My Robot Teacher
My Robot Teacher
Podcast Description
What happens when AI crashes into the classroom?
When ChatGPT rolled out across the California State University (CSU) system, it sparked a wide range of faculty responses - from panic to full adoption. In My Robot Teacher, CSU professors Taiyo Inoue and Sarah Senk explore how generative AI is disrupting higher education, and what resistance, habituation, and adaptation really look like in real classrooms.
My Robot Teacher is a podcast about AI and higher education, hosted by public university professors, produced by editaudio, and sponsored by the California Learning Lab.
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The podcast focuses on the impact of generative AI in higher education, exploring themes such as resistance to AI, pedagogical adaptation, and the evolving role of assignments. Episode examples include discussions on how large language models like ChatGPT are reshaping trust and teaching, as well as insights from faculty on AI's current implications for public universities.
What happens when AI crashes into the classroom?
When ChatGPT rolled out across the California State University (CSU) system, it sparked a wide range of faculty responses – from panic to full adoption. In My Robot Teacher, CSU professors Taiyo Inoue and Sarah Senk explore how generative AI is disrupting higher education, and what resistance, habituation, and adaptation really look like in real classrooms.
My Robot Teacher is a podcast about AI and higher education, hosted by public university professors, produced by editaudio, and sponsored by the California Learning Lab.
What does improv have to do with teaching in the age of AI? More than you might think. In this episode, we’re joined by Julie Simons (Applied Mathematics, UC Santa Cruz) and Pedro Morales (Mathematics, UC Santa Cruz) to talk about improv not as performance, but as pedagogy – and, more broadly, a philosophy of classroom life.
In this episode:
Why active learning may be a stronger response to AI than surveillance or detection tools
The case for improv as a philosophy of teaching, and why being wrong out loud might be the most important skill we can model for students
The difference between productive struggle and demoralizing struggle
Equity concerns around AI access, opt-out students, and who shapes these systems
The ”broken bottom rung” problem: as AI absorbs entry-level jobs, how do students build the experience to eventually reach senior ones?
The remediation crisis in California: what happened when the CSU and community college systems
My Robot Teacher is produced with support from the California Education Learning Lab.
My Robot Teacher is hosted by Sarah Senk and Taiyo Inoue, sponsored by the California Education Learning Lab, and produced by editaudio.
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