Azadeh and Guy on AI
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Nick Husbye returns for a second conversation with Azadeh and Guy. The first question is about modeling. Pre-service teachers learn as much from how we use AI in our own courses as from anything we teach about it. Nick describes narrating his AI use out loud, writing AI expectations directly onto assignment sheets, and showing students where the tool failed him. He walks through a Claude skill he built from research on multiple-cho...
In this episode, Guy and Azadeh talk with Nick Husbye, associate professor of literacy at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Guy’s co-host on Not That Kind of Doctor, about how he uses AI with preservice teachers. Nick’s guiding principle is that AI should amplify thinking rather than export it. Consumer models are good at organizing information, spotting patterns, and naming strengths and weaknesses in what w...
What does AI adoption look like when you're the principal, counselor, tech director, and social studies teacher all at once? In this episode, Guy sits down with Nick Ziegler, EdTech Specialist at ESU5, and Andrew Easton, Chief Learning Officer at the ESU Coordinating Council, to explore how Nebraska's Educational Service Units are helping rural schools navigate AI integration in education. From AI-generated images for world languag...
What happens when AI can finally deliver one-on-one tutoring at scale, but students use it to skip learning entirely? Azadeh and Guy sit down with Dr. Seyyed Ahmad Rahimi, Associate Professor of Learning Sciences and AI at Georgia Tech, to explore the tension between AI-powered performance and genuine learning. They unpack stealth assessment, productive failure, and the SAIL framework for safe AI integration in education. Dr. Rahim...
What happens when AI enthusiasts show up at an engineering education conference? Azadeh returns from the ASEE Midwest Conference with fresh insights on how engineers and faculty are grappling with artificial intelligence in the classroom. From agentic AI workshops to qualitative research on students delegating AI tasks, this episode unpacks the nuanced tension between AI support and AI replacing student thinking. Azadeh and Guy exp...
What does it actually take to use AI well in a math classroom? In this season four premiere, Azadeh and Guy welcome Dr. Lorraine Males, Wyoming Excellence Chair in Mathematics Education, to explore AI integration in teacher preparation. Dr. Males shares insights from her NSF-funded research with Colleague AI, a human-centered platform designed to support, not replace, teacher judgment. The conversation covers why foundational pedag...
Season 4 of “Azadeh and Guy on AI” starts next week, and we are running it differently.
For three seasons, we built each episode around a topic, a paper, or a perspective we wanted to think through out loud. This season every episode is an interview. We are sitting down with instructors and students across higher education and K-12, from engineering, education, business, and the humanities, to hear how AI is being used i...
As Season 3 wraps up, Guy shares firsthand insights from the Google Education AI series for higher education in Chicago—one of the most impactful professional learning experiences he's encountered. Guy and Azadeh dig into what it means for institutions to truly commit to AI integration (hint: it takes more than a policy), how faculty can use AI-enabled curriculum design to improve assignments, and why the "middle group" of he...
In this episode of Azadeh and Guy on AI, we welcome back Omid Tarashtwal for a deeper conversation about how artificial intelligence is transforming research, international development, and data-driven decision-making. We explore how AI, geographic information systems (GIS), and remote sensing can work together to address real-world challenges, from improving access to education and healthcare to informing infrastructure and policy...
In this episode of Azadeh and Guy on AI, we welcome Omid Tarashtwal, a recent master's graduate in Agricultural Economics, to discuss how artificial intelligence can transform the graduate student experience. Omid shares how he strategically uses AI to identify professional development opportunities, secure competitive training programs at institutions such as Harvard, Oxford, and Yale, and build a career at the intersection of agr...
In this episode of Azadeh and Guy on AI, Guy joins us from the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) Conference in New Orleans to share the latest developments in AI and computer science education. We discuss the newly released CSTA standards and how they integrate artificial intelligence from middle school onward, balancing AI literacy, ethics, and computational thinking. The conversation explores how educators are navigati...
What happens when a lifelong writing teacher comes face-to-face with generative AI? In this episode, Azadeh and Guy welcome Dr. Evi Wusk, an assistant professor at Nebraska Wesleyan University, who shares her deeply human journey through the AI revolution in education. From grief and disorientation to cautious curiosity, Evi unpacks what human-centered writing instruction really means when ChatGPT is in every classroom. They explor...
Thinking about how AI fits into your graduate school journey? In this episode, Azadeh and Guy share six practical, honest tips for navigating AI as a graduate student, from setting boundaries with your advisor to mastering prompt quality and automating repetitive tasks. They dig into the importance of treating AI as a research partner rather than an author, why playing with low-stakes tasks builds real confidence, and how professio...
What does AI policy in K-12 schools actually look like, and what's dangerously missing? In this episode, Azadeh and Guy sit down with Dr. Nikki Schafer, Director of User Support for Omaha Public Schools, who shares findings from her dissertation analyzing AI policy across Nebraska school districts. Nearly 40% of districts she studied had no public AI policy at all, and most that did focused narrowly on academic integrity while over...
Is AI the future of personalized learning, or are we falling for Silicon Valley hype? In this episode, Azadeh and Guy dig into two high-profile AI education experiments: Alpha Schools, which promise accelerated learning in just two hours a day, and Khanmigo, Khan Academy's AI tutoring chatbot. They trace the roots of the AI tutoring promise back to Benjamin Bloom's two-sigma problem and scrutinize whether the evidence holds up. Fro...
Do emotions matter when students learn with AI? In this episode, Azadeh and Guy dig into three newly published, peer-reviewed studies exploring the relationship between emotions and AI-assisted learning. From chatbot interactions in Singapore classrooms to emotion-aware feedback in Korea, and a sweeping meta-analysis of AI in higher education, the hosts unpack what the research actually shows about AI's emotional impact on learners...
Season 3 kicks off with Azadeh and Guy diving into one of the hottest topics in education right now: AI resistance. Drawing on four recent international studies from Latvia, Ukraine, Italy, and a multi-country survey, they unpack why students push back on generative AI — and it’s not mostly about ethics. Knowledge gaps, distrust of AI accuracy, and lack of training top the list. They also explore how gender, academic di...
Guy is flying solo this episode (kinda), joined by Kimberly Ingram Beck from the CS4NE podcast, for a lively preview of the NEETA Spring Conference. Together, they highlight must-see sessions on K-8 computer science frameworks, cybersecurity tips for all educators, and a thought-provoking "Beyond Chatbots" session encouraging students to think critically about AI-generated content. Guy also previews exciting student poster research...
What’s the real buzz around AI in education at major academic conferences? In this episode, Azadeh and Guy debrief from two key gatherings—the SITE conference in Philadelphia and AERA in Los Angeles—sharing candid observations about where AI research in education actually stands. From AI in rural communities to using generative AI for grade-level science texts, they reveal what conversations are happening in hallw...
What do educators most often get wrong about AI—and what does genuine AI literacy actually look like in practice? In this episode, Azadeh and Guy welcome Dr. Rachel Horst, lecturer at UBC's Master of Educational Technology program and creator of the AI Literacy Hub. Together, they explore why binary thinking about AI holds educators back, how teacher agency is evolving in an AI-saturated world, and why building your own tools...
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