Live Workshops
Live Workshops
Multi-week, hands-on training where faculty and researchers build their own AI-native tools — not prompt courses. Every cohort finishes with a working, documented artifact. Below is the most recent workshop, followed by the archive of past workshops and training.
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+Completed · CEDIA Fondo AVANTE 2026 · Ecuador · UTE-UTPLVibe Coding for Research and Education40-hour national faculty development program, 10 Sep – 15 Oct 2026. Overview, partners and the final projects showcase.
Construya sus propias herramientas de investigación y docencia con IA
“Build your own AI research and teaching tools” — a workshop, not a prompt course.
A 40-hour national faculty development program delivered for CEDIA, Ecuador’s national research and education network, under its Fondo AVANTE 2026 award. Forty selected faculty from Ecuadorian universities each build a working AI-native digital tool — a data instrument, a simulation, an analysis pipeline or a teaching application — fitted to their own practice. No programming experience is required. Every lesson is narrated in both Spanish and English, and the cohort finishes with a documented, validated artifact rather than a certificate of attendance alone. It ran from 10 September to 15 October 2026 in five modules (foundations, AI for literature search and ethics, research applications, education applications, and a final project), with 22 recorded lessons and 12 live sessions on Microsoft Teams.
Instructor: Dr. Ali Keyvanfar, Kennesaw State University — A² Learning Studio, with Dr. Arezou Shafaghat.
Lead host: Universidad UTE, Quito — organized by Dr. Majid Khorami.
Co-host: Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (UTPL) — organized by Dr. Pablo Torres-Carrión.
Funder & certifying body: CEDIA, Fondo AVANTE 2026. Tuition-free for selected participants; certificate endorsed by CEDIA.
Enrollment for this cohort is closed. Registration ended 8 September 2026 and all 40 seats are filled. The agenda, calendar and course content stay open to browse; graded lessons and the certificate require enrollment.
+20 Subgroups · 40 Faculty · English VersionsFinal Projects Showcase12 research tools · 8 teaching tools · watch the English videos, open the project sites, the code and the methods notes
Forty faculty from Universidad UTE and UTPL (Ecuador) worked in subgroups of two. Each subgroup built a working research or teaching tool from one of the 27 project guides, documented the method, published it online, and presented it in English and Spanish on 15 October 2026. The links below open the English version of each project, as published by its authors.
Guide 3 · Qualitative text coding
Illegal Mining in Latin America
Minería LATAM
Carolina Viola ReyesUTE
Santiago Joel Jumbo LeivaUTPL
Guide 4 · Scored survey or data collection instrument
Competencies and Relevance of the Mechatronics Engineering Program
Competencias y pertinencia de la carrera de Ingeniería en Mecatrónica
Americo Rodrigo Cruz CamposUTE
José Raúl Castro MendietaUTPL
Guide 5 · Analysis dashboard or automated reports
Institutional Bibliometrics Assistant
Asistente de Bibliometría Institucional
Johanna Elizabeth Tutillo HerreraUTE
Maria Magdalena Guajala MichayUTPL
Guide 7 · Academic writing or grant proposal assistant
Pictorial Key Assistant
Asistente Clave Pictórica
Cecilia Maribel Albuja PaillachoUTE
Ronny Fabián Correa QuezadaUTPL
Guide 8 · Research assistant or automation agent
VibeAutomateResearchTool
Patricio Rafael Simbana EscobarUTE
Miguel Angel Botto TobarUTPL
Guide 8 · Research assistant or automation agent
Traceable Assistant for Scoping Reviews
Asistente Trazable para Revisiones de Alcance
Julianna Belén Montes de Oca CoralUTE
Darwin Marcelo Pillo GuanoluisaUTPL
Guide 10 · Living literature review
Living Review: RAG on Institutional Documents
Revisión viva · RAG en documentos institucionales
Marcelo Alejandro Carrera CevallosUTE
Segundo Raymundo Benitez HurtadoUTPL
Guide 10 · Living literature review
PRISMA Pathway
Ruta PRISMA
Daniela Alejandra Fernández GómezUTE
José Marcelino Romero GutiérrezUTPL
Guide 10 · Living literature review
Living Literature Review: Automatic Search, Human Decision
Revisión bibliográfica viva: búsqueda automática, decisión humana
Anaí Carolina Oñate BolañosUTE
Juan Carlos Torres DiazUTPL
Guide 10 · Living literature review
Living Record
Registro Vivo
Mónica Magdalena Calva FloresUTPL
Diana Elizabeth Cevallos BenavidesUTE
Guide 11 · Published method as a web tool
Interactive Ohm's Law
Ley de Ohm interactiva
Jonnathan Ismael Chamba CruzUTE
Alexis Polibio Gaona AlbitoUTPL
Guide 12 · Peer review role simulator
Academic Peer-Review Role Simulator
Simulador de roles de revisión académica
Maria Sara Aimacaña CabascangoUTE
Verónica Maribel Chávez FuentesUTPL
Guide 18 · Interactive learning activity or simulation
Marujadidak: Live Inclusion
Marujadidak · vive inclusión
Karina Rivadeneira RouraUTE
Alexandra Yakeline Meneses MenesesUTPL
Guide 18 · Interactive learning activity or simulation
Interactive Subnetting and VLSM Tutor
Tutor Interactivo de Subredes y VLSM
Wilson Fernando Guerrero AlvarezUTE
Tuesman Daniel Castillo CalvasUTPL
Guide 18 · Interactive learning activity or simulation
Vibe Coding Platform
Francisco Javier Higuera GonzalezUTE
Carlos Byron Bermeo LeónUTPL
Guide 21 · Course website or interactive syllabus
Multilingual Interactive Syllabus
Sílabo Interactivo Multilingüe
María de Lourdes Larrea ParedesUTE
Germania del Rocio Rodriguez MoralesUTPL
Guide 21 · Course website or interactive syllabus
Interactive Syllabus: Decision-Making and Strategic Communication in Health
Sílabo interactivo: toma de decisiones y comunicación estratégica en salud
Juan Pablo Arrobo AgilaUTPL
Daniel Augusto Rodriguez VillalbaUTE
Guide 21 · Course website or interactive syllabus
From Syllabus to Evidence
Del sílabo a la evidencia
Rodrigo Arturo Proaño EscalanteUTE
Martha Vanessa Agila PalaciosUTPL
Guide 24 · Course chatbot or tutor
Gastronomy History Tutor
Tutor de Historia de la gastronomía
Cristhian Fernando Peñarreta QuezadaUTPL
Pablo Roberto Cruz MolinaUTE
Guide 25 · Educational serious game
Pediatric Dentistry Consultations
Consultas de Odontopediatría
Verónica Viviana Cepeda TafurUTE
Jennifer Samaniego FrancoUTPL
Projects belong to their authors and are hosted on their own GitHub Pages sites or shared folders. Each one is a faculty prototype built in a 40-hour course, shared as submitted.
+Workshop ArchivePast Workshops & TrainingPreviously delivered workshops, facilitated training and faculty development sessions, most recent first.
Facilitated Workshops & Training
April 24, 2026 · Invited Workshop Presenter
NSF AI-Ready TRACE Workshop
“The Missing Layer — Making Science Callable” · University of Maryland, Baltimore County + AOK Gallery, Baltimore
February 2024 · Workshop Facilitator
KSU Research Foundation (KSURF) — Campus-wide Workshop
“Harnessing AI for Enhanced Research Communication” · View agenda (PDF)
June 2020 · International Invited Webinar
Post-COVID-19 Urban Planning International Webinar — RUBI & IAP, Indonesia
“COVID-19 and Urban Planning Challenges”
Faculty Development Sessions
May 6, 2026 · Invited Panelist
KSU Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning — Pre-Tenure Faculty Success Panel
University-wide pre-tenure faculty cohort
November 2024 · Invited Panelist
KSU Celebration of Teaching Day — “Teaching with AI” Panel
KSU Kennesaw Campus
December 2021 · Research Conversation Speaker
Research Conversation with Dr. Ali Keyvanfar — KSU
“Your Future Research Life: Lessons Learned in Past 15 Years”
Available for cohort-based AI training
These programs are delivered for universities, national research networks and professional bodies, in English or Spanish, virtually or on site. Formats run from a half-day facilitated workshop to a multi-week cohort with mentoring and a certificate pathway.
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