See our extended episode notes at https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/navigating-the-moral-genai-panic/.

What happens when we move beyond GenAI panic—and focus instead on helping students learn to use these tools ethically and effectively?

This episode highlights Jennifer Krebsbach and Victoria Cross’s study of student learning in a conceptual statistics course across six years, including before GenAI, when GenAI was available but not encouraged, and when GenAI was intentionally integrated into assessment:

Krebsbach, Jennifer M., and Victoria L. Cross. 2026. “Navigating the Moral Panic: Encouraging Appropriate Use of GenAI in the Classroom Rather than Condemning Innovation as Disruption.” Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2026.2686727

This episode was hosted, edited, and produced by Jessie L. Moore, Director of the Center for Engaged Learning and Professor of Professional Writing & Rhetoric.

60-Second SoTL is produced by the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University.

Music: “Cryptic” by AudioCoffee (https://www.audiocoffee.net/) .

Image in show art by magnific (https://www.magnific.com/free-vector/stock-market-analysis-with-chart_8918702.htm) .