For nearly a decade, Families Learning Together (FLT) has explored the intersections of art, design, and creative computing through a community-based, intergenerational learning model. Anchored at the Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos and the San Marcos Public Library, FLT invites families, youth, elders, university students, and K-12 educators to engage in computational storymaking, dramatic… Read More »Families Learning Together: Expressive STEM Inquiry in San Marcos, TX

We bring a unique set of lived experiences to our practice as educators, artists, designers, and learners. When we use artificial intelligence tools to supplement or enhance our work through a humanistic lens, we use it as an extension of ourselves seeking to learn or create something new. In initial use of AI, we can… Read More »Interrogating AI: Positionality and identity of artificial intelligence

Join us to hear from a panel of art and design students will discuss their projects, experiences and perspectives on the ethics of Panelists include: Parsons School of Design: Camila Bravo del Corral, Muskan Niraj Gupta, Ritika Suryawanshi Penn State University: Kaydee Dambeck Texas State University: Harshini Kaparaju University of the Arts London: Zhongyuan Zhang… Read More »Student Panel on AI

Maryam Farhadi & Maria Mackinney | Learn about digital tools and practices which support cognitive abilities, memory retention, emotional regulation, and wellbeing.

RAY LC & Jeannine Vail and Chanjuan Chen | Explore using Generative AI in game design and its impact on teaching and learning within multidisciplinary design education

Uyen Nguyen & Cynthia Lawson Jaramillo | Discuss transforming and co-designing digital asynchronous learning and promoting slowness in design education.

Danial Ezzati & Jonathan Ventura, Michal Pauzner, Dr. Andreas Unteidig, and Prof. Matteo Moretti | Learn about bridging cultural heritage through interactive media and a toolkit for social design education.

Summer Doll-Myers & Lorenz Herfurth | Explore rethinking and designing the art and design school experience.

Kimberly Mitchell, Ting Zhou, Dr. Yuqing Zhang, and Fengpei (Fiona) Yuan | An interdisciplinary panel explores ethics and social responsibility in undergraduate education.

Linh Nguyen, Huy Tang, and Matthias Waldhart & Meredith Cawley | Rethink the first-year design school experience and reignite curiosity for research.