Teaching Online After AI: Seeing What Replication Has Been Hiding
Pre-Recorded Shared Online Only
Abstract
This presentation demonstrates how AI is reshaping online education by exposing a long-standing emphasis on imitation and uniformity of learning products in higher education. Using the historical parallel of photography’s impact on painting, it argues that AI is not eliminating the need for learning, but revealing what meaningful learning has always required: judgment, reflection, communication, and participation in a community.
Rather than framing AI as a threat, this presentation positions it as an opportunity to strengthen the most human dimensions of teaching and learning. Focused specifically on online teaching, the video reinforces the importance of learner-first connection, continuous feedback and revision, and authentic, context-based learning experiences with practical ideas for making human-centered learning more visible.
Presenters
Jenny Willmore
Online Teaching Coordinator
Jenny Willmore has worked in higher education as both an instructor and instructional support professional for almost three decades. She taught Spanish at Snow College, for the U.S. Navy, and at Utah State University, and later developed and taught Habits of Mind student success courses through USU’s Center for ABLE. She holds two master’s degrees from USU in Second Language Teaching and Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences. In her current role as Online Teaching Coordinator with USU Online, she develops and facilitates onboarding experiences and resources for new online instructors across the university.