Reimagining Learning, Integrity, and Creativity in the Age of AI: A Discussion with Summit Contributors

As AI technologies–including independently acting AI agents–become more sophisticated in research and writing, solving complex problems, and even evaluating student work, higher education faces a time of disruptive shifts. The very tools that promise to enhance learning personalization and increase teaching task efficiency are unsettling our most fundamental assumptions about the processes and goals of education, developed over centuries in academic traditions. We are compelled to reconsider what teaching and learning mean now, in the age of AI. Bringing together educators, researchers, and practitioners, this session confronts rapidly emerging new realities to reimagine teaching and learning in an era of intelligent automation. Together, we will discuss how universities can ensure that the use of AI technologies in higher education enhances learning and knowledge creation, and that academic integrity and human creativity and discernment remain at the heart of academic practice. This culminating discussion draws on insights from across the sessions. The presentations in this summit reveal the profoundly shifting landscape in higher education, and span a wide range of perspectives and practices—from reimagining academic integrity in the keynote The Opposite of Cheating to personalizing learning through Build Your Own GPT: Tailoring AI to Your Academic Needs. Faculty across disciplines share innovative approaches in Process over Product: Rethinking Assignments in the Age of AI, in Reflections Through AI: Visualizing Learning, Emotion, and Mindset, in AI Across the Disciplines: Bridging Perspectives in STEM and the Humanities and in Using NotebookLM in the Undergraduate Classroom. Other sessions examine design and pedagogy in specialized fields, including Teaching, Building, Learning: AI in Nursing Education, AI-assisted Avenues for Linguistic Assessment and Intervention Methods in Speech-Language Pathology, AI in Medical Practice and Education: A Work in Progress. Presentations also engage with timely conversations about assessment and equity in Grading in the Age of AI: Equity, Transparency, and the Role of Human Feedback, explore alternative modes of demonstrating learning in From Paper to Podium: AI Proof Delivery, and experiment with engagement strategies in Gamifying Generative AI to Facilitate Students’ Development of GenAI Fluency. The Summit also highlights innovation in course material creation with Design as Dialogue: Working with AI in Course Creation and Artificial Intelligence, Accessibility, and Inclusion, examines social implications in Robots as Social and Behavioral Change Agents in the Classroom, and explores creativity and critical thinking in Prompting Creativity: Using Generative AI in the Humanities Classroom. Collectively, these presentations offer a multifaceted view of how AI is reshaping teaching, learning, and integrity across the academy—challenging educators to rethink what authentic human learning means in the age of intelligent machines.