Recently Educause released its inaugural AI Landscape Study, which polled the higher education community about AI strategic planning and readiness, policies and procedures, impact on the workforce, and the future of AI in higher education. We spoke with report author and Educause Senior Researcher Jenay Robert for a deep dive into some of the thinking behind the study, what the survey findings tell us about institutions' AI journeys, and how "I don't know" might be the theme of the day when it comes to AI.

Resource links:

• Educause AI Landscape Study
• Educause Innovation Summit
• National Artificial Intelligence Act of 2020
• Educause Workforce Studies
• Educause Horizon Reports and Horizon Action Plans

Music: Mixkit

Duration: 29 minutes

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David Wiley is well known as the co-founder and chief academic officer of Lumen Learning and a long-time advocate of open educational resources and access to educational opportunity. But if you follow him on LinkedIn or on his Improving Learning blog, it's clear that he also does a lot of thinking and speaking and writing about generative AI. For this episode of the podcast, we spoke about why generative AI is the logical successor to OER, AI's impact on instructional design, exciting AI developments on the horizon, and why it's too early for universities to write policies for generative AI usage.

Resource links:

• Improving Learning Blog
• OpenAI Guide to Prompt Engineering
• How I Won Singapore's GPT-4 Prompt Engineering Competition
• Arizona State University Partnership with OpenAI

Music: Mixkit

Duration: 35 minutes

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Last November, Campus Technology Editor in Chief Rhea Kelly moderated a panel on the state of AI in education at Tech Tactics in Education 2023, a new conference for education IT leaders produced by Campus Technology and its sister publication THE Journal. The conversation ranged from basic definitions, to concerns, limitations, and opportunities, as well as leadership and culture change. In this episode of the podcast, we’re sharing a recording of the discussion — it’s full of insights for anyone grappling with the impact of AI and generative AI on campus.

Resource links:

• Tech Tactics in Education

Music: Mixkit

Duration: 40 minutes

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