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.

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The arrival of Generative AI has brought a ripple effect of new challenges: administrators are concerned about institutional risk, faculty are frustrated by the threat to academic honesty, and students are confused by unclear guidelines. Simply banning these tools is not a viable long-term strategy. But ignoring them is worse, risking a scenario known as […]

You’ve seen it in a discussion post. You’ve suspected it in an essay. That perfectly polished, slightly soulless text that feels more like a machine than a student. Your gut is screaming, “A student didn’t write this,” but the bigger, sinking feeling is… “A student didn’t even think about this.” This is the real challenge […]

Join Packback at the upcoming HACU Annual Conference and be sure to catch our session “Pedagogy Before Platform: Guiding Institutional AI Adoption” on November 1st at 8:15am and again on November 2nd at 9:00am

Join Packback at the Texas Conference for Student Success in Austin, TX and be sure to catch our speaking session “Designing for Learning: Using AI to Build Cognitive Engagement” on October 30th at 11:10am