Keynotes & Invited Lectures
Leahy, S. M. (2024, May 15). AI: Transforming the future of teaching, learning, and assessment. In J. McNulty & D. O’Connor (Chairs), Artificial Intelligence in teaching, learning, and assessment [Symposium]. University College Dublin Teaching and Learning Symposium 2024, Dublin, Ireland.
Leahy, S. M (2024, April 26). Futures of GenAI in Educaiton: Aligned with UNESCO SDGs [Conference session]. Machine Learning Day 2024, Glendale, AZ, USA. https://asuevents.asu.edu/event/machine-learning-day-2024
Leahy, S. M., Jagannathan, U., Mattisson, H. L., Marchat, G., Basu, K., Powers, M. & Abbot, J. D. (2024, April 12). Ethical AI Development [Panel discussion]. 2024 AI Conference, From AI to AZ: Navigating the Silicon Desert, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Pierotti, S. & Leahy, S. M. (2023, May 11) Welcome! Why we’re here: a brief history of artificial intelligence [Conference session and program emcee]. ShapingEDU Mini Summit: AI x Higher Ed, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI Tools, Tempe, AZ, USA [Virtual]. https://shapingedu.asu.edu/event/shapingedu-mini-summit-ai-x-higher-ed-or-how-i-learned-stop-worrying-and-love-ai-tools
Leahy, S. M. (2023, February 23). Scanning the education futures horizon. [Lecture]. ShapingEDU Global Community Solutioneering Summit 2023, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Leahy, S. M. (2023, February 16). Becoming a citizen futurist. [Lecture]. ShapingEDU Global Community Solutioneering Summit 2023, Scottsdale, AZ, USA [Virtual].
Leahy, S. M. (2023, January 13). Futures of artificial intelligence in education and diversity equity and inclusion. [Lecture]. Open Innovation for Education, Scottsdale, AZ, USA.
Holland C. & Leahy, S. M. (2022, February 4). Futures Thinking. [Seminar]. Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Ireland
Leahy, S. M. (2021, September 15). Challenges and opportunities of AI in education in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. [Lecture]. EdTech Korea 2021 Forum, Seoul, South Korea.
Scragg, B.& Leahy, S. M. (2021, March). Designing learning futures: Navigating toward the next normal. Keynote address presented at OLC Innovate K-12 Summit, Boston, MA, USA [Virtual].
Leahy, S. M., Mishra, P., & Donner, J. (2021, January). Learning futures: Designing the horizon. Keynote address presented at ShapingEDU Winter Games 2021conference, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Leahy, S. M. (2020, July 22). Around the flagpole: The what, why, and how of learner-centered everything [Moderator, presenter, panelist]. ASU Learning Human [online], Tempe, AZ, USA.
Leahy, S. M. (2020, July 14). Futures thinking and strategic foresight: What it is, why it matters for leaders [Lecture]. Learning Futures Leadership Studios [online], Tempe, AZ, USA.
Leahy, S. M. (2020, February 22). Principled use of technology in the Fourth Industrial Revolution [Lecture]. Principled innovation: Leadership for today, tomorrow and the future, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Leahy, S. M. (2019, October). Fourth Industrial Revolution: Impact on education paradigms. US Speaker Program. Lecture presented at U.S. Department of State Speaker Program, Seoul, South Korea.
Leahy, S. M. (2019, July). The futures of learning in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Global Learn. Keynote address presented at 2019 Global Learn conference, Princeton, NJ, USA.
PUBLICATIONS & PrOceedings
Leahy, S. M., & Holland, C. (In-press). Harmonizing governance frameworks for the agentic use of AI in education across the G20 [Policy brief]. T20 Brazil 2024. https://www.t20brasil.org/en/pbs
Demir, M., Leahy, S. M., Mishra, P., Chen, C. K., & Singharoy, A. (2024). Adaptive artificial intelligence to teach interactive molecular dynamics in the context of human-computer interaction. EPiC Series in Computing, 102, 140–153. Proceedings of the Conference on Cognitive and Computational Aspects of Situation Management 2023. K. Baclawski, M. Kozak, K. Bellman, G. D’Aniello, A. Ruvinsky, & C. Da Silva Ferreira Barreto (Eds.), CogSIMA 2023. https://easychair.org/publications/paper/x4Pg
Leahy, S., Craig, S., Krieser, K., & Griffey-Brown, C. (2023, December 5-7). Mindless mirrors: The inevitability of anthropomorphizing generative AI [Conference presentation]. Empowering Learners for the Age of AI Local 2023, Tempe, AZ, United States. https://empoweringlearners.ai/
Holland, C., Jha, J., Leahy, S., Rao, M., Bennett, D., Ghatak, N. & Ni, H. (2023). Developing comprehensive and responsive systems of early child development, education, and care. T20 Policy Brief, India. https://t20ind.org/research/developing-comprehensive-and-responsive-systems-of-early-child-development-education-and-care/
Leahy, S., Demir, M. & Singharoy, A. (2023). Ice to water: Exploring biotechnology through virtual reality. In T. Bastiaens (Ed.), Proceedings of EdMedia + Innovate Learning (pp. 1002-1006). Vienna, Austria: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/222609/
Leahy, S. & Mishra, P. (2023). TPACK and the Cambrian explosion of AI. In E. Langran (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2465-2469). New Orleans, LA, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/222145/
Leahy, S. M., Scragg, B., & Mishra, P. (2022). Creatively confronting the adjacent possible: Educational leadership and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. In R. Beghetto & G. Jaeger (Eds.), Uncertainty: A catalyst for creativity, learning and development. Creativity Theory and Action in Education (Vol 6, pp. 319-336). Springer.
Leahy, S. M., Singharoy, A., Kellaris, C., & Mishra, P. (2022, April 11-15). BioSense Network: Exploring biotechnology through computational microscopes [Conference presentation]. SITE 2022, San Diego, CA, United States. https://site.aace.org/conf/
Becker, S. A., & Leahy, S. M. (2021). Foreword: The Final Installment. Current Issues in Education, 22(1). Retrieved from https://cie.asu.edu/ojs/index.php/cieatasu/article/view/1974
Donner, J. & Leahy, S. (2020, November 29-December 5). Introducing future educators to emerging technologies through inquiry [Conference presentation]. ISTE20 Live Conference and Expo, Virtual Conference, United States.
Donner, J., Warr, M., Leahy, S., & Mishra, P. (2020). Embracing failure in a first-year technology course. Universitas Tarraconensis. Revista de Ciències de l'Educació, 1(3), 68. doi:https://doi.org/10.17345/ute.2020.3.2873
Adams Becker, S., Leahy, S., Flintoff, K., & Scragg, B. (2020). Introduction: Shaping the Futures of Learning in the Digital Age. Current Issues in Education, 21(2). Retrieved from https://cie.asu.edu/ojs/index.php/cieatasu/article/view/1946
Leahy, S. & Donner, J. (2020). IgnitED Labs: Looking to the past to prepare for the futures of learning. In D. Schmidt-Crawford (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 1777-1781). Online: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/215956/
Donner, J. & Leahy, S. (2020). Developing innovative educators: Alignment of a technology literacy course and an emerging technologies lab. In D. Schmidt-Crawford (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 1722-1725). Online: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/215948/
Leahy, S. M., Filloon, C., & Donner, J. (2019, November). Principled use of artificial intelligence in education. In Principled innovation in the systems of educator and leader preparation. Symposium conducted at the 45th Annual Association for Moral Education (AME) 2019, Seattle Washington, USA.
Leahy, S. M., Holland, C., & Ward, F. (2019). The digital frontier: Envisioning future technologies impact on the classroom. Futures, 113, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2019.04.009
Spiro, R. J., Feltovich, P. J., Gaunt, A., Hu, Y., Klautke, H., Cheng, C., Clemente, I., Leahy, S., & Ward, P. (2019). Cognitive Flexibility Theory and the accelerated development of adaptive readiness and adaptive response to novelty. In P. Ward, J. M. Schragen, J. Gore, & E. Roth (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Expertise (951-976). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198795872.013.41
Leahy, S. & Mishra, P. (2018). Designing the new generation of computer labs for a college of education. In Proceedings of E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (1129-1132). Las Vegas, NV, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/185074/
Leahy, S., Holland, C., Ward, F., & Doiron, J. (2018). Beyond Web 3.0: International collaboration exploring learning ecologies and teacher professional development for the Diamond Age. Proceedings of the International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Valencia, Spain, 2051-2055.
Leahy, S. M. (2017). Review of the book Philosophy of multisensory communication and media, by Keith Kenney. Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication, 8(2), 240-244.
Leahy, S. (2017). Foundations of video production: An interactive course module on best practices to enhance experiences of educational technology educators and professionals. Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Barcelona, Spain, 173-176.
Leahy, S. M. (2017). GIFTS: Teaching media technology and convergence through podcasting. High density panel presented at 67th Annual International Communications Association Conference, San Diego CA.
Wiggins, B., Leahy, S., Jenkins, K., Smith, J., Arese Visconti, F., Young, T., & Srisupawat., B. (2017). International Podcast Project: Using podcasts to enrich and enhance experiences in international education. Proceedings of the International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Valencia, Spain, 2510-2517.
Jenkins, K., & Leahy, S. (2017). Promoting agency and inclusion through an international podcast project. Presented at the annual Webster University Teaching Festival, St. Louis MO.
Griffey, J., & Leahy, S. (2015). Using technology among networked international campuses to explore a synchronous / asynchronous model for teaching an upper-level design course. Proceedings from the Asian Conference on Technology in the Classroom 2015, Kobe, Japan.
Deschyver, M. D., Leahy, S. M., Koehler, M. J., & Wolf, L. G. (2013). The habits of mind necessary to generate new ways of teaching in a career of constant change. TechTrends, 57(3), 40-46.
Mishra, P., Fahnoe, C., Henriksen, D., Kereluik, K., DeSchryver, M., Leahy, S., Terry, L. & Graves Wolf, L. (2013). Breaking Disciplinary Boundaries in 21st Century Learning: Creative Teaching with Digital Technologies: Part 2. In R. McBride & M. Searson (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (pp. 4210-4215). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Guenther, B., Heyboer Shelle, G., Leahy, S., & Collins, B. (2011). e-Cornucopia.2011 The Open Digital University: An OER Platform for International Development. Oakland University, Rochester, MI.
Leahy, S. M. (2010). Web Development Group: Mobile Lecture Capture. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
Leahy, S. M. (2009). Virtual University Design & Technology Breakfast Series: Accessibility – Evaluating Your Content and Responding to Requests. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
WORKSHOPS
Leahy, S. M. & Collins, D. (2023). Generative AI Workshop: An exploration of emergent artificial intelligence tools. ASU EdTech Open House (March 29 - April 19), Tempe, AZ, USA.
Leahy, S. M. (2023). Ask a Futurist: Everything you always wanted to know about Futures Thinking - but were afraid to ask. ShapingEDU Global Community Solutioneering Summit 2023, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Leahy, S. M. (2023). Becoming a citizen futurist: Using Futures Thinking & Foresight Practices in Your Work. ShapingEDU Global Community Solutioneering Summit 2023, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Mishra, P., Scragg, B., & Leahy, S. (2017). Re-seeing Technology in the Classroom: Technology, Pedagogy, and Content.
Coronado High School, Scottsdale, AZ
Technology-focused workshop in which teachers were prompted to think about creative ways they can use technology (current or new) in their classrooms. To support this effort, the teachers were engaged in three rotations of technology stations that included, digital storytelling, programming and robotics, and mobile computing.
Leahy, S. (2017, 2018). Developing a Professional Community of Practice.
Madison Meadows Middle School, Phoenix, AZ.
This year long professional development series focused on the project goal to help the teaching faculty rethink their traditional teaching methods, to leverage the newly constructed open classroom space and modular classroom furniture, as well as rethink how they use classroom technology to develop an active learning environment.
Griffey, J., & Leahy, S. M. (2017). 3D Printing Workshop.
Webster University the Netherlands, Leiden the Netherlands.
This workshop is focused as an introductory experience to consumer 3D printing, covering the technology, best practices, and the pedagogical and economic impact of 3D printing in higher education and todays maker movements.
Leahy, S. M., & Blinkenberg, B. (2011). Virtual University Design & Technology: Blended 101. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
This workshop focused on hands on approach to teaching faculty how to combine online teaching with face-to-face interactions, and integrating technology into their courses to facilitate the best possible learning environment.
Leahy, S. M. (2010, 2009). Spring Faculty Seminar: Web Accessibility.
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
This workshop was focused on addressing the compliance of online courses with web standards to ensure best online course experiences for all users.
Leahy, S. M. (2009, 2008). Fall Faculty Seminar: Introduction to Photoshop.
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
This workshop focused on covering the fundamentals of Adobe Photoshop and the application of image editors to generate course content, and enhance online learning.