Primary speaker:
Allison Van Beek, Executive Director, Centre For Teaching Support & Innovation
Description:
This session adapts the Jeopardy! format for an IT conference audience, with questions that are light enough to keep the room laughing and challenging enough that we all learn something. Participants will play in teams through a classic six-category Jeopardy! board. The goal is not to put anyone on the spot, but to create a shared experience that sparks conversation and friendly debate, especially in a decentralized environment where people often work in parallel and use different language for similar problems.
Category themes and example titles include: EdTech Tool Time (U of T teaching and learning tech, including Quercus and the Academic Toolbox), Phish and Chips (information security), The Robot Said What (generative AI), Born at U of T (homegrown or locally managed tools and services that support the university), Alphabet Soup (decoding U of T IT acronyms to make cross-team communication easier) and The Mystery Box (a wildcard category for cross-cutting topics, unexpected connections and a few surprises).
Overall, this is a community-building session with substance. Participants leave with shared language, memorable takeaways and a stronger sense of connection to the people they work alongside across the university.
