AI Initiatives

Spring 2023 – Present

  • Member: THECB LTAC – A2I (AI in Instruction) Subcommittee (2024–Present).
  • Member: Houston City College Artificial Intelligence Council (2024 – Present).
  • Regular contributor to statewide and institutional strategy conversations about AI adoption in teaching and learning.
  • Provided recommendations for best practices in AI integration within institutional technology planning.
  • THECB Digital Learning Summit – AI Presenter (2025)
  • THECB Adapting to Innovation – AI Panel Presenter (2025)
  • Houston City College AI Conference – AI Presenter (2025).
  • Houston City College Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and HCC – AI Panel Presenter (2024)
  • THECB National Distance Learning Week – AI Panel Presenter (2023).
  • Tarrant County College National Distance Learning Week – AI & Distance Learning Panel Presenter (2023).
  • Texas Distance Learning Association (TxDLA) – AI Panel Presenter (2023).
  • Educause Horizon Report Panelist (2023–2024).
  • Numerous HCC Faculty Conferences & Symposiums with AI topics (2023–2025).
  • Cohort: League AI Fellows Program, Oct 7th, 2025 – April 7th, 2026
  • SHSU Certificate: Using Generative AI in Teaching & Learning.
  • Regularly incorporate AI into faculty training, curriculum integration, and program design.
  • Developing a Board-approved AI course that will be integrated into the Master of Educational Technology degree at Sul Ross University.
  • Facilitated workshops and seminars on educational technologies, including AI, for faculty across campuses.
  • Integrated AI considerations into online course redesign and quality assurance processes (Quality Matters, Online Redesign).
  • Supported faculty development conferences and symposia with AI-focused sessions.
  • Author: AI and Education: Finding Harmony Between Technology and Pedagogy (DigiTex Blog, 2023).
  • Contributor: 2024 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report (Teaching & Learning Edition), addressing AI’s role in higher education.

AI Workshops: Products & Topics

  • Products Presented: Microsoft Copilot, Adobe Firefly, MagicSchool AI, Brisk Teaching, NotebookLM, Suno, Poe, Canva, Curipod, ChatGPT, Manus, Google Gemini, Google AI Labs.
  • AI Topics: AI Literacy, Agentics, AI Detectors, Hallucinations, Large Language Models (LLMs), Copyright, AI Ethics, Physical AI, Narrow AI, Chatbots, Age Restrictions, Citation and Disclosure, Data Privacy, Blooms Taxonomy and AI, SAMR integration, AI App Smashing.