Reclaiming Joy: Human-First Teaching in the AI Era (Center for Online Learning and Teaching)

The Ground is Shifting: Agentic AI browsers can now log into Canvas and submit assignments on behalf of students. For many faculty, this feels like betrayal—exhausting detection work, forced surveillance, fear that everything we've built is suddenly obsolete. But what if this rupture is also an invitation?

Reclaiming Joy will offer a different response to AI. Together, we will acknowledge the fatigue and uncertainty many faculty feel and ground our work in community, connection, and the deeply human core of education. The program showcases innovations from faculty and faculty support specialists that make student thinking visible, invite lived experience into coursework, reduce time spent on repetitive tasks, and make teaching feel creative and relational again. The agenda makes space for conversations, tinkering, and time to apply what you learn to your classes.

This event will feature four speaker sessions. During the on-campus watch party, each session will be followed by breakout discussion circles. For more information on the speakers, topics, and discussions, see the event agenda. No one is required to attend the full day or take part in circles. Attend one or more sessions of your choice.

Because if we lose joy, we've already lost.

Flex Credit

Flex credit is available for this event.

After the event: Professional Learning Evaluation Form

ADA Accessibility

For ADA accessibility accommodations, please contact Cassidy Larkin at larkinc@scc.losrios.edu. Contact Cassidy for disability accommodations only. For general inquiries, please use the contact information listed in the sidebar.