Forbes Feature: President Bryon Grigsby Shares Insights on Teaching with AI
A Brookings report warns that AI can support learning but may weaken students’ independent thinking if overused; Forbes’ Marybeth Gasman interviewed higher-education leaders about teaching amid more accessible AI, and Moravian President Bryon Grigsby describes how he uses AI in his pandemic diseases course.
According to a recent Brookings report, artificial intelligence (AI) can support learning but can also undermine it when students rely on it too heavily. After interviewing over 500 students, teachers, parents, education leaders, and technologists across 50 countries and reviewing 400 studies on the topic, the report’s authors warned that these tools should “teach, not tell,” emphasizing that overuse can weaken students’ ability to think independently.
Forbes contributing writer Marybeth Gasman recently interviewed her higher-education colleagues about how they are teaching and designing courses in the wake of more accessible AI and increased student use of AI.
In the article, Moravian University President Bryon Grigsby ’90, P’22, P’26, P’29 shares how the course he teaches about pandemic diseases incorporates AI.