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Don’t Blame AI: Meet the Moment with Innovative Course Design

Join our webinar panel discussion to learn how to use formative and immersive elements to increase learning and reduce AI-abuse in your online courses.

24 September, 2026
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST

 

The threat of AI in higher education is real. Students are using AI to complete assignments, write papers, and take tests. Institutions are responding by investing in detection and blocking tools as well as returning to blue books and written assignments. Faculty are using tricks like hidden white text to identify AI-driven content. While some institutions have committees evaluating how to adopt AI in the classroom, others are signing petitions to block AI on campus.

The only solution we’re not discussing is how to build a better course: one that’s so interesting, innovative, and immersive that students can’t cheat or are motivated to do the work themselves.

In this webinar, the panel will:

  • Discuss how institutions can re-think teaching and learning, today’s student population, and the future of higher education in a post-AI environment where quality content matters more than ever.

  • Introduce trends and tools to help institutions deliver content that’s captivating, motivating, and career-oriented.

  • Introduce the initial step of a year-long plan designed to bring innovation back into course content that improves engagement and outcomes and reduces the potential for AI abuse.

Register today to reserve your spot. All registrants will receive a recording of the event. Please direct questions to Nathan Green, Head of Higher Education, Skillwell.

Speakers

Heather Sharpes-Smith

Heather Sharpes-Smith

Executive Director, URI Online - MODERATOR

James Hedges

James Hedges

Dean of Online and Continuing Education, Weber State University

Justin Louder

Justin Louder

Associate Vice President, Academic Innovation, Blackboard

John Wells

John Wells

Former Senior Vice Provost for Lifelong Learning, UMass Amherst

Nathan Green

Nathan Green

Head of Higher Education, Skillwell

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