A two-day summit will highlight how the University of Michigan embraces transformation and supports experimentation with new kinds of residential and online educational opportunities.
The Future of Experiential Technologies Innovation Summit on Oct. 16-17, hosted by the U-M Center for Academic Innovation at the Michigan League, will feature keynote speakers from GRX Immersive Labs and Coursera. The summit is free to attend, but registration is required.
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CAI staff will highlight how they partner with faculty to incorporate generative AI skills, extended reality technology and virtual production into online courses and residential classes.
Also, faculty innovators will discuss embracing extended reality and artificial intelligence for classroom use and training programs, as well as exploring potential future applications of these transformational technologies.
Featured U-M faculty and staff include:
- Chris Brooks, assistant professor of information, School of Information, and Rebecca Quintana, director of blended and online learning design, CAI, will lead discussions on generative AI as a learning tool.
- Sarah Dysart, senior director of online learning at the Center for Academic Innovation, will lead a session about generative AI in online education.
- Nick Gaspar, distance learning director and adjunct lecturer in nursing, UM-Flint, will discuss the use of technology on campus.
- Deb Lee, clinical assistant professor of nursing, School of Nursing, will lead a panel on experiential technology use in health care.
- Chiemela Mgbeahuru, virtual production producer, and the XR design team will discuss the use of CAI’s XR stage to create virtual environments and engage XR experiences in online courses.
- Michael Nebeling, associate professor of information, UMSI, will join a group on XR technologies in the classroom.
- Jeremy Nelson, senior director of creative studios, CAI, will open the summit, introduce speakers and guide attendees through the agenda.
- Kentaro Toyama, W.K. Kellogg Professor of Community Information and professor of information, UMSI, will participate in a faculty panel discussion on the policy and ethics of generative AI use.
Alton Glass, CEO of GRX Immersive Labs, will address how his studio uses XR in innovative and immersive storytelling and education as the keynote speaker during the first day of the summit.
The second day will feature Mustafa Furniturewala, chief technology officer of Coursera, discussing how Coursera is incorporating generative AI into its platform and partnering with institutions like U-M to host online courses that teach foundational and job-specific generative AI skills.
The summit will include networking opportunities; presentations on experiential technologies; vendor demonstrations, including from Apple, which will showcase the Apple Vision Pro; a celebration of the winners of a student hack-a-thon; and a student showcase of XR and generative AI technology projects.
