Teaching Online with Synthetic Media by

Deepfake

michellepacanskybrock2 — 2025-06-16 23:20:01 UTC

Ethics of creating an avatar without permission.

Identity theft

2025-06-16 23:20:12 UTC

Dehumanizes Humanizing

jgamberg — 2025-06-16 23:20:28 UTC

The very aspect of humanizing that is about an authentic human connection can be subverted, and leave students feeling less connected than ever. -Julie G.

Faculty comfort

LisaBeach — 2025-06-16 23:20:37 UTC

Some faculty are not comfortable creating videos of themselves, for lots of reasons. This might help them feel more comfortable.

Trust

michellepacanskybrock2 — 2025-06-16 23:20:37 UTC

Does this undermine humanizing factor?

Invitation to Engagement

michellepacanskybrock2 — 2025-06-16 23:21:12 UTC

Less intimidating use of video?

Increased Homogenization

michellepacanskybrock2 — 2025-06-16 23:21:38 UTC

Things start to look the same.

UDL

2025-06-16 23:21:39 UTC

We could easily create video versions of text pages to provide alternate ways to learn the content.

Privacy

2025-06-16 23:21:40 UTC

How much do we trust tech companies to be responsible with our data, and in this case, image and voice?

Increases UDL/Learning Possibilities if Done Ethically

jgamberg — 2025-06-16 23:22:01 UTC

With transparency, intentionality, and purpose, an opportunity is to produce more videos for students who learn well from videos with greater ease or possibility from faculty. - JG

Authenticity

michellepacanskybrock2 — 2025-06-16 23:22:15 UTC

Danger in undermining identity and integrity.

What is Real and what is True? Or does it not matter?

2025-06-16 23:22:40 UTC

The inability to tell the truth from false reality, when avatars take over, results in the failure to distinguish between the two.

Are Students Using This?

jgamberg — 2025-06-16 23:24:02 UTC

Are we inviting students to make these videos as well? If students then use Gen AI to produce the video scripts that are used to create Avatar videos then the inviting the human of the student into the discourse may become more challenging. -JG

Authorship

michellepacanskybrock2 — 2025-06-16 23:24:06 UTC

Who is the author?

Accessibility and Engagment

2025-06-16 23:25:16 UTC

For EL, and students with 504/IEPs (Disability Accommodations), this helps to make it more accessible. This makes exciting for students. I add background music for this reason.

Quick Video Creation

michellepacanskybrock2 — 2025-06-16 23:25:18 UTC

... from written lecture

Copyright Ones Image

2025-06-16 23:27:13 UTC

With the rise of AI-generated images, would we need to copyright images and bots created in our own likeness?

Live streaming

2025-06-16 23:27:42 UTC

Is live streaming synthetic media available for live streaming Zoom class meetings?

Accelerating (possible) Future Redundancy of Actual Human Teachers, by “giving” AI more datasets.

2025-06-16 23:27:57 UTC

Institutions decreasing “human capital” costs.

2025-06-16 23:29:51 UTC

Institutions decreasing “human capital” costs.

2025-06-16 23:29:57 UTC

Historic figures

2025-06-16 23:31:48 UTC

In the hands of an expert, imagine a video of any historical figure explaining in more than the usual textbook summary what his or her life was like, in their time, day to day

Debates

2025-06-16 23:41:18 UTC

It would be fun and instructive to hear a debate between two historical figures who (sadly) never got the chance to debate.

Research?

2025-06-16 23:58:45 UTC

Is there any research on how students feel about this? Both how they feel about instructors using it and using it themselves.