While it may be tempting to hop over to your favorite conversational AI tool when you can't get the time and attention you need from your project's subject matter expert(s) (SMEs), is that really your best choice? Consider your SME as your fellow human-in-the-loop and join us to explore best practices for using AI to help you work with your SMEs — not instead of them.

We’ll share practical approaches from our work in developing medical case practice, assessment question generation, and other real-world learning contexts — highlighting how AI can accelerate L&D work while keeping SME collaboration authentic and productive.

Along the way, you’ll see how we apply the W.I.S.E. A.T. A.I. framework to support SME relationships, elevate AI literacy, and ensure that both humans and machines contribute their best work. You’ll leave with strategies you can apply immediately to use AI thoughtfully, ethically, and effectively in partnership with your experts.
 

Megan Torrance is the CEO and founder of TorranceLearning, where she leads a team of learning experience designers & engineers in reimagining workplace learning. Her firm has served Fortune 1000 companies, major research universities, global professional associations, and federal agencies for over two decades. Megan brings a strategic vision that helps TorranceLearning bridge vision with execution—delivering innovative, data-informed, and learner-centered solutions.
 
She is the author of Agile for Instructional Designers, Data & Analytics for Instructional Designers, and Making Sense of xAPI and has served as a Facilitator for eCornell’s leadership programs and an adjunct instructor in Penn State’s Learning Design & Technology Master’s program.  
 

Chris King believes that effective learning must drive behavior change – otherwise, what’s the point? As the former Executive Director of the 5 Moments of Need® Academy, he champions digital coaches, workflow learning, and strategies to enhance organizational performance. Now a consultant, project manager, AI Experimenter-in-Chief, and innovation catalyst, Chris applies modern methodologies to drive impact and get [stuff] done. He balances that out with the fun stuff of being Dad, husband, musician, and outdoorsman.