Lincoln Legacy Teaching and Learning Community
Formerly FSI: Faculty Summer Institute
2025 Conference: 19-20 May at the Illini Union in Urbana, IL
Conference Hours: May 19: 12:00 noon - 5:00 pm - Lunch provided!
Conference Hours: May 20: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm - Breakfast and lunch provided!
25+ Years Supporting and Connecting Instructors & Teaching and Learning Professionals
Attendee Registration Rate: $150
Program Overview
Join us for two days of innovative presentations, networking opportunities, and professional development!
Parking
Below are some of the available parking options at or near the Illini Union:
Directly at the Illini Union
- Lot D11:
- Parking spaces with WHITE signs are public meters that are paid hourly with the MobileMeter, ParkMobile, or PaybyPhone apps.
- $2.00/hour
- Do not park in spaces with Orange signs (unless you have a hotel stay with the Illini Union Hotel) or in spaces with Blue signs.
- Parking spaces with WHITE signs are public meters that are paid hourly with the MobileMeter, ParkMobile, or PaybyPhone apps.
- Lot D10:
- Metered spaces are available to the public and can be paid with coins and with the MobileMeter, ParkMobile, or PayByPhone apps.
- $2.00/hour
- Metered spaces are available to the public and can be paid with coins and with the MobileMeter, ParkMobile, or PayByPhone apps.
- Illini Union Circle Drive:
- Metered spaces are available to the public and can be paid with coins and with the MobileMeter, ParkMobile, or PayByPhone apps.
- $2.00/hour
- Metered spaces are available to the public and can be paid with coins and with the MobileMeter, ParkMobile, or PayByPhone apps.
Around the Illini Union:
- Lot D5
- Parking garages located at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.
- Public meter spaces are available ($1.25/hour).
- Please note that there is a vehicle height restriction for this parking option.
- The garages are accessible from the north side off Illinois Street or from the south side off Oregon Street.
- Parking garages located at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.
- Mathews Street
- Public meter spaces are available.
- $1.25/hour
Please click HERE to view the map for campus parking. The Illini Union is facility number 23 on the map.
Conference Schedule
Below is the schedule for LLTLC 2025. Click on a time slot to see the sessions available.
Monday, May 19, 2025
Various Presenters - Lunch and Lightning Rounds
Enjoy lunch while listening to quick presentations on various topics in teaching and learning.
Break and networking opportunity
Dan Steward - The Mod Squad: Sociopoly and Fellow Travelers
Barbara Anderson and Neil Voss - Power Up Existing OER: Building Dynamic Ancillary Materials for Students
Denise Caparula and Jeffrey LaRocque - Supercharge Your Screencasts: Tips, Tricks, Tools & Techniques
Aaron White - How Instructional Comics Support Learning
Jim Wentworth - Creating & Using Custom GPTs
Anthology Inc. (Amanda Braun, Danny Frank, Heidi Erbert, and Eric Gudmundson) - Building Trust in Generative AI: Preserving Academic Integrity and Rigor in the Age of AI-Enhanced Course Design
Networking opportunity
Linh Nguyen - Teaching Multilingual Learners - Lowering Barriers to Success
Sydne Kasle and Kevin Forman - "Strangers meeting strangers": Designing for Student Engagement Online and F2F
Jeffrey LaRocque and Denise Caparula - Increasing Instructor Presence in Online Courses
Anthony Piña, Steven Travers, Stephanie Wilson and Allison Hauser - Facilitating Instructional, Design, Interactivity, and UDL With Your LMS
Robert Baird and Ava Wolf - Student-Powered Learning
Yellowdig (Terry Randolph and Bob Ertischek) - From Passive to Passionate: Transforming Student Success Through Social Learning and Belonging
Janet Kirby - Examining the opportunity to enhance student learning using the flipped classroom model and artificial intelligence
Harmonize (Alan Manley) - Your Rubric Called—It Wants to Talk Back: AI Rubric Coaching for Students
Successive Lightning Tables:
- Carolyn Bates - Using The Three Little Pigs and Other Childhood Resources to Teach University Students Advanced Concepts
- Nichole Hugo - Lesson Planning in 10 Minutes or Less with AI
- Aziza Zhunusbekova - Perception and Ethics of Using Artificial Intelligence Tools by Master's Students of Higher Educational Institutions of Kazakhstan
Nichol Brown, Addison Lamb, Allison Hauser and Alyssa Herman - Understanding & Leveraging Graduate Assistant Experience & Knowledge
Cheelan Bo-Linn - Innovative Multimedia Assessments of Student Learning: Going Beyond the Traditional Papers and Exams
FGM Architects (Carol Stolt and Jan Behounek) - Re-imagining the Campus for the 21st Century
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Various Presenters - Breakfast Lightning Rounds
Enjoy breakfast while listening to quick presentations on various topics in teaching and learning.
Networking opportunity
Stephanie Wilson - Make the Student the Star of the Story – Choosing Paths in an Online Course
Marc Thompson and Lindsey Sharp - Quick-starting Accessibility: A Hands-on Workshop for Accessible Course and Document Design
Emily Boles and Jen Leckie - Small Team, Limited Budget, Big Results: How UIS is Optimizing Canvas Course Quality and Accessibility
Evie Cordell, Kate Meyrick, Laura Larson, Susannah Benn and Maura Maguire - From Script to Screen: Creating Library Video Tutorials for Academic Success
Lucas Anderson - The Five-Room Dungeon Approach to Lesson Planning
Gabriel Grant - ChatGPT as a tool to Bridge the Coding Gap in Game Development Education
Macmillan Learning (Mallory Irizarry and David Maltby) - iClicker: Pedagogical Practices--Learning Science-Driven
Myoung Kim - Fostering Belonging and Engagement: Best Practices with Yellowdig Communities
Toni Gist and Tony Zhang - AI Driven Accessibility Solutions for Higher Education
Chelsea Green and Janice Kinghorn - Innovative Approaches to Teaching Intercultural Competence in Study Abroad: A Faculty-Integrated Model
Kim Ervin and Logan Lehmann - Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Neurodivergence in the Classroom
Manny Rodriguez and Jordan Leising - Numbers for Success: Data Tools for Inclusive Education
Instructure (Max Spencer and Justice Anderson) - AI Literacy in the Classroom: Preparing Educators to Lead
Lunch
Networking opportunity
Janice Kinghorn and Chelsea Green - AI in the Faculty Office
Angelique Maguire - Let Technology and Innovation do the Talking: Bridging the Gap between Foundational Education, through Guided Pathways to the Workforce!
Catherine Polydore - The Engagement Lottery: Utilizing Gambling Psychology to Boost Class Attendance
Mary Sullivan Kopale and Kristen Goliak - Let's T.A.L.K. (Teach, Assess, Learn, Know): Developing Professional Development of Teaching and Learning
Rebecca Reck - Apply Human Centered Design to Lab Course Development
Cidi Labs (Michelle Muldowney-Stevens) - Small But Mighty: Scaling Course Quality & Accessibility Efforts with the Right Tools
Dan Hahn - The Why and How of an AI Teaching Assistant
Jillian Klean Zwilling - Developing AI support strategies for scaffolded learning
Elizabeth Dolly Weber - Creating, funding, deploying an OER project for multi-semester use
Courtney Cox and Evan Brown - Active Learning and Student Engagement: Practical Examples
Scott Standifer - Ditch the Dead Discussions—But Don't Break Yellowdig
Note: This schedule is tentative and subject to change. Please check back closer to the conference date for any updates.
Sessions labeled with "Concurrent Sessions" represent times when attendees can choose which presentation to attend.
Accommodations
Location: Illini Union, Urbana, IL