Interactive Keynote Workshop

About the Interactive Keynote Workshop

Teaching and Thinking with A.I.

The excitement (and panic) surrounding A.I. is shattering expectations around assignments, assessment, class preparation and attendance, while challenging us to build more future-proof and inclusive classrooms. AI is rapidly changing how humans work and think. AI is also changing how we think about average. If AI can produce consistent "C" work than we need to update our policies and grading. AI is even changing creativity. Together, we will examine the skills and curriculum that will matter most in this new age, why articulation of ‘quality’ is essential and what policies and practices improve motivation and decrease cheating. Attendees will learn practical techniques to transform assignments and assessments.

A Message From José

About the Keynote Speaker

José Antonio Bowen

José Antonio Bowen has been leading innovation and change for over 40 years at Stanford, Georgetown, and the University of Southampton (UK). He served as a dean at Miami University and SMU, and as President of Goucher College (which was voted a Top 10 Most Innovative College under his leadership). Bowen has appeared on five continents as a musician and has performed with Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Bobby McFerrin, Dave Brubeck, Liberace, and many others. His compositions include a symphony (nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Music in 1985) and music for Jerry Garcia. Bowen holds four degrees from Stanford University (in Chemistry, Music, and Humanities) and has written over 100 scholarly articles. He is the editor of the Cambridge Companion to Conducting (2003), and an editor of the 6-CD set, Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology (2011). He received a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship and has three TED talks. In 2010, Stanford honored him as a Distinguished Alumni Scholar.

His books on teaching include Teaching Naked (2012), winner of the Ness Award for Best Book on Higher Education, Teaching Change: How to Develop Independent Thinkers using Relationships, Resilience, and Reflection (2021), and his new book with C. Edward Watson, Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning (2024).

Bowen was given a Stanford Centennial Award for Undergraduate Teaching in 1990, and he has presented keynotes and workshops at more than 400 campuses and conferences in 46 states and 20 countries around the world. He has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, The Chronicle of Higher Education, PBS News Hour, and on NPR. For more, see his website teachingnaked.com or his education TED talks.

In 2010, Stanford honored him as a Distinguished Alumni Scholar, and in 2018 he was awarded the Ernest L. Boyer Award for significant contributions to American higher education. He is now a senior fellow for the American Association of Colleges and Universities. He lives in Dallas and also does innovation and inclusion consulting for a wide variety of Fortune 500 companies.