Dear Colleagues,

You’re warmly invited to this year’s Faculty Institute at the University of Maine at Augusta (with virtual Zoom access). No cost. The AI in Education community has greatly enriched our professional growth, and now we’re eager to give back.

Here is the event website: https://uma.edu/fi2025

Event Details:

• Date: May 15th, 2025
• Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
• Format: HyFlex (attend in-person, online live, or asynchronously)
• Learn More & Register: https://uma.edu/fi2025 (Registered participants will receive recording links)

Why Attend?

The 2025 UMA Faculty Institute organizing committee invites presentations from faculty and staff across all disciplines and campuses within the University of Maine System and from higher education colleagues nationwide. The Institute aims to explore the intersection of:

• Artificial intelligence,
• Accessibility,
• Neurodiversity, and
• Emerging instructional strategies in distance education. 

We’ve included a chance to engage with leading voices in the field, including:

• Morning Keynote – Dr. Luke Hobson | Assistant Director of Instructional Design at MIT xPRO and a Lecturer in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the University of Miami’s School of Education and Human Development
  • Title: AI in Higher Ed
• Dr. Ann Knettler | Vice President of Consulting for GrackleDocs, a world leader in digital accessibility.
  • Title: Demystifying Digital Accessibility: Small Changes that Make a Big Impact
• Jon Ippolito | Professor of New Media and Director of Digital Curation, UM, and Greg Nelson | Assistant Professor in Computer Science, UM
  • Title: Following AI’s Footprints from School to Society

This is a fantastic opportunity to advance and share your professional skills at no cost. 

Thank you, we hope to see you there!