I am pleased to announce that the 2025 Proceedings of the Teaching Tech Comm and AI Symposium are now available on TechneForge.com, an academic platform exploring the evolving relationships between Generative AI, communication technologies, and technical and professional communication (TPC) scholarship and pedagogy.
Curated by Eugene Crane, Associate Professor of English at Utah Valley University, this year’s micro-conference continued its mission of convening educators, scholars, and practitioners to critically examine AI’s growing role in the teaching and practice of technical communication.
Highlights from this year’s proceedings include:
Keynote Address: Geoffrey Sauer delivers a compelling keynote presentation titled "How Technical Communicators May Work Safely within the ‘Fog’ of Emerging GenAI Ethics," where he outlines practical strategies for ethical engagement with generative AI in professional and instructional contexts.
Reimagining Practice and Collaboration: Shiva Mainaly considers the evolving role of AI in professional writing in his talk "Reimagining Expertise: AI as a Co-Author in Technical Communication Workflows," exploring how AI can function as a collaborative writing partner. Similarly, Gustav Verhulsdonck and Jialei Jiang analyze how generative AI contributes to iterative UX design in their case study "‘Knotworking’ with Generative AI."
Professional Foundations and Training: Bremen Vance, Geoffrey Sauer, and Guisseppe Getto offer a foundational overview of AI concepts and how they affect professional roles in "Demystifying AI: Foundations, Training, and Professional Impact for Technical Communicators." In a complementary contribution, Jamie Littlefield shares applied classroom strategies for preparing students to fine-tune large language models in "Large Language Model Fine-Tuning."
Pedagogical Innovations: Stuart Selber and Eric York propose a reconfiguration of curriculum to better reflect GenAI realities in "Redesigning the Technical Communication Service Course for Gen AI." Justin Cook explores how AI reshapes rhetorical genre theory and classroom practice in "Means, Motive, and AI? Renegotiating Genre and Embracing AI in the Technical Writing Classroom." In "Fostering Ethical and Engaging Student Research," Codi Renee Blackmon presents a case study of using NotebookLM to support AI-assisted student research while maintaining ethical focus.
Research and Ethics in AI Use: Mohamed Yacoub and colleagues present findings from a comparative study examining how student writers respond to AI-generated versus instructor feedback in "AI vs. Human Teachers." Lance Cummings, G. Edzordzi Agbozo, and Colleen Reilly examine shifting norms in authorship and editing practices with "Recentering Technical Editing." Nupoor Ranade advocates for increased transparency and documentation of AI use in classroom and professional settings in her presentation "Making AI Visible."
Expanding Perspectives: Zsuzsanna Palmer contributes a forward-looking piece titled "Perspectives about the Role of AI in Assistive Technology," in which she investigates how AI-enabled tools are redefining accessibility and shaping more inclusive approaches to writing pedagogy.
These presentations collectively demonstrate the diversity of inquiry and innovation shaping the next chapter of AI-integrated technical communication.
I invite you to explore the full 2025 proceedings, watch the presentations, and join the ongoing scholarly conversation by contributing your own AI Use Cases and Feature articles to the platform.
Explore the symposium here: https://techneforge.com/ai-symposium-2025/
Warm regards,
Dr. Phil Gallagher
Dr. Philip B. Gallagher | He, Him, His
Assistant Professor
Department of Technical Communication
Mercer University School of Engineering
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