In a new column for Rochester Business Journal, Graham Anthony, assistant vice president of for educational technologies and innovation, shows how AI can help educators transform learning “by amplifying what they do best.”
When most people think of AI in education, they picture chatbots answering student questions or automated grading systems. In higher education, we need to begin exploring applications that fundamentally transform how learning happens, not by replacing educators, but by amplifying what they do best.
For example, traditional role-plays require extensive faculty time or willing volunteers who can convincingly portray challenging scenarios. AI-powered simulations can generate unlimited practice opportunities, each calibrated to push students precisely where they need development. More importantly, they free faculty to focus on what machines cannot do: helping students process the emotional experience of failure, connecting theoretical frameworks to lived experience, and building the motivation to persist through difficulty.
