July 2, 2025

Why Banning AI in Schools Is Like Banning the Internet in 1995 - with Ryan Lufkin, Vice President of Global Academic Strategy, Instructure

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In this episode, part of our Academic Integrity Series, sponsored by Pangram Labs,

YOUR guest is Ryan Lufkin, Vice President of Global Academic Strategy, Instructure

How does Ryan define academic integrity in the age of AI & why traditional definitions are fundamentally changing?
Why is banning AI tools like looking at the internet as a productivity killer in the 1990s?
What can educators learn from Ryan's global travels about different approaches to AI & academic integrity?
How are students in developing nations approaching AI differently than those in North America & Europe?
Why is Ryan predicting a "wave of AI feral children" crashing onto higher education?

Topics include:

The shift from effort-based to outcome-based measures of academic integrity
Why AI literacy must be part of preparing good members of society
The need to redesign assessments that can't be "gamed" by AI
How AI can be both the cause of & solution to academic integrity challenges
The importance of teaching students the "why" behind assignments to prevent shortcuts
Moving from "don't use AI" to "here's how to use AI ethically"
Creating collaborative AI policies involving teachers, students & administrators
The difference between AI as a cheating tool vs. AI as an assistant for learning
Why the focus should be on ensuring learning happens, not blocking technology
The critical need for human expertise as the "human in the loop" with AI tools

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