In this session, Deirdre Egan, Associate Director of the UI Writing Center and Eva Latterner, Assistant Director of the Center for Teaching, focus on how to teach with writing in the age of AI. Using a writing-driven, AI-mindful approach, they will lead faculty through a process of designing classroom activities and assignments that focus on learning and the development of strong writing and critical thinking skills. Faculty will leave with a list of practical examples of how to flip the classroom to protect student learning and how to use AI tools - when appropriate - in ways that scaffold rather than sabotage learning.

This is the second of two sessions on January 8. In session 1 (10 am -12 pm), Stacey Sheriff, Chair of the Writing Department at Colby College, will explore how the key principles and pedagogies of writing across the curriculum are changing (or not) in response to generative AI. REGISTER HERE for one or both sessions.

This event is part of the 2025-2026 Symposium on Writing Across the Disciplines which invites national experts to campus to explore options for establishing an innovative and dynamic writing across the disciplines (WAD) program at Iowa. The symposium was made possible by an Arts and Humanities Initiative Grant from the Office of the Vice President for Research and is co-sponsored by the Writing Center, the Center for Teaching, the Frank Business Communication Center, the College of Nursing, the Obermann Center, and the Scientific Editing and Research Communication Core.