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Invitation The goal isn’t to outsmart AI or to pretend it doesn’t exist, but to harness its potential to enhance education while mitigating the downside. The question now is not whether AI will change education, but how we will shape that change to create a more effective, equitable, and engaging learning environment for all. —Ethan…

September 10, 2026
From regulation to integration: A year of learning

By Julie Zwart, INTO OSU Last fall, just before Halloween, I joked to a couple of colleagues that if I were going to dress up for Halloween, it would be fitting for me to go as the AI Police. I had just finished a week of policing students. During three of my writing classes, I…

May 20, 2026
Intentional AI Spotlight: Inara Scott on human flourishing and the future of the institution

By Demian Hommel, CTL AI in Teaching and Learning Fellow in partnership with the AI Literacy Center For the final installment of the Intentional AI at OSU series, I sat down with Inara Scott, senior advisor for strategy and innovation in the College of Business. While many of our previous spotlights focused on specific classroom…

May 14, 2026
Intentional AI Spotlight: Doug Reese on acoustic ecology and the AI expert-in-the-loop

By Demian Hommel, CTL AI in Teaching and Learning Fellow in partnership with the AI Literacy Center As part of the Intentional AI at OSU series, I sat down with Doug Reese, a senior instructor II in ecology. Doug’s work focuses on the distribution, structure, and function of ecological communities: specifically, how they respond to…

May 7, 2026
Intentional AI Spotlight: Jonathan Leong on finance at the speed of feedback

By Demian Hommel, CTL AI in Teaching and Learning Fellow in partnership with the AI Literacy Center As part of the Intentional AI @ OSU series, I sat down with Jonathan Leong, an instructor in finance at the Oregon State University College of Business. In the high-stakes world of finance, Jonathan has found that generative…

April 30, 2026
Intentional AI Spotlight: Todd Kesterson on navigating the inflection point in spatial storytelling

By Demian Hommel, CTL AI in Teaching and Learning Fellow in partnership with the AI Literacy Center As part of the Intentional AI at OSU series, I interviewed Todd Kesterson, a veteran instructor of digital media and new media communications with nearly 25 years of experience. Todd’s work sits at the intersection of 3D modeling,…

April 23, 2026
Intentional AI Spotlight: Rachael Cate on grounding the technical with the human-centered

By Demian Hommel, CTL AI in Teaching and Learning Fellow in partnership with the AI Literacy Center As part of the ongoing Intentional AI at OSU series, I sat down with Rachael Cate, a senior instructor II in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at Oregon State University. With a Ph.D. in…

April 16, 2026
Intentional AI Spotlight: Jonathan Kalodimos on assessing learning when students can’t hide behind the text

By Demian Hommel, CTL AI in Teaching and Learning Fellow in partnership with the AI Literacy Center As part of the Intentional AI at OSU series, I sat down with Jonathan Kalodimos, an associate professor of finance and Harley & Brigitte Smith Fellow. Jon’s background includes a tenure as a financial economist at the U.S.…

April 9, 2026
Intentional AI Spotlight: Nate Kirk on cultivating productive failure in biology

By Demian Hommel, CTL AI in Teaching and Learning Fellow in partnership with the AI Literacy Center As part of the ongoing Intentional AI at OSU series, I sat down with Nate Kirk, an associate professor (teaching) in the Department of Integrative Biology. Nate’s background as a molecular ecologist—studying the intricate symbiotic relationships between cnidarians…

April 2, 2026
Intentional AI Spotlight: Sanjai Tripathi on moving beyond “lazy” AI in entrepreneurship

By Demian Hommel, CTL AI in Teaching and Learning Fellow in partnership with the AI Literacy Center As part of the ongoing Stories of AI at OSU series, I sat down with Sanjai Tripathi, an instructor of entrepreneurship and strategy at Oregon State University, to discuss how he is moving his classroom from AI-resistant to…

March 19, 2026