Campus Technology Insider Podcast February 2025
Rhea Kelly 26:38
Yes, definitely. Well, and for that question, like finding out what an algorithm means, a piece of advice I gave someone recently is like, go ask AI. It'll give you a pretty good answer. You know, you always have to evaluate what it, the output, but it's an interesting way to learn more about what, what's possible and what it can tell you.
Jenay Robert 26:57
Yeah, find, find your chatbot of choice, and, and, and YouTube. I mean, I'm not, not everybody feels comfortable just signing in, up for a chatbot, or having chat, having a chat with a chatbot. I get that. But, you know, searching for some of these things on YouTube and learning a little bit more, attend some webinars. Start as small as you have to, but you have to start because AI is becoming more and more ubiquitous. One of the results I didn't talk about was that we asked survey respondents the extent to which AI is impacting very, various areas of the institution, so like teaching and learning, technology, business operations. And you know, the big finding last year was AI is impacting all these areas, and not a tiny amount, like a pretty significant amount. And the big headline this year is AI is still impacting all these areas and more than they were last year. So all those impacts, the percentage of respondents saying yes, this is impacting this area, that increased across the board, with the exception of teaching and learning, which was already maxed out at like 90 something percent. But every other area that we asked about increased. So it's not going anywhere. People don't, don't imagine that this is going to stop, and at the very least, I argue that we have an ethical responsibility to our students to prepare them for a world where generative AI tools are around and they need to know what is existing in the world around them, how to trust information or not trust information that's coming from these tools, so that at the very least, that's an ethical responsibility that we have in higher ed.
Rhea Kelly 28:48
Thank you for joining us. I'm Rhea Kelly, and this was the Campus Technology Insider podcast. You can find us on the major podcast platforms or visit us online at campustechnology.com/podcast. Let us know what you think of this episode and what you'd like to hear in the future. Until next time.