Faculty Futures Lab Podcast
Faculty Futures Lab Podcast
The Faculty Futures Lab Podcast is a project of the SDSU Initiative for Inclusive Leadership and features Initiative alum as guests and producers. Find us and subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Soundcloud.
Faculty Futures Lab is a faculty-led podcast series that considers the challenges facing institutions of higher education in complex and uncertain times. All guests speak from their own expertise and experience. Produced by the SDSU Center for Teaching and Learning.
Podcasts for the Era of Generative AI
All the episodes in Season 4 of Faculty Futures Lab dealt with various aspects of Generative AI in Higher Ed: AI in the Classroom, AI and Ethics, AI Policies in Higher Ed, as well as two new episodes:
FFL 4.1 "AI in the Classroom"
Discussion of the impact of generative AI on higher education, with a focus on ChatGPT and writing. With Dr. E.J. Sobo, author of “Could ChatGPT Prompt a New Golden Age in Higher Education?” Hosts: Dr. D.J. Hopkins and Dr. Pam Lach.
FFL 4.2 "AI and Ethics”
In this episode, Faculty Futures Lab considers the ethical dimensions of generative AI, recorded on the first anniversary of ChatGPT's public launch. Host D.J. Hopkins and co-host Pam Lach talk with guest Lorenzo Nericcio about the complexities and challenges posed by AI technologies in #HigherEd. The conversation touches on the labor, environmental, and personal impacts of AI, underscoring the need for ethical considerations in its adoption and use.
FFL 4.3 “The Promise and Peril of Generative AI.”
In this episode of Faculty Futures Lab), we follow up with Dr. Zach Justus, who made an appearance on our campus last month for our “AI Year Two” event. Join us for lots of laughs and more than a few insights into what’s next from generative AI in our university classrooms.
FFL 4.4 “AI (and) Art”
AI art has evolved rapidly over the last 18 months. More sophisticated and substantial applications of generative AI have emerged in a variety of art contexts, including a new film by today’s guest. Ava Aviva Avnisan talks with D.J. and Pam about gender, autobiography, and history in her new film Specters of Home — Prologue, which was created in large part using generative AI tools.
FFL 4.5 "What Are You Afraid Of?" Generative AI in Higher Ed…
The hosts of Faculty Futures Lab look back on the most recent season of the podcast, which has been focused entirely on the many ways that generative AI has impacted higher ed. Dr. D.J. Hopkins and Dr. Pam Lach share their hopes, fears, jokes, and pet peeves about the future of AI in the academy.
Listen to all previous seasons of Faculty Futures Lab and the full roster of episodes on Soundcloud and Apple Podcasts.
