Innovating Higher Ed

Dr. Norma Jones
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Innovations like AI are helping us teach and engage students in ways that are more personalized, accessible, and effective than ever before. We also face challenges alongside these exciting advancements. How can we ensure that technology is used ethically and equitably? How do we balance innovation with the complexities it brings? Now is the time to be part of shaping the future of education—your voice and ideas can make a difference. Dr. Norma Jones is the host of the Innovating Higher Ed Podcast. She spotlights innovators who are transforming the way we educate and engage students.

  1. 5d ago

    “Make It So”: How We Made the My Voice at Scale Video

    Dr. Norma Jones’s script, scene and editing decisions may help you plan a teaching video of your own. In this 7:32 Original Feature for Innovating Higher Ed, she tells the story behind My Voice at Scale: AI Supported Feedback, the separate film demonstrating her Gemini-supported speech-feedback approach. Dr. Jones and producer Brent Jones built a two-column production script and used AI tools to create narration, illustrations and animation. They then revised scenes and timing in Premiere Pro. When animated lettering became gibberish, editable text preserved the meaning. Human judgment guided what they kept, replaced and improved in the computer-assembled rough cut. Read and listen to the illustrated Feature: https://www.innovatinghighered.com/feature-coverage/my-voice-at-scale?utm_source=podcast_feed&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=innovation-pulse-2026-10-09&utm_content=show_notes Watch the separate teaching film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OLae04GiNM Sources: Jonathan Gottschall: Creatures of Story: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-storytelling-animal/201205/creatures-story; Data quotation: StarTrek.com: https://www.startrek.com/news/i-am-not-a-robot Narration uses Dr. Norma Jones’s AI-cloned voice under editorial oversight. Illustrations are AI-generated.

    “Make It So”: How We Made the My Voice at Scale Video

  2. 5d ago

    Put AI to Work. Keep Your Judgment.

    Make more informed choices about AI in higher education, from student reasoning and course reminders to vendor comparison and lesson design. Listen to the complete 8:28 Innovation Pulse Weekly, Edition 20, covering October 3–9, 2026. In the audio: • AI Turned His Brain Signals Into His Familiar Voice • Make Course Reminders Give Students a Useful Next Step • Get a Clearer View of Student Reasoning with AI Interviews • Share AI Study Resources With a Clear Basis for Trust • Make Vendor Proposals Easier to Compare • Use an AI Alternative to Sharpen Your Lesson Plan The opening points to our separate Original Feature, “Make It So”: How We Made the My Voice at Scale Video. Explore the script, image and narration choices behind a teaching video. The website also includes stories on checking library publishing support and making archived research data easier to check before reuse. Read all eight regular stories and explore the Original Feature: https://www.innovatinghighered.com/innovation-pulse/2026-10-09?utm_source=podcast_feed&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=innovation-pulse-2026-10-09&utm_content=show_notes Original Feature: https://www.innovatinghighered.com/feature-coverage/my-voice-at-scale Original reporting and studies: AI Turned His Brain Signals Into His Familiar Voice https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-026-04414-6 Make Course Reminders Give Students a Useful Next Step https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11423-026-10728-6 Get a Clearer View of Student Reasoning with AI Interviews https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/news/cant-cheat-this-case-study-its-powered-by-ai/ Share AI Study Resources With a Clear Basis for Trust https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.07097 Make Vendor Proposals Easier to Compare https://adminvc.ucla.edu/leadership-forum/summer-ai/2026 Use an AI Alternative to Sharpen Your Lesson Plan https://buttondown.com/AICommons/archive/the-ai-commons-6-a-case-study-special/ Find Journal Publishing Support Before You Submit https://libnews.binghamton.edu/news/2026/10/05/new-tool-to-support-open-research-and-publishing/ Make Archived Data Easier to Check Before Reusing It https://www.anthropic.com/research/the-missing-map-of-the-sky The Innovation Pulse is produced using A.I. voice technology based on Dr. Norma Jones's voice, with editorial oversight by Dr. Jones.

    Put AI to Work. Keep Your Judgment.

  3. Oct 11

    The Wonka-Lantern Framework: Imagine More With AI. Let Your Values Lead.

    Make more room for AI creativity in higher education while keeping human judgment at the center of your choices. Dr. Norma Jones pairs Willy Wonka’s imagination with Green Lantern’s sense of responsibility. This Original Feature explores how to question AI-generated ideas, consider whose perspectives they include and decide what to revise or reject. Hear a speech-course example and ideas for campus AI sandboxes, innovation sprints and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Listen to the complete 7:40 narration from Innovating Higher Ed. Read the Feature and its sources This Original Feature uses A.I. voice technology based on Dr. Norma Jones’s voice, with editorial oversight by Dr. Jones.

    The Wonka-Lantern Framework: Imagine More With AI. Let Your Values Lead.

  4. Oct 9

    Make Clearer Teaching Decisions. Explore AI With Purpose.

    Make clearer teaching decisions about AI in higher education, and give your AI experiments a purpose. In this 8:23 edition of The Innovation Pulse from Innovating Higher Ed, Dr. Norma Jones connects grading, class discussion, assignment design, teaching-pilot evidence and course-tool choices. Hear Dartmouth's process before an AI flag affects a grade, Wharton's approach to participation, what to capture when evaluating an AI pilot, the judgment an assignment should reveal and how to decide which course tools you need. Plus: The Wonka-Lantern Framework pairs imaginative AI experiments with the values that guide your choices. Covered week: Sep 26–Oct 2, 2026. Edition 19. Read all eleven stories and explore the Feature: https://www.innovatinghighered.com/innovation-pulse/2026-10-02?utm_source=podcast_feed&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=innovation-pulse-2026-10-02&utm_content=show_notes Feature: https://www.innovatinghighered.com/feature-coverage/the-wonka-lantern-framework?utm_source=podcast_feed&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=innovation-pulse-2026-10-02&utm_content=show_notes The Innovation Pulse is produced using A.I. voice technology based on Dr. Norma Jones' voice, with editorial oversight by Dr. Jones.

    Make Clearer Teaching Decisions. Explore AI With Purpose.

  5. Oct 2

    Original Feature: Could AI Become Our Teaching Superpower?

    Could a shared AI learning lab help educators and students work through a real course challenge together? In this Original Feature, Dr. Norma Jones proposes two models: faculty sessions built around a teaching question, and class visits where the professor, students and an AI teaching specialist develop and test a lesson on the spot. She also considers how selected sessions might bring in workplace perspectives. Listen to the full 6:43 Feature, then read the article and its original sources. This Original Feature is produced using A.I. voice technology based on Dr. Norma Jones' voice, with editorial oversight by Dr. Jones.

    Original Feature: Could AI Become Our Teaching Superpower?

  6. Sep 30

    Innovation Pulse: September 19–25, 2026

    What could educators try with more room to explore? Dr. Norma Jones opens this week's Innovation Pulse with a faculty learning lab idea, followed by practical stories on teaching, university strategy, workforce skills and a bionic arm's first home trial. Listen to this 7:04 edition, then read all 12 pieces, including Dr. Jones's Original Feature: https://www.innovatinghighered.com/innovation-pulse/2026-09-25?utm_source=podcast_feed&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=innovation-pulse-2026-09-25&utm_content=show_notes Could AI Become Our Teaching Superpower? Georgia Tech Shows Two Ways to Make AI Practice Count Make Discussion a Skill Students Can Practice Use Cornell's Five Commitments to Test Your University Strategy Put AI Workforce Skills Inside Real Program Work The Return of Touch: Utah's Bionic Arm Reaches the Home Teach Students to Think With, Without and About AI AI Can Speed Prototyping. Customer Discovery Still Takes Work Syracuse Workshop Questions Make Student Thinking Visible OpenAI Academy Adds Role-Based Learning Paths for Educators and Students Could a Voice Option Improve the First Student Conversation? Fei-Fei Li on World Models and Human Responsibility for AI The Innovation Pulse is produced using A.I. voice technology based on Dr. Norma Jones' voice, with editorial oversight by Dr. Jones.

    Innovation Pulse: September 19–25, 2026

  7. Sep 21

    Turn Papers Into Research Assistants | Innovation Pulse

    AI in higher education: Stanford’s Paper2Agent turns published research methods into research assistants. This week also examines course policies, faculty development and how students use AI. The complete Innovation Pulse for September 12–18, 2026. Runtime: 7:39. In this episode: • Stanford’s Paper2Agent research assistants • Helping faculty move from experiments to course redesign • Students using AI first and libraries to verify their leads • Similar AI use, different student experiences • UT Austin’s syllabus expectations for classroom AI • NASA’s field test of an adaptable robot fleet Also mentioned: AI tutoring, Cornell’s planned reflection research, and campus AI readiness. Read the edition and original sources: https://www.innovatinghighered.com/innovation-pulse/2026-09-18?utm_source=podcast_feed&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=innovation-pulse-2026-09-18&utm_content=show_notes The Innovation Pulse is produced using A.I. voice technology based on Dr. Norma Jones' voice, with editorial oversight by Dr. Jones.

    Turn Papers Into Research Assistants | Innovation Pulse

  8. Sep 15

    Bans or Better Assignments? | Innovation Pulse

    In this complete 10:19 Innovation Pulse for September 5–11, 2026:   1. Harvard's David Deming Wants Students to Show Their Thinking. 2. Texas A&M Finds the Instructional Design Behind Better AI Role-Play. 3. A Five-Level AI Scale Starts With the Assignment's Purpose. 4. Austin Community College Wants Student Alerts to Lead Somewhere Useful. 5. Dartmouth Pairs Permission to Use AI With Work Others Can Challenge. 6. MIT Builds AI Teaching Around a Shared Core and Discipline-Specific Problems. 7. NASA and IBM Turn Moon Data Into Open AI Research Infrastructure.   Read the complete written coverage and source links: https://www.innovatinghighered.com/innovation-pulse/2026-09-11?utm_source=podbean&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=innovation-pulse-2026-09-11&utm_content=show_notes   The Innovation Pulse is produced using A.I. voice technology based on Dr. Norma Jones' voice, with editorial oversight by Dr. Jones.

    Bans or Better Assignments? | Innovation Pulse
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Innovations like AI are helping us teach and engage students in ways that are more personalized, accessible, and effective than ever before. We also face challenges alongside these exciting advancements. How can we ensure that technology is used ethically and equitably? How do we balance innovation with the complexities it brings? Now is the time to be part of shaping the future of education—your voice and ideas can make a difference. Dr. Norma Jones is the host of the Innovating Higher Ed Podcast. She spotlights innovators who are transforming the way we educate and engage students.

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  • Creator
    Dr. Norma Jones
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    25
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    © Copyright 2024 All rights reserved.
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    Innovating Higher Ed

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