Should We Integrate AI into Our Teaching?: Evidence-Based Guidelines for Deciding When ...

Everyone says just pick a tool and start. But that's exactly how you end up with another $200/month subscription collecting digital dust.

You're not bad at tech. You're just being handed solutions before anyone bothered to understand your actual problem. That's not on you.

Here's what educators figured out that most AI vendors will never tell you: the question isn't "should we use AI?" It's "does AI add value here, or does it replace something that actually needs a human doing it?"

That reframe changes everything. Stop asking which AI tool is best. Start asking which specific task in your business is repetitive, low-stakes, and currently eating time your team resents spending. That's your first target.

One task. One tool. Thirty days to prove it works.

Not a platform overhaul. Not a six-month rollout. Just one boring, repeatable process — scheduling, first-draft emails, intake summaries — handed to an AI so your team can focus on the work only humans should do.

That single win builds the confidence to make the next decision without second-guessing yourself.

What's one task on your team's plate right now that nobody actually wants to do?

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Learn how faculty can make informed decisions about AI in teaching while protecting critical thinking, human interaction, and durable learning.