Navigating AI’s Rapid Transformation in Higher Ed, with C. Edward Watson
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Today on episode number 602 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast, Navigating AI's Rapid Transformation in Higher Ed with C. Edward Watson. Produced by Innovate Learning, Maximizing Human Potential. Welcome to this episode of Teaching in Higher Ed. I'm Bonnie Stahoviak and this is the space where we explore the art and science of being more effective at facilitating learning.
We also share ways to improve our productivity approaches so we can have more peace in our lives and be even. more present for our students. In this episode, I'm joined by C. Edward Watson, PhD, Vice President for Digital Innovation at the American Association of Colleges and Universities. and founding director of AACNU's Institute on AI, pedagogy, and the curriculum.
Eddie has long been at the forefront of helping institutions navigate emerging technologies and his recent work, including Teaching with AI, the second edition, Leading Through Disruption, and the Student Guide to AI, offer a practical and informed perspective on the changes shaping higher education. Our conversation, as you'll hear, traces the rapid changes that we've been experiencing with AI on our various campuses, from the concerns that came very quickly about cheating to more broader questions around AI literacy and discipline-specific integration. And what does it look like to help prepare students for a workforce being shaped by artificial intelligence? Eddie and I explore how faculty can respond to the disorienting pace of change in AI models, what academic integrity looks like in an era of agenc tools, and why he and his co-author, Jose Bowen,
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