Robarts Connects: Trends in AI and Education

Thursday, 3 December 2026 | 10:00 to 11:00 am | Online on Zoom

Higher education is now roughly four years on from the arrival of widespread generative AI use, and instructors and students alike continue to grapple with its potential and its challenges. This session explores eight emergent aspects of the AI landscape across the postsecondary sector, with time for participant Q&A and discussion.

Robin Sutherland-Harris (PhD) first began teaching as a graduate student in Medieval Studies and is now a teaching development associate at York University’s Teaching Commons . In this role, she has been at the forefront of raising AI awareness and responding to its pedagogical implications for higher education. Robin has extensive designing and delivering pedagogical professional development, facilitating interdisciplinary conversations, and creating practical resources around Generative AI. She also currently sits on York’s AI Roundtable and co-chairs York's AI in Teaching and Learning Working Group, York’s GenAI Pedagogies Community of Practice, and the Council of Ontario Educational Developer’s GenAI Community of Practice.

Register here: https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/WpSekEvmRj2ZKltf513Ekw