Lance Eaton is a writer, educator, and researcher behind AI+Education Simplified and a long-time advocate for open education, technology equity, and rethinking academic publishing.

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Episode Chapters

00:00 Introduction

01:06 Defining Big I and Small i Innovations

04:25 Tracing AI's effects in Education

06:15 Evaluating Innovations in Education

08:05 On scaling Small i Innovations Responsibly

12:08 Guardrails for Evaluating New Tools

15:43 On Assessments in Higher Education

19:58 Building Trust and Relationships in Education

23:54 The Role of AI in Student Assessment

27:51 Concerns About AI Detectors and Predictive Analytics

31:13 Minimum Viable AI Policy Architecture

34:44 Defining Success for AI Policies in Education

37:08 Implementing AI Policies in Education

38:22 Crowdsourcing AI Policies: Insights and Trends

40:15 Norms in AI Syllabi: Verification and Attribution

41:26 The Serials Crisis in Academic Publishing

42:30 The Rise of For-Profit Publishers

44:44 The Impact of Subscription Models on Access

46:43 The Ethics of Academic Piracy

49:29 The Role of Academic Pirate Networks

50:37 Rethinking Copyright in the Age of AI

52:40 The Future of Open Access and AI

59:33 Access Disparities in Global Academia

01:01:50 The Interplay of Open Licensing and AI

01:06:19 Lance Eaton's Vision for the Future

Resources and Links

Lance's Blog

Lance's Substack AI + Education = Simplified

Lance's Syllabi Policies for Generative AI Repository

Peter Suber, Open Access (Free Access)

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