EdUp AI
By Jason Gulya
The emergence of AI has turned learning on its head. It has forced us to ask major questions:
-How does AI fit into the future of learning?
-How can AI make learning more personalized and adaptive?
-What are the ethical implications of AI?
This podcast will tackle these questions and more!
Season 2, Episode 5: A Student's Perspective on AI
What do students think of AI?
To find out, I talked to Nicolas Gertler, an undergraduate at Yale and an AI startup founder.
We talk about:
- what students think about AI
- how professors can talk to students about AI
- what it's like to be an AI startup CEO
Tune in. You won't want to miss it!
Season 2, Episode 4: What if Professors Could Clone Themselves?
David Clarke's been cloning professors.
And he's been putting those clones inside Learning Management Systems.
This:
- Helps overwhelmed professors
- Provides immediate support
- Personalizes course content
In this mini-episode, we'll talk about what he's been building and what role he thinks AI can play in student success.
Season 2, Episode 3: What's the deal with conversational chatbots?
In this solo podcast, I will talk about Pi and other conversational chatbots.
These are chatbots that:
- are about as powerful as ChatGPT
- sound like real humans
- are mobile-first
These kinds of chatbots will have profound implications for society and the classroom.
Season 2, Episode 2: Why Don't Colleges Change?
In this mini-episode, the host (Jason Gulya) does a deep dive into:
- why colleges are structured so strangely
- why it's hard for colleges to change
- what this means for their legacy in the Age of AI
Season 2, Episode 1: The Professor's AI Dilemma
In this episode, I cover something specific. What happens when a professor feels like they need to approach a student about cheating with AI.
- What is that experience like?
- How does that feel?
It's an important conversation, and we rarely talk about it.
16. How Does AI-Powered Assessment Work? (A Conversation with Manjinder Kainth)
I've long been interested in AI-Powered Assessment
I've been curious about :
- Is it a good thing?
- What are the risks?
- How can it help students?
- How can we personalize it?
- How can it help professors?
- How can AI give formative feedback?
To talk about these topics, I brought on Manjinder Kainth, the CEO and Co-Founder of the Company Graide. This company helps professors give students personalized and meaningful feedback faster and more effectively.
Enjoy!
15. How University of Phoenix is Using AI (a Conversation with Marc Booker)
How are universities using generative AI to get students market-ready?
That's my question in today's episode.
To answer it, I brought in Marc Booker. He's been leading the charge, as a Provost of Strategy at University of Phoenix.
He has helped the University:
-use AI to prepare students for the future of work
-incorporate AI into courses
You won't want to miss this one!
14. What are educators doing about AI? (Part 2)
This is a continuation of the podcast with Betsy Springer and Michael Vaughn.
We talk about what educators are doing with and about AI right now, to get their students ready for the workforce.
13. What are educators doing about AI? A Conversation with Betsy Springer and Michael Vaughn (Part 1)
There's a lot of chatter about AI and education.
But what's the everyday life of an educator like right now?
To find out, I talked to Betsy Springer (an educator and consultant) and Michael Vaughn (Adoption and Education Specialist).
We cover:
- what educators are doing with AI
- what educators think of AI detectors
- how educators should move forward
Enjoy!
P.S. Sorry for the quality of my mic. There were technical difficulties, and I needed to use my computer mic on the go.
12. AI and the Golden Age of Writing? A Conversation with Leon Furze
Will Artificial Intelligence usher in a Golden Age of Writing?
As my conversation with Leon Furze shows, this is possible.
It all comes down to how we understand "writing."
I hope you enjoy the conversation!
11. What's Life Like as an AI Consultant? A Conversation with Judith Cardenas
What's it like being an AI consultant right now? What about being an AI consultant for colleges?
To find out, I talked to Judith Cardenas.
Judith is CEO of the company "Strategies by Design," which helps colleges and companies take advantage of AI to maximize efficiency. She brings a wealth of college-level experience to the role.
So, let's dive in!
10. How Should Educators Prepare for the Future? A Conversation with Stefan Bauschard
What does the future of AI look like, and how should teachers prepare for it?
That's the kind of question Stefan and Bauschard talk about in this episode of the EdUp AI podcast!
9. Can We Talk About Ethics, Please? A Conversation With Laura Miller
Everyone seems to have something to say about AI ethics. It effects everyone, but there are few experts.
Laura Miller is one of the true experts. She's at the forefront of her field, and has a lot of experience helping individuals, companies, and colleges use AI ethically.
So, what does it mean to use AI ethically? What kinds of ethical concerns should we keep in mind when we incorporate AI into our lives, our workflows, and our classrooms?
We'll cover these topics and more!
Some Additional Resources
8. How Can Instructional Designers Use AI? A Conversation with Luke Hobson
What role should Artificial Intelligence play in Instructional Design? Can Instructional Designers--or really, any educator--use AI to be more productive? Can Instructional Designers use AI to create more human-centered learning experiences?
These questions are at the heart of my conversation with Luke Hobson, a Senior Instructional Designer and Project Manager at MIT.
We'll talk about:
- How AI can help Instructional Designers streamline their process?
- Awesome use cases for ChatGPT?
- The future of AI + Instructional Design.
- The worries with AI-enhanced learning experiences
Enjoy!
7. How Can We Improve Teaching with AI Avatars? A Conversation With Kevin Alster (Synthesia)
We're living in a strange time:
- We can clone our voices with just a few audio files.
- We can create AI avatars almost immediately.
- We can clone our friends and family members.
- We can generate realistic images with a few words.
So, what does the future of learning look like in that environment?
How can we use avatar videos to create more personalized, more interactive learning experiences?
Those questions, and more, animate my conversation with Kevin Alster, a learning strategist at Synthesia (a company that makes realistic avatar videos). Kevin is an all-star: he knows so much about how AI videos can improve our teaching and make our courses more student-centered.
Enjoy!
Here are some additional sources and links:
6. How Can AI Support Microlearning? A Conversation with Kate Udalova (Founder of 7Taps)
Microlearning and AI can reinforce each other.
That's a big takeaway from my conversation with Kate Udalova, the founder of 7Taps Microlearning.
Kate and I talk about:
- The recent AI features 7Taps now has
- How AI can be used to offer just-in-time support
- The relationship between AI and Learning & Development
I hope you enjoy the conversation!
Here are some additional resources and links:
5. Can AI Save Writing?: A Conversation with Eric James Stephens
-Eric James Stephens
This is a truly special episode. I teamed up with Holly Owens, the host of the EdUp EdTech podcast, to interview Eric James Stephens. Eric is a Business Intelligence Developer in the construction sector. He's also the founder of Rhizomes, an EdTech product that will help educators mark up and assess student writing.
If you ask Eric, writing instruction has been broken for a long time. AI is the chance to improve writing instruction and scale personalized feedback. We'll definitely break that idea down.
We'll talk about:
1. How Eric is using AI right now in his full-time job
2. How he developed Rhizome
3. How he is collecting data for his program ethically and transparently
We hope you enjoy it!
Resources and Links:
1. Eric's LinkedIn Page
2. Project Rhizome
3. Holly's podcast page
4. What's The Alternative To AI-Detectors?: A Conversation with Wilson Tsu (Founder of PowerNotes)
Shortly after ChatGPT was released, we started to see the emergence of AI detectors. These programs were designed to identify whether a written document was created by human or machine, so that the student could be punished.
What if there were a better way?
This it the core of my conversation with Wilson Tsu, who founded the company PowerNotes. He's created an incredible platform, which focuses on (1) preventing plagiarism rather than punishing it and (2) working with AI. Throughout the conversation, we talk about:
- The role of A.I. in education
- How PowerNotes incorporates AI-generated work into the platform
- How PowerNotes works
- The future of AI-generated and AI-assisted writing.
As always, please feel free to reach out to me at edupexperience.ai@gmail.com with any questions or topics you want to discuss!
Resources:
3. What's It Like to Run an AI Company in 2023?: A Conversation with Jason Kuperberg (Co-Founder of HyperWrite)
To answer these questions, I talked to Jason Kuperberg. He's a co-founder of the company HyperWrite, a fantastic AI-assisted writing tool that's been around for several years.
Jason and I talk about:
How the arrival of ChatGPT (which really pushed what had already been happening at AI companies) changed the public's view of AI.
What a founder of an AI company does from day to day.
How to make AI programs that are fundamentally human-centered.
I hope you enjoy the episode! As always feel free to message me on LinkedIn or email me at edupexperience.ai@gmail.com if you have questions or ideas!
Resources/Links:
Jason Kuperberg's LinkedIn profile
HyperWrite's website (it really is awesome)
2. How Can We Empower Colleges Through AI?: A Conversation with James Hutson (Lindenwood University)
How can professors, students, and administrators use AI to be more productive? How can they use AI to encourage higher-level thinking?
These questions animate my discussion with James Hutson, an administrator and innovator at Lindenwood University. James talks about:
- The importance of playing with AI tech like ChatGPT before making up our minds about it.
- How to use AI to (a) get students past the initial hump of creation and (b) encourage higher-level thinking
- His personal journey to AI, and how it links to his research in Virtual Reality.
- The ethical and political considerations to keep in mind when using AI.
I hope you enjoy the episode!
Resources/Links:
1. James Hutson's LinkedIn profile.
2. Amazon link for Kate Crawford's book Atlas of AI (about A.I., politics, and power).
1. How Can We Democratize AI? A Conversation with Myra Roldan (Amazon's Machine Learning University)
These are just some of the questions that came up in my conversation with Myra Roldan, a Senior Technical Program Manager with Amazon Web Service's Machine Learning University. We also covered:
How professors and college administrators are reacting to the rise of ChatGPT
How to use ChatGPT to link college coursework to job and career preparation
How AI is forcing colleges to think through their assumptions
How can students use AI while remaining authentic
How to democratize AI
The evolution of AI and its effect on colleges
Resources and Further Reading
1. Myra's LinkedIn page.
2. Myra's TikTok page.
3. Amazon's Machine Learning University page.
4. Kartik Hosanagar, "The Democratization of Machine Learning: What It Means for Innovation"
