2026 Digital Poster Gallery

Beyond the Lecture: Activating Minds Through Engaged Learning

Megan Fixen, Minot State University

Playing games is a fun and interactive method of teaching. This poster will outline instructional strategies that promote game-based learning to increase engagement.

Bridging Theory and Practice in Economics and Computer Science Education

Shuoshuo Hou, College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University

Vijay Srinivas Tida, College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University

Learner-centered worksheets, Think–Pair–Share, and games improve quantitative understanding, engagement, and confidence across Computer Science and Economics courses.

Building Resiliency Networks: Mindfulness Communities on Campus

Lesley Regalado, University of Texas at Arlington

Thomas McCaleb, University of North Texas

This poster explores peer and faculty-led mindfulness communities that create sustainable resiliency networks, building coping skills and social connection while empowering participants as wellness leaders.

Building Theoretical Foundations Through Collaborative Learning

Matthew Drake, MSU Denver

Collaborative experiential learning transforms theory from abstract knowledge into applied competence, strengthening professional identity, motivation, and real-world decision making.

Creation and Implementation of Educational Escape Games in PowerPoint

Rebecca Rivard, Villanova University

This poster will explore the impact of educational escape games on learning and provide tools that others can use to create similar games.

Digital Assignments for the Diverse Classroom

Margo Shanks, Baylor University

Practical insights into integrating digital storytelling and media production into course curricula, showing how these tools foster self-awareness and deeper engagement with course content.

Embrace Otherness Project: A Case Study of Human-Centered Design Thinking

Koon-Hwee Kan, Kent State University

Preservice art teachers interviewed international graduate students as VIP-Clients to deepen understanding of cultural traditions and aesthetic preferences before individualizing their designs as gifts.

Enhancing Student Success Using Engagement Teams in a Traditional Engineering Course

Sarah Lanci, Colorado Mesa University

Redesigned engineering course using engagement teams increased student participation, strengthened peer connections, improved exam performance, and encouraged use of academic resources, fostering a more interactive learning environment.

From Data To Sensemaking: Supporting Student Learning Through AI-Integrated CURE Design

Li Xu, The University of Arizona

This poster presents an AI-integrated CURE design that supports student sensemaking with real-world cybersecurity data through scaffolded assignments, ethical AI use, and research-driven learning.

Fostering Active Learning Through Makerspaces in Higher Education

Ali Sakkal, Wake Forest University

Makerspaces transform higher education by fostering collaborative, inclusive communities where creative technology cultivates hands-on learning, human connection, and deep conceptual understanding.

How AI Is Reshaping PDF Accessibility at Scale

Elle Corvette, William Peace University

Explore how GenAI can transform stubborn PDFs into screen-reader-ready course materials in minutes, with concrete before-and-after examples and actionable strategies you can immediately apply.

How AI Policy Shapes Perceived Fairness, Belonging, and Academic Engagement

Maedeh Gholamzadehmi, University of Oklahoma

Jorge Restrepo Garcia, University of Oklahoma
Adrienne R. Carter-Sowell, University of Oklahoma

Explores how inconsistent AI policies in first-year courses affect students’ fairness perceptions, belonging, and engagement, offering strategies for equitable guidelines that support confidence and retention.

Keeping Students Cognitively Active: Evidence-Based Strategies for Math-Heavy Engineering Courses

Stanley Baek, United States Air Force Academy

Explore evidence-based techniques that increased student engagement and performance in math-heavy engineering courses through active participation, reduced distractions, and strategic course design.

LA Chatbot: AI-Based Multimodal and Integrated Learning Assistant Tools

Dhananjay Singh, Penn State University

This LAchatbot increases student involvement, learning results, responsible use, and easy adoption. Build a GenAI-enabled multimodal and add in analytics tools.

Learning PowerUps as AI-Supported Motivational Design in Action

Travis N. Thurston, Utah State University

This theory-aligned AI prompt supports instructors in diagnosing motivational barriers and generating small, context-aware Learning PowerUps grounded in ARCS-V and learning science.

Making ODEs Come Alive With Python

Hyeeun Jang, Abilene Christian University

Linear algebra and differential equations through dynamic models.

Perceptions of Sense of Belonging and Academic Success in Healthcare Students

Jenise Morrison, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

This study examines how graduate healthcare students’ sense of belonging influences perceived academic success, identifying belonging as a factor linked to persistence and lower burnout.

Physical Archives or AI? Student Preferences in Evidence-Based Teaching

Shima Hosseininasab, North Carolina State University

Comparing hands-on archival experience with AI access, this study tracks student preferences. It positions special collections as essential labs for developing critical thinking. View findings!

Power Up Math Practice With Self-Grading Circuits

Brittney Seale, Colorado Mountain College

Self-grading circuits give students quick, hands-on math practice with instant feedback, boosting engagement and mastery while reducing grading time for instructors. Perfect for energizing any course.

Redesigning Capstone Projects for AI-Rich Learning: Balancing Authenticity, Process, and Integrity

Rebekah Pogwizd, Augustana University

Exploring process-focused, authentic capstone project strategies that integrate AI while maintaining integrity, reflection, and higher-order learning in Doctor of Occupational Therapy education.

SPARC: A Research and Collaboration Model To Improve Undergraduate Physics

Yoel Rodríguez, Hostos Community College of CUNY

Antonios Varelas, Hostos Community College of CUNY
Anna Ivanova, Hostos Community College of CUNY
Anthony L. DePass, DePass Academic

Addressing challenges in undergraduate physics via SPARC novel intervention that leverages methods to facilitate content learning, reasoning transfer, and prepare students for subsequent science/engineering curricula.

Strategies for Integrating Play into Classroom Learning

Shannon Dean-Scott, Texas State University

Learn about specific in-class learning activities to promote engagement with course readings and content, foster connection with each other, and enhance student learning.

Teaching Beyond Algorithms Through Active Service-Learning

Judith Ruvuna, University of the Incarnate Word

This project examines service-learning as an active learning strategy that promotes engagement, critical thinking, and real-world application of knowledge beyond AI-generated solutions.

Undergraduate Course Development Process and Experiences at ASU

Rajendra Karkee, Arizona State University

A new online/hybrid undergraduate course was developed using backward design, instructional design input, and artificial intelligence.

Using AI To Help Students Use AI To Learn About Using AI

Sarah B. Lovern, Concordia University Wisconsin

An AI-generated assignment was implemented in lecture for students to explore the inadvertent introduction of bias within real-life examples of AI programming.

Using GenAI To Support Retrieval Practice

Jonathan G. Tullis, University of Arizona

Generative Artificial Intelligence can generate practice test questions, assess student answers, and provide corrective feedback to enhance student learning and retention.

Using Names To Foster a Sense of Belonging

Justin Goins, The University of Alabama

Students are searching for a sense of belonging. Faculty can implement an easy and effective strategy to build their classroom community. Let’s discuss more!

Advancing Fashion Visual Merchandising Pedagogy With an Omni-Channel Retailing Framework

Yuhui (Jessie) Liu, University of the Incarnate Word

An experiential instructional model for advancing visual merchandising pedagogy in fashion higher education

A Resilience Approach to Navigating Teaching in the AI Context

Nisha Gupta, Centre College

Engaging a framework of "AI Resilience” fosters teaching, learning, and engagement and draws on a growth mindset for faculty, students, and the campus.