AI Symposium

The AI Symposium is an annual event at Highline for faculty to bridge perspectives and foster a collaborative approach to education while navigating genAI. This event brings in global experts to facilitate workshops and provide keynotes for faculty to attend while also spotlighting faculty learning and best practices.

Recordings and additional materials from past sessions can be accessed on the Generative AI page.

2026 AI Symposium - Spring Series

In its third year, the 2026 AI Symposium shifted from a one-day event to a series of workshops and watch parties throughout Spring quarter.

Workshops:

Anger, Sadness, and Existential Crisis: Teahing in the Gen-AI Era with Stephanie Ojeda Ponce
Exploring the AI Grief Cycle: Finding a Path forward for Faculty with Chris Ostro
Teaching AI Ethics with Dr. Leon Furze
AI That Takes Action: Countering Student Misuse and Exploring Educator Uses of Agentic AI with Anna Mills
BONUS SESSION added: Faculty and Staff Discussion around Student AI Survey Data with TIDL

Watch Parties:

AI Tools for Engagement with Yun Moh
Artificially Intelligent: Resisting AI in Modern Learning with Kyle Pittman
Advancing Equity Work with Generative AI with Jeremy Winn

Previous AI Symposiums

2025 AI Symposium

The 2nd Annual AI Symposium featured keynote speaker Dr. Brandeis Marshall following a variety of workshops facilitated by Highline College faculty:

AI For All: Empowering Multilingual Learners for College Success with Monica Lemoine, Gayatri Sirohi, and Taylor Bevin
Beyond the PDF: Incorporating AI Course Evaluation Analysis for Self-Evaluation with Stephanie Ojeda Ponce
How to Talk to Students About AI with Prairie Brown and Katie Straton
Integrating Beginning Prompt Engineering Into Your Course with Robin Martin
Working Smarter, Not Harder: Leveraging AI to Enhance Educator Efficiency and Effectiveness with Rhiannon Hillman

2024 AI Symposium

The inaugural AI Symposium at Highline hosted a keynote from Flower Darby on The Three E's of Teaching with AI: Ethics, Equity, and Empowerment followed by these sessions:

Learning in a World with AI, featuring a panel of Highline students
Teaching and AI workshop with Auburn University's Dr. Lindsay Doukopoulos
Writing with AI workshop with Bard College's Institute for Writing and Thinking

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