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ChatGPT Ate My Homework

What happens when AI completes the assignment better than the student? This talk unpacks the ethical and pedagogical challenges of teaching in an AI-powered classroom. Alym introduces a practical, four-dimensional framework for evaluating AI use in student work—grounded in policy, psychology, and real-world experience.

  • Best for: Faculty, instructional designers, academic leadership

  • Includes: Frameworks, use cases, and implementation strategies

Lights, Camera, Engagement

Selected for “Best of the Teaching Professor Conference” in 2024

How to bring Hollywood-level engagement to your classroom—without the Hollywood budget. Learn how Alym uses OBS, live effects, and interactive elements to make hybrid and online teaching more compelling than most Netflix specials.

  • Best for: Online instructors, educational tech teams

  • Includes: Live demos, free templates, engagement data

Technical talks

Strategies to Create Pooled Exams

Most learning management systems allow faculty to create pooled exams-but writing these exams in a way that’s fair to your students, and resistant to cheating is challenging. In this session, you’ll learn techniques to create effective pooled exams that maintain fairness while increasing randomness between students.

Excel for Accountants: Smarter Tools for Better Work

In this technical session, Alym will walk through the Excel functions every accountant should know—including PivotTables, SUMIFS, COUNTIFS, LOOKUPs, IF statements, Flash Fill, and wildcard-based text tools. The focus is on practical, auditable techniques for cleaning data, building reports, and working faster and smarter.

Using a Data-Driven Approach to Write Better Exams

Selected for “Best of the Teaching Professor Conference” in 2021.

Stop guessing whether your tests are fair. In this session, Alym shows faculty how to mine the item-analysis reports already hiding in their LMS to spot weak questions, sharpen distractors, and boost reliability and validity. You’ll leave with evidence-based tips and the confidence to turn every exam into actionable learning data.