The AI Classroom: Enhancing Teaching, Empowering Learning-The AI Classroom: Enhancing Teaching, Empowering Learning

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Karen Osterheld hosts a webinar reprise of a highly rated AAA Data Conference plenary on practical uses of AI in teaching and student support. Presenters include Cathy Scott (University of North Texas at Dallas, accounting and teaching/learning innovation), Aryele Maye(UNT Dallas College of Law, academic success and bar readiness), and Ann C. Dzuranin (Northern Illinois University, data analytics).

They discuss how AI can improve engagement, especially for students who don’t respond to traditional outreach. Dzuranin uses ChatGPT to turn her rubric-based grading comments into individualized, positive summaries; students reported feeling more supported without adding unsustainable faculty workload. May describes using Google’s NotebookLM to convert long bar-prep guidance into short podcasts that graduates actually consume, and an “AI bar exam study buddy” avatar that offers Socratic questioning, study strategies, emotional validation, and—critically—refers students back to human coaches for personalized help. She also mentions class bots that provide feedback on practice essays.

Scott shares plans for bots that simulate client conversations (audit) and IT/data communication, plus future CPA-exam support bots. She highlights NotebookLM’s audio, video, mind-mapping, multilingual features, and accessibility benefits (transcripts). Costs vary: NotebookLM is free; Poe is about $20/month; enterprise avatar tools can cost more.

Panelists emphasize starting with a clear learning need, beginning small, monitoring outputs for errors/hallucinations via knowledge bases and chat review, and setting boundaries. They address concerns about bot risks and the need for AI literacy. Dzuranin outlines NIU’s AI literacy framework (knowledge, use, critical analysis, creation) and an AI campus network to share practices. The session ends with advice on keeping up through professional sources, curated updates, and time-limited exploration.

Keywords

AI in teaching

student support chatbots

ChatGPT grading feedback

NotebookLM bar prep podcasts

AI bar exam study buddy

Socratic questioning avatar

CPA exam support bots

AI literacy framework

hallucination monitoring knowledge base

accessibility transcripts multilingual features