When I am in a headspace to think rationally about generative AI, I often think about Melvin Kranzberg’s first law of technology: “Technology is neither good nor bad; nor is it neutral” (1986: 545). Most technology simultaneously produces benefits and harms. The outcomes are context dependent and unintended consequences are practically guaranteed. As a risk […]
R. Jason LaTurner, 5.21.26 Having started to dance with AI at my previous employer to summarize survey results, I was fascinated to see how college students are interacting with AI. Is it like HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey? More like AUTO from WALL‑E? More of a massive source of knowledge like Winston in Dan
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Scott McMahon Adjunct Instructor Schneider School of Business and Economics St. Norbert College May 7, 2026 When it comes to AI, how many of you feel like Major T.J. “King” Kong in Stanley Kubricks’s film, Dr. Strangelove? Do you find yourself screaming while strapped to the side of a falling bomb destined to bring devastation and terror to the higher-education landscape? That is how I felt during the past few
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Brandon Bauer, Associate Professor of Art I taught two courses this semester in which I addressed AI directly and intentionally, integrating it as both a subject of inquiry and a tool for critical engagement. One was a research-based, writing-intensive course, and the other was an upper-level digital studio course. AI as a research assistant in
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Since starting teaching at the college level, I have often been pretty early to adopt various technology-based teaching and learning tools. For example, in the “early” days of Twitter, I had an account for my public speaking classes (that had one follower). However, I was not really sure exactly where to start with this newer
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