AI in Higher Education: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Recorded On: 09/05/2024

Should artificial intelligence (AI) be used by students at the undergraduate/graduate level for classwork, research and writing? Should faculty practitioners, researchers and instructors use AI for teaching or grading the students’ work? Academia is ambivalent and undecided about the use of AI. This webinar will explore AI’s promise and its threat, shed light on AI’s quirks and strengths and challenge attendees to grapple with this emerging technology.

Learning Objectives:

Develop an understanding of the strategic use, effectiveness and efficiencies of AI in our professional lives and in the classroom.
Explore the limitations and pitfalls of naively overtrusting AI, especially when faced with unique or nuanced challenges.
Explain effective implementation of AI in classroom, clinical and research arenas.

This webinar is presented by the ADEA Section on Integrated Clinical and Applied Biomedical Sciences. Learn more about joining this Section, as well as ADEA's other Sections and Special Interest Groups online.

Original Release Date: August 29, 2024

Expiration Date: August 29, 2027

Questions? Contact learn@adea.org

Disclaimer: The purpose of this presentation is to educate and to inform. This is not a substitute for professional care and is not intended for use for the diagnosis or treatment of individual conditions. Guests on this presentation express their own experience, opinions and conclusions. Guest statements do not express the viewpoint of ADEA. The mention of any product, service, organization, activity or therapy should not be construed as an ADEA endorsement.

CE Information

The American Dental Education Association is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider.

An evaluation form is available to participants after the conclusion of the live webinar. To earn continuing education (CE) credit for participation in the webinar, the online evaluation must be completed in full by August 29, 2027. After completing the evaluation, webinar participants can print and save the CE Verification Form.

ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.

The American Dental Education Association designates this activity for 1.00 continuing education credit.

All speakers agree that neither they nor members of their immediate family have any financial relationships with commercial entities that may be relevant to their presentation.

Karen North, Ph.D.

Clinical Professor

USC School of Communication

Karen North, Ph.D., is a recognized expert in digital social media and in psychology. Dr. North is the Founder and former Director of University of Southern California (USC) Annenberg’s Digital Social Media program—the world’s first master’s degree program and research center focused on the leadership, management and development of digital products, platforms and communities. Dr. North is a Clinical Professor in the USC School of Communication with primary interests that include digital and social media, business and product strategy, privacy and safety online, Artificial Intelligence, brand building and reputation management. She regularly appears as an expert on national, international and local news, including television, newspaper, radio, podcast and online news outlets.

Trained as a clinical and social psychologist with considerable experience in federal telecommunications policy and practice, Dr. North’s interests come together in the digital world where entrepreneurs and large companies use social and digital media to bring people together, exert influence and form groups, and where these efforts impact our social, cultural and business worlds. She also focuses on governmental and regulatory efforts domestically and internationally. Dr. North teaches at USC and works with small and large companies, foreign and domestic governments and assorted projects in this sector. Prior to USC, Dr. North was the Assistant Dean of the University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Policy.

Dr. North previously worked during the Clinton Administration, in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Domestic Policy Council. Before that, she worked for U.S. Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) who was then the Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance.

Speaker agrees that neither I nor any member of my family have a financial arrangement or affiliation with any corporate organization offering financial support or grant monies for this continuing education program, nor do I have a financial interest in any commercial products or services I will discuss in the presentation.

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