Why Banning AI in Schools Is Like Banning the Internet in 1995 - with Ryan Lufkin, Vice President of Global Academic Strategy, Instructure

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In this episode, part of our Academic Integrity Series, sponsored by Pangram Labs,

YOUR guest is Ryan Lufkin, Vice President of Global Academic Strategy, Instructure 

YOUR cohost is Bradley Emi , Cofounder & CTO, Pangram Labs

YOUR host is Elvin Freytes

• How does Ryan define academic integrity in the age of AI & why traditional definitions are fundamentally changing? 
• Why is banning AI tools like looking at the internet as a productivity killer in the 1990s? 
• What can educators learn from Ryan's global travels about different approaches to AI & academic integrity? 
• How are students in developing nations approaching AI differently than those in North America & Europe? 
• Why is Ryan predicting a "wave of AI feral children" crashing onto higher education? 

Topics include:

• The shift from effort-based to outcome-based measures of academic integrity 
• Why AI literacy must be part of preparing good members of society 
• The need to redesign assessments that can't be "gamed" by AI 
• How AI can be both the cause of & solution to academic integrity challenges 
• The importance of teaching students the "why" behind assignments to prevent shortcuts 
• Moving from "don't use AI" to "here's how to use AI ethically" 
• Creating collaborative AI policies involving teachers, students & administrators 
• The difference between AI as a cheating tool vs. AI as an assistant for learning 
• Why the focus should be on ensuring learning happens, not blocking technology 
• The critical need for human expertise as the "human in the loop" with AI tools 

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