Sessions in which Doru Lupeanu participates
Wednesday 25 February, 2026
The project Bien-être numérique is collaboration between Le Pôle d’expertise interordres en formation à distance (FAD) and multiple higher education institutions in Quebec, including Concordia University. The project collects video testimonials from students, instructors, and educational advisors about dealing with the daily challenges they face while working in a digital environment. In this session, we will explore some of these common challenges and also share practical strategies and advi...
Sessions in which Doru Lupeanu attends
Wednesday 25 February, 2026
This session explores how to build custom Google Gemini Gems tailored to your unique needs. You will learn how to personalize an AI assistant using persona, task, context, and output-format parameters to deliver accurate, situation-aware responses. We will also compare this recent approach with earlier technologies such as the IBM Watson Assistant used to build an Activity Recommender in Moodle LMS, to highlight improvements in flexibility and ease of integration.
Transform live PowerPoint presentations or training sessions into flexible, self-paced learning experiences. In this session, you’ll learn how to create interactive PowerPoint slides that reinforce understanding and maximize learner engagement.
If you’d rather not share your data with mysterious servers in faraway places, this session might be for you. We’ll start by clarifying what “open source” means and highlighting a few open-source LLMs. You’ll learn the key differences between locally run and cloud-based models, and why those differences matter for privacy and security. Then we’ll introduce Ollama, a simple tool that makes it easy to download small language models and run them locally. We’ll wrap up with a step-by-step demo on...
Have you ever asked yourself "if only I could put together a little video for this", but you were unsure how to go about it? In this session, let's go over some basic tips on how to create a simple narrated animation video using two common tools: PowerPoint and Clipchamp. We probably won't win an Oscar with this, but it might help us in a pinch!
This session introduces the Concordia University community to NotebookLM as a collaborative tool that streamlines research and academic operations by centralizing sources, comparing documents, and extracting clear, evidence-informed insights. Using a case study on identifying recommendations and best practices for Responsible AI, participants will see how shared notebooks enhance teamwork and reduce duplication when working with complex documentation. The session also highlights essential lim...