AI is here, and it's changing everything in higher education. Cheater or tutor? Threat or opportunity? This podcast dives deep into the debates and practicalities of artificial intelligence in colleges. We'll uncover how AI is being used to personalize learning, develop critical thinking skills, and even reimagine assessment. Are we preparing students for the future, or are we risking the very foundations of education? Tune in to find out.

This is the second in a multi-part series using Notebook LM to generate podcast summaries.

Max Smith is the new Learning Experience Designer here at Western Technical College. This podcast take some time to get to know him personally and his thoughts on education.

This is an AI generate conversation with avatars from an app called NotebookLM. The topic of the conversation addresses the state of AI in education as summarized from a series of source articles referenced.

Jenny and Jordan are new faculty developers here at Western Technical Collage as of Fall of 2024. In this podcast we take some time to get to know them and their thoughts on education.

In this episode, Maria and Adam interview Western Instructors Cindy Prindle and Jennifer Stangl about their not-so-secret secret of classroom success: therapy dogs Murphy and Ruben. We learn about different types of working dogs, their handlers, how they can help in teaching and learning, and ask the important question: should all of us humans get trained to be therapy dogs too?

In this episode, we meet with two members of Western's Project Proven team, Colin Walsh and Dillon Mader. Project Proven is Western's initiative to offer classes to justice-involved people while they are in the La Crosse County jail. We learn the differences between jails and prisons, take a philosophical detour, and how classes work "inside".

You can find more information about Project Proven on Western's website and, as we learn in the episode, they also have really cool merch.

This podcast is a discussion with Cate Hollowitsch, an adjunct instructor at Western, Chief Marketing Officer, Author and Speaker. We discuss with her thoughts on teaching and the use of AI in the classroom and her profession. She presents practical application uses of Generative AI.

This is a discussion with two instructors from Integrated Technologies Programs, Jacob McAllister and Nathan Crowder. We discuss their personal experiences with AI, their thoughts for it's future, and how it impacts them and their students.

All are welcome, please enjoy!

In this episode, we interview Western's new Instructional Technologist (and soon-to-be podcast co-host), Shawn Fredrick. We hear his origin story and what technologies he would marry, befriend, and avoid.

Julie Christensen, Community-Based Learning Specialist and Grace Janssen, Work-Based Learning Specialist at Western Technical College join Maria and Larry to talk about their journeys to Western and how they help faculty and students incorporate work-based and community-based learning opportunities into student's experiences while at Western.