Innovating Higher Ed

The Measure of a Man preview opens Innovation Pulse Weekly Edition 22 with a richer way to judge AI in higher education. Dr. Norma Jones reflects on Picard, Data, leadership and human agency, then the 8:21 episode follows six full stories about AI teaching choices, AI writing and professional judgment. At Cornell, students can challenge historical chatbots against the records behind their answers. Cary DiPietro’s writing account shows how a smooth edit can change the relationship between ideas.

Hear how philosophers help write model rules, why Beth Schwartz and Chris Hakala look for revision after feedback, how Michigan’s RISE robot chooses a way back up and why Mark Cuban values using AI to keep learning. Read all seven stories and their original sources, including Charter’s findings on who gets a say in workplace AI decisions: https://www.innovatinghighered.com/innovation-pulse/2026-10-23?utm_source=podcast_feed&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=innovation-pulse-2026-10-23&utm_content=show_notes

Read the complete Feature or listen to its separate 21:40 narration: https://www.innovatinghighered.com/feature-coverage/the-measure-of-a-man#read

Captain Picard did not expect Data to become human to deserve respect. In this 21:40 Special Feature, Dr. Norma Jones reflects on how Star Trek’s portrayals of curiosity, leadership and autonomy can help us think more clearly about AI in higher education.

From The Measure of a Man and Picard’s relationship with Data to Hugh, the Borg and Janeway’s reflection on fear, Jones explores what it means to respect difference, welcome expertise and remain open to learning. The complete reflection connects those fictional possibilities with the choices educators face today.

Read the complete Feature and its sources: https://www.innovatinghighered.com/feature-coverage/the-measure-of-a-man

See how AI can support the thinking behind your work. MIT professor Eric So describes the practice that develops professional judgment. This edition also examines AI tutoring conversations used in assessment, Glasgow’s task-based AI literacy framework, a proposed approach to grading evidence, the gap between an AI citation and its claim, and forecasts several weeks ahead.

Listen to Innovation Pulse Weekly Edition 21 in 7:03. Read all ten stories and their original sources, including website coverage of AI research rating scales, chemistry model replication, a neural bypass for movement and touch, and lecture descriptions shaped by listeners’ needs: https://www.innovatinghighered.com/innovation-pulse/2026-10-16?utm_source=podcast_feed&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=innovation-pulse-2026-10-16&utm_content=show_notes

The Innovation Pulse is produced using A.I. voice technology based on Dr. Norma Jones’s voice, with editorial oversight by Dr. Jones.

Dr. Norma Jones’s script, scene and editing decisions may help you plan a teaching video of your own. In this 7:32 Original Feature for Innovating Higher Ed, she tells the story behind My Voice at Scale: AI Supported Feedback, the separate film demonstrating her Gemini-supported speech-feedback approach.

Dr. Jones and producer Brent Jones built a two-column production script and used AI tools to create narration, illustrations and animation. They then revised scenes and timing in Premiere Pro. When animated lettering became gibberish, editable text preserved the meaning. Human judgment guided what they kept, replaced and improved in the computer-assembled rough cut.

Read and listen to the illustrated Feature: https://www.innovatinghighered.com/feature-coverage/my-voice-at-scale?utm_source=podcast_feed&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=innovation-pulse-2026-10-09&utm_content=show_notes

Make more informed choices about AI in higher education, from student reasoning and course reminders to vendor comparison and lesson design.

Listen to the complete 8:28 Innovation Pulse Weekly, Edition 20, covering October 3–9, 2026.

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The opening points to our separate Original Feature, “Make It So”: How We Made the My Voice at Scale Video. Explore the script, image and narration choices behind a teaching video.

The website also includes stories on checking library publishing support and making archived research data easier to check before reuse.

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Make more room for AI creativity in higher education while keeping human judgment at the center of your choices.

Dr. Norma Jones pairs Willy Wonka’s imagination with Green Lantern’s sense of responsibility. This Original Feature explores how to question AI-generated ideas, consider whose perspectives they include and decide what to revise or reject.

Hear a speech-course example and ideas for campus AI sandboxes, innovation sprints and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Listen to the complete 7:40 narration from Innovating Higher Ed.

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Make clearer teaching decisions about AI in higher education, and give your AI experiments a purpose. In this 8:23 edition of The Innovation Pulse from Innovating Higher Ed, Dr. Norma Jones connects grading, class discussion, assignment design, teaching-pilot evidence and course-tool choices.

Hear Dartmouth's process before an AI flag affects a grade, Wharton's approach to participation, what to capture when evaluating an AI pilot, the judgment an assignment should reveal and how to decide which course tools you need.

Plus: The Wonka-Lantern Framework pairs imaginative AI experiments with the values that guide your choices.

Covered week: Sep 26–Oct 2, 2026. Edition 19.

Read all eleven stories and explore the Feature: https://www.innovatinghighered.com/innovation-pulse/2026-10-02?utm_source=podcast_feed&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=innovation-pulse-2026-10-02&utm_content=show_notes

The Innovation Pulse is produced using A.I. voice technology based on Dr. Norma Jones' voice, with editorial oversight by Dr. Jones.

Could a shared AI learning lab help educators and students work through a real course challenge together? In this Original Feature, Dr. Norma Jones proposes two models: faculty sessions built around a teaching question, and class visits where the professor, students and an AI teaching specialist develop and test a lesson on the spot. She also considers how selected sessions might bring in workplace perspectives.

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What could educators try with more room to explore? Dr. Norma Jones opens this week's Innovation Pulse with a faculty learning lab idea, followed by practical stories on teaching, university strategy, workforce skills and a bionic arm's first home trial.

Listen to this 7:04 edition, then read all 12 pieces, including Dr. Jones's Original Feature:

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AI in higher education: Stanford’s Paper2Agent turns published research methods into research assistants. This week also examines course policies, faculty development and how students use AI.

The complete Innovation Pulse for September 12–18, 2026. Runtime: 7:39.

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Also mentioned: AI tutoring, Cornell’s planned reflection research, and campus AI readiness.

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