Lance Eaton

A slide titled “The Sleep of Liberal Arts Produces AI” features Francisco de Goya’s 1799 etching The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters on the left, showing a seated figure slumped over a desk while bats and owls swirl behind him in a dark, dreamlike scene. The right half of the slide has a blackboard-like background with white serif text displaying the title. In the lower-right corner are contact details for Lance Eaton, Ph.D., including an email address and a link to his Substack page, along with a Creative Commons license icon and QR code. A small caption below the image credits Wikimedia as the source.

it was an incredible honor to be the inaugural Harold F. Wiley Keynote at the AI and Liberal Arts Symposium at Connecticut College.

Here are the text and slides of my talk: aiedusimplified.substack.com/p/the-sleep-...

#GenAI #LiberalArts #HigherEd #Academia

Doing my own fanboying at the AI and The Liberal Arts Symposium at Connecticut College and running into Stefan Bauschard & Anand Rao!

Institutional Priorities for AI Anchor Insights has been working with middle and lower-resourced higher education institutions and leadership to support their long-term strategies of operationalizing AI. Our conversations and our re...

doing some information gathering about how #HigherEd institutions are navigating their #AI journeys. If you got 30 seconds, can you complete this 4-question form? I'll be sharing back results on my substack in November: docs.google.com/forms/d/1euz...

A small vintage-style robot sits at a desk in front of a dark chalkboard that reads “AI + Edu Simplified.” The robot holds a pencil in one hand and a book in the other, with another open book floating beside it. A candle flame burns at the top of its head, symbolizing curiosity or reflection. The text over the image reads, “2 Years on the Substack — Looking back, looking around, looking ahead...

2 years ago, I started my newsletter; been a fun & interesting time, looking forward to what's next on AI + EDU=Simplified!

aiedusimplified.substack.com/p/2-years-on...

#HigherEd #AIEDU #EdTech #Teaching #Learning #GenAI

if you're thinking about a doctoral program in #HigherEd, then check out this Higher Education Program admissions info session on Wednesday, October 29, 2025 from 5:00pm - 6:00pm EST (on Zoom) from #UMassBoston!

go.umb.edu/register/?id...

there's still time to submit (Sept 19) your AI-infused approach/strategy/activity for teaching and learning! Please consider contributing to this open-access resources!

stars.library.ucf.edu/traiil/

#OER #GenAI #Teaching #AIEducation

This Is 46 Thoughts on books, audiobooks, comics, running, higher education, teaching, pop culture, open access, & artificial intelligence from Lance Eaton

it's been an amazing trip around the sun... www.byanyothernerd.com/2025/09/this...

A Workshop Toolkit for AI Exploration A fun way to help think about the concerns of AI & the resources to do it!

I recently did a really fun workshop to think about what AI policy may look like--it was a lot of fun & here's the toolkit if you want to build from it.

aiedusimplified.substack.com/p/a-workshop...

#AIEdu #AIPolicy #HigherEd

A Framework for Using AI with OER Helping to find a pathway to OER and AI

a possible framework for helping folks find their way into #OER with #GenAI support....

aiedusimplified.substack.com/p/a-framewor...

#HigherEd #OpenEducation #AIEdu #Teaching #EdTech

What's In Your Statement? Friendly reminder that there's an Syllabi AI Policy Repository

Just a friendly reminder as you prepare for your semester, there is a great collection of AI policies to peruse or add to for your syllabi: open.substack.com/pub/aiedusim...

#HigherEd #Academia #AIEdu

Study Hall with Lance Eaton, Michelle D. Miller, and David Nelson - Intentional Teaching Today on the podcast, I'm excited to try out a new format. I'm calling it "Study Hall" since we're gathered together to discuss some interesting teaching and learning studies, with this edition's stud...

I had a great opportunity to be on @derekbruff.bsky.social's magnificient podcast with two awesome co-guests, Michelle Miller & Dave Nelson where we talked about #GenAI research with its implications for #HigherEd & #Teaching:

intentionalteaching.buzzsprout.com/2069949/epis...

Today on the podcast: Study Hall! @leaton01.bsky.social @michellemillerphd.bsky.social and @thedavenelson.bsky.social and I discuss three recent studies exploring the intersection of AI and teaching. Cognitive offloading, chatbot sycophancy, & more! intentionalteaching.buzzsprout.com/2069949/epis...

YouTube video by vlogbrothers What Trump is Doing to Universities

if you want to understand what's going on in higher ed with the current administration, I think this provides some useful & insightful framing: youtu.be/FQwhGOhZRyE?...

Thumbnail image for article titled ‘AI Practice: Building My Quote Collection’ with subtitle ‘Annotating & organizing book notes with AI.’ Background shows blurred text about teaching, technology, and learning. Source: aiedusimplified.substack.com."

sharing a new use case that I've found helpful with #GenAI: organizing & creating a quote-collection from my physical books!

aiedusimplified.substack.com/p/ai-practic...

#AIEdu #Academia #GenAI #AIResearch

Classroom Policy/Guidance on AI Generative Tools This form is to collect and share examples of policies/classroom syllabi that are instructors are using that focus on AI Generative Tools (e.g. ChatGPT, MidJourney, Dall-E, etc.), particularly in high...

Feel free to submit your own policy (or update your previous one!): forms.gle/VZXtRCJf3YnR...

#GenAI #AIEdu #AIED #HigherEd

Syllabi Polices for Generative AI - Repository

As we approach another semester, I just want to reshare this collection of syllabus AI Policies that I've been crowdsourcing for the last 2.5 years. There's nearly 200 to look at across different disciplines. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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here's part 2 of the conversation with @ailogblog.bsky.social & the conversations he's looking to have with #highereducation institutions about #GenAI

aiedusimplified.substack.com/p/give-ourse...

#AIEdu #EdTech

awww--thank you! It's always tricky when I'm virtual and everyone else is in person!

and yes, it's a lot to think about & figure out...

that was awesome! Thank you for participating!

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Part 1 of a conversation with the great, @ailogblog.bsky.social about what he's doing in the classroom around #GenAI

#HigherEd #AIEdu #EdTech #Teaching

aiedusimplified.substack.com/p/in-the-mod...

Public AI Summit A dynamic, two-day virtual AI Summit for the general public to hear from leading experts about the latest AI developments, gain a clearer understanding of what these changes mean, and learn how we can...

Register for a dynamic, free two-day virtual AI Summit August 13-14 for the general public to hear from leading experts about the latest AI developments, gain a clearer understanding of what these changes mean, and learn how we can leverage these tools in our everyday lives.
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Interview with Lori Looney about the AI Symposium Learning more about an intriguing conference coming up in October...

a great conversation with Lori Looney about the AI and the Liberal Arts Symposium coming up in October:

#GenAI #AIEdu #LiberalArts #Academia

aiedusimplified.substack.com/p/interview-...

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Reflecting on a moment in a recent talk that makes me think about the whole #GenAI discourse in #HigherEd

#AIEdu. #EdTech

aiedusimplified.substack.com/p/a-shill-fo...

MIT Study Shows Assigning Essays Triggers Student "Brain Rot" The big question isn’t how to put AI in schools but how to redesign instruction to support the reality of AI

"If we keep assigning traditional essays knowing students can and will use ChatGPT to generate them, we’re choosing to build in a danger zone and then blaming the storms when the structure collapses."

stefanbauschard.substack.com/p/mit-study-...

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Exploring some of the wonkiness of #GenAI and what that can do for thinking about learning & knowledge

#AIEdu #HigherEd #EdTech

aiedusimplified.substack.com/p/the-tools-...

The PhD Chronicles: The Dissertation In the Wild Thoughts on books, audiobooks, comics, running, higher education, teaching, pop culture, open access, & artificial intelligence from Lance Eaton

releasing it into the wild...and I got a physical copy of the #dissertation!

#OpenAccess #AcademicPiracy

www.byanyothernerd.com/2025/06/the-...

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Got to work on a piece with some wonderful human beings & sharing a bit about that work....

#HigherEd #GenAI #AIEdu #AIPolicy

aiedusimplified.substack.com/p/new-public...

if you wanna peruse my dissertation on #AcademicPiracy...it's now available for all... #SciHub #LibGen #OpenAccess

scholarworks.umb.edu/doctoral_dis...

Without a Map | LearningWell Magazine Rewriting the journey to belonging

a fantastic piece from Rhoan Garnett:
"This reveals a deeper truth: educational environments often leave students unprepared for meaningful dialogue across difference. We raise students in segregated spaces, then expect authentic engagement without preparation."

learningwellmag.org/article/with...

the #CFP for openly licensed, peer-reviewed strategies that utilize #GenAI tools to support learning in #HigherEd by TRAIIL is open!

stars.library.ucf.edu/traiil/

#EdTech #Teaching #Learning