Session 1 Signals by Jeannette Shaffer

Reimaging textbooks with AI

eli2195827 — 2025-09-17 20:20:01 UTC

Library

2025-09-17 20:28:30 UTC

Library Faculty are needing more and more technology skills, and for those who have been in positions long term, they may not have the inclination of doing the work to learn more technology skills

2025-09-17 20:28:39 UTC

More people choosing Electric bikes over cars.

2025-09-17 20:30:23 UTC

Generally, more micromanagement from executive leadership (at least at SMC)

Millionaire Teens

jea2046884 — 2025-09-17 20:31:58 UTC

Teens want to be millionaires before they graduate high school.

AI is being treated as a source of truth.

2025-09-17 20:32:17 UTC

Seeming decrease in spelling ability.

2025-09-17 20:33:01 UTC

Higher Ed Organizational Health

2025-09-17 20:33:16 UTC

organizational cultures are turning into bully cultures driving away tenured faculty and new probationary faculty -- Also results in strong faculty (employee) disengagement. This can be seen within R1 Universities down to the community college level.

Outsourcing of critical thought to AI.

2025-09-17 20:33:18 UTC

jea2046884 — 2025-09-17 20:33:29 UTC

Most software being reviewed for purchase has an AI component (or we are wanting it to have an AI component).

Paramedicine

2025-09-17 20:34:13 UTC

I am currently not seeing a lot of issues with AI usage due to a large portion of our program requiring critical thinking, skills comprehension and scenario based learning.

Less perceived importance of a higher education

eli2195827 — 2025-09-17 20:34:30 UTC

2025-09-17 20:35:18 UTC

A direct copy from AI for homework

Co-Habitating

jea2046884 — 2025-09-17 20:36:43 UTC

A change happening in real estate - cohabitating - like Pad Split.

people going back to old school phones

2025-09-17 20:38:26 UTC