Generative AI isn't going anywhere. How do instructors help students keep their own voice, think critically, and keep their identity intact while using it? In this episode, Dr. Genevieve Condon and Dr. Kimberly Derryberry, faculty members in the psychology department at Colorado Technical University, revisit their Innovative Educators Summit presentation, "Supporting Students in an Era of AI." They dig into what happens neurologically when students lean on AI to write (including new MIT brain-scan research), why writing functions as identity formation and emotional processing, and how CTU is building AI into real coursework, like a leadership course assignment that has students compare their own writing to an AI-generated version. It's a practical, research-backed look at using AI as a tool for learning rather than a substitute for thinking.

In this episode of The Hawkes Edge Podcast, we explore how AI is reshaping higher education far beyond productivity tools and classroom policies. Joined by Louis NeJame, co-founder of Bevel, the conversation dives into the evolving role of curriculum in an AI-driven world and what it means for instructors, students, and the future of learning.

Together, we discuss how AI has the potential to make course design faster and curriculum more adaptive, personalized, and responsive to student needs. This episode challenges higher education to rethink not just the tools we use, but the purpose and structure of learning itself.

From Graphs to Insight-Using Technology to Deepen Student Understanding with Emily Carpenter