USF Innovative Education

USF's Innovative Education will be represented at the 4th Annual Teach with AI Conference June 11-14.

We're excited to have Michael Rodriguez Delgado and Janine Diaz Cotto presenting The AI Thinking Partner: Practical Approaches to Assessment Design, exploring ways to create meaningful, AI-aware assessments that promote critical thinking and authentic learning.

Alley Ward and Desiree Henderson will present Inside AI-Enhanced Courses: Intentional Criteria for Practical Gen-AI Integration, showcasing insights and outcomes from USF's AI-Augmented Course Pilot and practical approaches to responsible AI integration in course design.

Lindsey Mercer Ed.D. will be presenting on "How Faculty are Using Generative AI: An Analysis of Over 300 "GenAI Plans" for Course Enhancement."

Congratulations to our presenters!

More information about the conference: https://hubs.li/Q04jz7TC0

May the 4th be with you ✨

The Force is strong at USF’s Innovative Education Studios, where Star Wars-inspired LED Volume technology is helping faculty create immersive, Hollywood-style learning experiences for online courses.

This is the way. 💚🤘

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And we’re back at it again… 🚀

InEd is proud to have Koichi Sato, Ed.D. presenting at the Florida Online Innovation Summit 2026! His poster, “Research, Rubrics, and AI Video Evaluator,” showcases how AI + research-backed design can help faculty create clearer, more effective instructional videos, faster and at scale.

Also presenting tomorrow:

✨ Zhaihuan Dai, Ph.D. and Janine Díaz presenting “Reimagining Case-Based Learning: From Analysis to Action,” exploring creative ways to turn static case studies into dynamic, interactive learning experiences.
✨ and Marta Slaughter who is presenting “From Concept to Canvas,” showcasing how collaborative design and generative AI can transform courses into engaging, learner-centered experiences.

Big ideas. Real impact. 👏 Proud of our InEd team!

📅 April 9, 2026
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Florida Online Innovation Summit Welcome to the Florida Online Innovation Summit! We look forward to being in person again for the 2026 Summit! The Florida Online Innovation Summit is an opportunity to share and discuss projects that are being implemented across the state to advance the state-of-the-art in online learning. These ar...