Fifteen Youngstown State University faculty members attended the Lilly Conference on Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning in Austin, Texas, May 18-20, where educators explored emerging strategies related to teaching, student engagement and artificial intelligence in higher education.

This year’s conference theme, “AI and the Future of Evidence-Based Teaching in Higher Education,” focused on the evolving role of artificial intelligence in college classrooms and evidence-based approaches to student learning.

Faculty representatives from each YSU college were sponsored by the Institute for Teaching and Learning, while additional participants received support through their respective college deans.

“This is the third year in a row that we have brought a group of faculty to this conference, and faculty report getting lots of great ideas and inspiration to incorporate into their courses and teaching,” said Hillary Fuhrman, assistant provost for Teaching and Learning.

Faculty who attended the conference included Zack While, computer science; Meri Surdoval-Fetkovich, exercise science; Cryshanna Jackson Leftwich, political science; Farhana Mueez, laboratory science; Alicia Prieto, mathematics; Dawna Cerney, geography; Andrea Snyder, psychology; Michelle Nelson, graphic design; Louise Campbell, management; Courtney Borruso, management; Jennifer Yensel, counseling; Hillary Fuhrman, Institute for Teaching and Learning; Jeff Coldren, psychology; Sam Shannon, mathematics; Hailong Jiang, computer science; and Erica Neuman, accounting and finance.