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Smarter Campus Podcast

Changing education one conversation at a time.The Smarter Campus Podcast dives into the future of learning, spotlighting how students, educators, and innovators around the world are using AI to reshape education.

Podcast · By Zach Kinzler · English · Official site

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Sep 28, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 28, 2026

    Your Research Deserves an Audience: Kevin Anselmo on AI and Strategic Communication (opens the original)

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    In this episode of The Smarter Campus Podcast , Zach sits down with Kevin Anselmo, strategic communications consultant and founder of Experiential Communications, to explore an overlooked side of the AI conversation in higher education: communication and research impact. While much of higher education’s AI conversation has focused on cheating, grading, and classroom policies, Kevin argues there is a massive opportunity for researchers, faculty, and academic leaders to use AI as a kind of persona

  2. Episode · Sep 21, 2026

    Make Students Think Harder, Not Less: Dave McCool on AI and Experiential Learning (opens the original)

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    In this episode of The Smarter Campus Podcast , Zach sits down with Dave McCool, President & CEO of Muzzy Lane, to explore how AI can help higher education move beyond traditional assignments and create more experiential, authentic learning. Dave argues that some of the most promising uses of AI aren’t about inventing entirely new approaches to education. Instead, AI can make proven methods—simulations, role-playing, authentic problem-solving, and skills-based assessment—dramatically easier for

  3. Episode · Sep 14, 2026

    AI Is a Human Problem: Chad Okrusch on Integrity, Ethics, and Leading Through Change (opens the original)

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    In this episode of The Smarter Campus Podcast , Zach sits down with Dr. Chad Okrusch, a tenured Professor of Philosophy and Communication and Montana Tech’s first Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer—the first role of its kind within the Montana University System. Chad brings an unusually human perspective to AI leadership. With roots in IT and more than two decades of work across philosophy, ethics, environmental studies, and communication, he argues that AI shouldn’t simply be treated as anot

  4. Episode · Sep 8, 2026

    AI Should Think With Us, Not For Us: Coty Gonzalez on Human Decision-Making (opens the original)

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    In this episode of The Smarter Campus Podcast , Zach sits down with Dr. Cleotilde “Coty” Gonzalez, Research Professor of Decision Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, founding director of the Dynamic Decision Making Laboratory, and Research Co-Director of the NSF National AI Institute for Societal Decision Making. Drawing on more than two decades of work across cognitive science, decision-making, and artificial intelligence, Coty explores an important distinction between machine AI and Cognit

  5. Episode · Aug 31, 2026

    Is the Traditional College Paper Broken? Jason Bock on Rethinking Assessment with AI (opens the original)

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    In this episode of The Smarter Campus Podcast , Zach sits down with Dr. Jason Bock, Director of Online Education at the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University, instructional designer, learning engineer, and AI EdTech founder. Jason brings a fascinating perspective to the AI conversation by connecting it to higher education’s previous shift toward online learning. While COVID forced institutions to adapt quickly, generative AI presents a very different challenge: it isn’t

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