Category: Tech Research
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“Mic Drop Made Simple” – Adobe MAX 2025
Adobe MAX 2025 I’m back at Adobe MAX this year and excited to share “Mic Drop Made Simple: Recording with Adobe Podcast and AI.” This is my second time speaking at MAX, the first time was in 2023 when I was one of the first to talk about generative AI in the classroom with the…
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Panopto 101: Quickstart Faculty Guide
As we all gear up for the new academic year at Western, Panopto is your go-to platform for creating, sharing, and managing course videos. Whether you’re recording lectures, facilitating student video projects, or organizing your video library, Panopto brings a suite of features tailored for teaching and learning. Why Panopto? Panopto is already integrated directly…
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FA25 AI Trends in Education: Agentic Browsers and defending the Friction of Learning
Back in June, I wrote my observation on the snapshot I see that was AI and its implications up to the end of the last academic year. Every fall, I like to take a bigger prospective look at what has developed in the arena of AI and what forecast how it might impact education in…
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Unlocking Accessibility : DOJ 2026 Ruling and The Pope Tech Accessibility Dashboard
By April 2026, all Western courses will need to meet updated accessibility standards at the AA level, as required by the ADA. Although these new guidelines might feel overwhelming at first, Western provides plenty of resources and support to help faculty make their digital content accessible. These changes, guided by the Department of Justice, aren’t…
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A Future of Computing: CL1 and the Rise of Synthetic Biological Intelligence
Previously, I mentioned in a post about Quantum Computing and its implication on AI. One other medium science is look to for creating better, faster, more energy efficient machines for AI is neurons; human neurons. For geeks of science fiction, the concept of biological computers inevitably calls to mind the Cylons from Battlestar Galactica (a…
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Choose Your Own Adventure: “We’re Not Ready for Superintelligence”
I admit in advanced, this post may seem a bit more sci-fi over academic. But it’s easy to either get freaked out by AI or dismiss it altogether. Most people still view it as a slightly smarter Siri or a hit-or-miss “Hey Google.” Some see it as helpful sometimes, yet when it isn’t, just frustrating…
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State of AI in Higher Education | Summer 25 Edition
The views expressed are not to represent that of WWU, ATUS, or its subsidiary departments, and is intended as an op-ed of the author. -AJ The changing state of AI and its impact in higher education continues to become more and more complicated. There’s still a high level of concern among both faculty and students…
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Believable AI Video Creation, even from a Single Image
It is easy to get caught up in the negatives of AI video creation, especially as computing power continues to make things more lifelike and more believable at a quick glance. But in this post, I want to focus on the positive and the possibilities of what something like a tool like Google’s Veo could…
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From Spellcheck to Red Flags: Understanding AI Detection in Your Writing
How Much ‘AI’ Grammar Check Can Get Flagged as AI Writing? In this video, I’m taking a deep dive into an increasingly important topic in your coursework; how generative AI tools, like Grammarly, intersect with academic integrity at Western. In collaboration with the Academic Honesty Office, I break down a sample paper and show you…