Programme of Events

Please see below for the schedule of proceedings

Monday
9am: Registration open
9.45am: Conference launch by Prof Niamh Hourigan (Mary Immaculate College) Introduction by Dr Katherine Whitehurst & Dr Mary-Claire Kennedy.
10am: Keynote - Dr Christine O'Dea (King's College London) Gen AI is Here to Stay. What is the Way Forward for Higher Education Globally? Chair & question facilitator: Dr Mary-Claire Kennedy & Dr Katherine Whitehurst
11am: Break
11.30am: Panel 1 - Perspectives and Experiences: Co-design and Stakeholder Engagement Chair: Dr Nuala Harding David Rinehart (Dublin Business School) - Teaching Librarians Tackle Gen AI: Data Driven GenAI Workshops in the Library Dr Mairead Greene & Dr Michelle Tooher (University of Galway) - Exploring the Use of GenAI in Assessment with Academics Across and Within Disciplines. Dr Susan Bens (University of Saskatchewan) - Using the Notion of Cognitive Offloading to Enable Adaptive Thinking in a GenAI-Augmented World. Dr Loretta Goff (University College Cork) - GenAI LEARN: Developing Student Literacy and Responsible Use
12.50pm: Lunch
1.50pm: Panel 2 - Curriculum Design, Teaching and Learning (Part 1) Chair: Dr Angélica Rísquez Dr Andrew Browne (Dublin Business School) - Battling and/or Welcoming Gen AI: Strategies for Modern Teaching and Assessment Dr Lorcan Cronin (Mary Immaculate College) - Artificial Intelligence in Physical Education: Opportunities, Threats and Strategies Dr Fionn McGrath (University of Limerick) - AI²: What Constitutes Academic Integrity in the Age of AI?
2.50pm: Break
3.20pm: Panel 3 - Designing Sustainable and Robust Policy Chair: Dr Silvia Benini Dr Justin Tonra (University of Galway) - Crafting and Deploying Gen AI-Responsive Academic Integrity Policies and Procedures Dr Kay Hack (Advance HE) - Co-Creating a Culture of Academic Integrity for an AI-enabled Higher Education Sector

Tuesday
10am: Panel 4 - Assessment Reform and Redesign in an era of Generative AI Chair: Dr Michael Wride Dr Patrick Buckland (Mary Immaculate College) - The AI Contribution Scale; Disclosing AI Usage in Academic Written Assessments Alan Carr (Technological University of the Shannon - Midwest) - Mapping & Managing Academic Assessment Risk Samantha Xu & Dr Martina Crehan (Dublin City University) - Back to the Start; Redesigning Robust Assessments in GenAI Environments: Principles, Strategies, Frameworks and Examples
11am: Break
11.30am: Panel 5 - Curriculum Design, Teaching and Learning (Part 2) Chair: Jean Reale Dr Gwen Moore (Mary Immaculate College) - Gen AI Literacy and Authentic Assessment: Problematising Bias and Ethics in Partnership with Students Dr Patrick Browne (Technological University of the Shannon) - Rethinking Third level Mathematics Education in the Age of AI Dr Zeta Dooly & Dr Brian Casey (South East Technological University) - Navigating the Waters from Vision to Viability; Adopting VR in the Classroom and its Alignment to Curriculum
12.30pm: Lunch
1.30pm: Roundtable Discussion Chair: Dr Geraldine McDermott
2.30pm: Break
3pm: Keynote Speaker - Dr Daniel Schiff (Purdue University) Dilemmas in the AI-enabled classroom: Navigating pedagogy, ethics, and transformation in the era of AIED Chair & question facilitator - Dr Katherine Whitehurst & Dr Aoife Chawke
4pm: End of day