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How is AI changing higher education?
In this episode of the ODSC Ai X Podcast, host Cal Al-Dhubaib speaks with Miro Humer, Vice President for University Technology and CIO at Case Western Reserve University, about how universities can integrate AI responsibly across teaching, research, and operations.
They explore CWRU’s journey from concerns about academic integrity to 400+ classes incorporating significant AI elements, the university’s partnership with Google and Gemini Enterprise, AI agents, cybersecurity, faculty training, and the future of AI-powered personalized learning.
Learn how higher education is approaching AI adoption, AI literacy, agentic AI, security, and measuring the real impact of generative AI.
00:00 Introduction: AI in Higher Education
01:00 From AI Cheating Concerns to Campus-Wide Adoption
02:53 Rethinking How Students Learn With AI
04:29 Why AI Literacy Is Essential for Students
05:47 CWRU’s AI Partnership With Google
06:23 Gemini Enterprise and AI Agents Across Campus
06:48 Google AI Co-Scientist and Research Tools
07:17 Managing AI Agents Like Employees
09:39 The New Cybersecurity Risks of Agentic AI
10:37 Securing AI Agents and University Data
13:13 AI Training for Faculty and Staff
14:00 400+ Classes Using AI at CWRU
16:13 CWRU’s Faculty AI Microgrant Program
17:12 How Attitudes Toward AI Have Changed
19:45 Measuring the Real Impact of AI
23:08 The Future of AI-Enabled Higher Education
24:05 Personalized Learning and AI Advising
25:13 The Institutional Data Challenge
25:38 Miro’s Advice: Stay Curious and Keep Learning
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