HomeBlogPodcasts Navigating the Moral GenAI Panicby Jessie L. MooreAugust 20, 2026 Share: Section NavigationSkip section navigationIn this sectionPodcasts – Home 60-Second SoTL Limed: Teaching with a Twist Making College “Worth It” Special Series First-Year Seminars Land Acknowledgement 60-Second SoTL – Episode 93 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 View a transcript of this episode. Show Credits 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. Image in show art by magnific. Related Resources Students’ Perspectives on GenAI in Higher Education: Research Seminar Reflections, Part 1 In early July, the leadership team for the research seminar on Rethinking Engaged Learning in the Age of GenAI hosted the first of three summer meetings for seminar participants. Three CEL Student Scholars serve on our leadership team, and they have been integral to planning and delivering the July seminar meeting, which focused on helping multi-institutional teams plan three-year Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)… GenAI’s Rapid Evolution Challenges University Instruction Many students and parents are employment-focused, and depending on the country you teach in, at a public institution, your government may require you to show job market applicability. I teach in a professional program (communications), and we talk a lot… AI-Supported Feedback Uptake 60-Second SoTL – Episode 92 How might educators use AI to support students’ interpretation and uptake of feedback? In this episode, Jessie shares a recent mixed-methods study about student perceptions of AI’s potential to support learners’ reflection on and engagement… GenAI Can Make Some Tasks Easier. But At What Cost? Back during the pandemic, instructors were all sent home to teach online. Many had no training or experience with this modality. As I realized I needed to accommodate students who had spread to multiple time zones and home responsibilities, asynchronous… GenAI in Higher Education: Embrace, Deny, or Somewhere In Between My continued involvement with the Center of Engaged Learning at Elon University has led to my current role as a co-leader of the 2026-2028 Research Seminar on Rethinking Engaged Learning in the Age of GenAI. I am writing this blog… 1 2 … 11 12 >
