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The Encore

Name: Desautels Hall Address: Rotman School of Business 105 St. George Street, 2nd Floor

The sessions are over. The conversation isn't. At every conference, there are moments that stay with you: an idea that shifts your thinking, a question you didn't get to ask, a practice you want to try but aren't sure where to start. The Encore is where those moments get a second life. It's the closing session of TLS2026, and it's built entirely around what mattered most to you. Before the session: Throughout the Symposium, a shared digital board invites you to capture what's resonating: key takeaways, lingering questions, ideas worth exploring further. Contributions are anonymous, and you can upvote others' posts [...]

5.6 Introduction to Cogniti: U of T’s AI Tool to Support Student Learning

Name: Rotman School of Management, Room L1060 Address:

Facilitator: Jordan Holmes, Senior Manager, Teaching, Learning, and Technology, CTSI Research shows that generative AI tool design matters for learning. The OECD Digital Education Outlook 2026 (https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-digital-education-outlook-2026_062a7394-en.html) finds that AI tools with clear educational guardrails may support learning outcomes, while unstructured use of AI risks becoming a shortcut that may hamper genuine learning gains.   Through Cogniti, U of T is giving instructors control over how AI is used for learning. Cogniti is an AI platform embedded directly in Quercus — no separate accounts required — that lets you shape AI interactions around your course content, your learning objectives, and your pedagogical [...]

5.4 Tuning In Sessions

Name: Rotman School of Management Room 151 Address:

5.4.1 Back to the 90s: Investigating Engagement, Interaction, and Thinking in a Screenless First-Year Writing Class Mustafa Siddiqui, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy, UTM Ryan Shuvera, Sessional Lecturer, Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy, UTM Sustaining Resonance: Lessons, Insights, and Impact Earlier this term, I conducted a first-year writing class a bit differently—I went screenless. The two sections I taught for three hours each did not use any technology. This meant there were no slides, no laptops, and no phones, and I called it a “Back-to-the-90s Class.” As an instructor, I relied on handouts, [...]