
  
• Lowering the Stakes and Raising the Bar: A Case Study for Writing Pedagogy in the AI Age.
  Matt Dinan (St. Thomas University)
  
  
• Evidence-Informed Approaches to Developing Teachers’ AI Competencies
  Dr. Rob Power and Dr. Rima Al-Tawil (Cape Breton University)
  
  
• Teaching and Learning with Gen AI Tools; Several Approaches & PerspectivesAI uses for course design and teaching
  Gil Shalev, Joerg Evermann and Kirk Anderson (91��ý)
  
  

3:30 -
4:20 p.m.

4 -
4:50 p.m.

Concurrent Session 4

• Making Assessment Meaningful: Rethinking Learning, Process, and Community Connections
  Dr. Stacey MacKinnon, Ryan Drew and Katy Proudfoot (University of Prince Edward Island)
  
  
• Designing assignments that reduce student reliance on AI
  Carolyn Best (91��ý)
  
  
• Research in the age of Agentic AI : Understand, Adapt, Evolve
  Florin Filip (Universite de Moncton)
  
  
• Think Before You Bot: Blueprinting Better Bots
  Daniella Sieukaran (Dalhousie Univeristy)
  
  

4:20 -
4:30 p.m.

4:50 -
5 p.m.

Closing remarks