Breaking Academic Silos:
Cross-Disciplinary AI Integration That Works

Explore key insights from our May 28th webinar on the practical integration of AI into university curricula, navigating faculty resistance, student anxieties, and ensuring graduates have the AI literacy needed for tomorrow’s workforce.

Panelists include:

  • Josh Jones, CEO, QuantHub

  • Benn Konsynski, Emory AI Chair

  • Kathryn Palmer, Reporter, Inside Higher Ed (Moderator)

Urgent Skills for Tomorrow’s Careers

Josh outlines the accelerated pace of job-skill evolution, stressing universities’ urgent need to adapt to workforce realities.

(1 min 48 sec)

Teaching Critical Thinking Through AI

Josh and Benn discuss critical new skills like prompt engineering and emphasize rapid adaptation of universities to evolving AI needs.

(1 min 21 sec)

Inconsistent AI Policies Confuse Students

Kathryn highlights students’ struggle with conflicting professor guidelines on AI use, emphasizing the need for cohesive institutional policies.

(1 min 22 sec)

Quick Curricular Fixes: Hot-Swapping AI

Josh offers practical approaches for immediately integrating AI content into existing courses without lengthy approvals.

(1 min 2 sec)

Rethinking the Semester Structure

Benn questions traditional semester structures, advocating for curriculum redesign to better match current learning demands.

(57 sec)

Overcoming Faculty Resistance to AI

Benn explores faculty skepticism toward AI and how educators can shift perspectives by seeing AI’s practical benefits.

(40 sec)

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