Insights from Packback’s Instructional AI Experts Artificial intelligence is no longer a myriad of experiments in higher education – it has been firmly cemented as an essential part of institutional strategy (for better and for worse). Over the past two years, we’ve seen a dramatic shift from anxiety and reaction to strategy and intentionality. In […]

Is Your AI Strategy Still a Question Mark? The rise of generative AI has created more pressure than opportunity for many academic leaders. You’ve been tasked with setting an institutional policy on technology that changes every week. You need a vetted plan, not more risk. You’re facing critical questions that cut straight to the heart […]

In our recent webinar, Teaching with Integrity: Building an Ethical AI Strategy for Education, Packback’s Dr. Craig Booth (CTO), Barbara Kenny (Senior Product Manager, AI), and Dr. Rufus Glasper (President & CEO, League for Innovation in the Community College) explored how institutions can move from reactive AI policies to intentional, values-driven strategies that protect academic […]

This session in Packback’s five-part AI training series shows how to align AI with what research tells us about great teaching and learning. You’ll explore how mastery learning, inquiry-based instruction, and the Community of Inquiry framework can guide AI use that deepens engagement and strengthens the human side of learning.

As a classroom teacher, I reminded my students that the real magic wasn’t in the polished paper but in the messy thinking that produced it. I encouraged “sloppy copies” as the place where breakthroughs happened, celebrated mistakes as opportunities, and told them that scratch paper in math was just as valuable as the final answer. […]

If you’re skeptical of “classroom-ready” AI, you’re right to be. This post explains why “safety guardrails” are a distraction from the real threat of pedagogical emptiness and how to demand a platform built for instruction. Stop asking how to block Generative AI and start asking how to deploy Instructional AI.

Missed our webinar? Get the 5-minute recap on what educators get wrong about AI, from expert systems to LLMs, and learn how to get it right.

Stop debating if AI is “cheating” and start building a policy. Join Packback & The League of Innovation in the Community College for a webinar on AI and academic integrity. Get a practical framework for ethical policy and pedagogy.

Learn to write effective, responsible AI prompts for your courses. This guide for college & university educators includes a framework & a free library of ethical prompt templates.