Season 1 Episode 6

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.