Ep. 28 AI Retrofit Workshops: Redesigning Teaching for the Age of AI

In this episode of Unfixed, we unpack what it actually means to run AI retrofit workshops—where faculty redesign assignments and learning outcomes for a world shaped by generative AI. Rather than hype or quick fixes, this work starts from disruption: courses no longer behave as intended, and instructors are left to figure out what still holds. We explore the emotional and intellectual reality faculty face, and why time, structure, and trust—not tools—are the real interventions. Retrofit emerges not as innovation, but as necessary maintenance for teaching that still has to function.

Different Approaches to AI and Faculty Learning

Intens(ive) Reflections

Problem with AI Literacy

AI Is Not Antithetical to Human Intelligence: What The Guardian gets wrong

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Nik Janos

Professor of Sociology at California State University, Chico.

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