A Leap In The Dark: Season 2

John Delacruz

There's a new kid in town and it's changing academic practice, particularly in the creative disciplines. Join John Delacruz, Associate Professor of Advertising Creative at San Jose State University, as he discusses the excitement, opportunities and challenges faced with the introduction of Generative AI in our toolkits, and how creative educators are adapting, changing, and inspiring creativity because of it. read less
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Crossing Disciplines Across Campus: Chelsey Hooper
21-12-2023
Crossing Disciplines Across Campus: Chelsey Hooper
In Episode 5, Chelsy Hooper from Auburn University presents the amazing work she's doing in terms of promoting digital literacy across campus as well as deeply thinking about AI literacy. Our chat turns to the ways they are addressing knowledge development in relation to copyright and ethical practice with generative AI.

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Crossing Disciplines Across Campus: Chelsey Hooper
21-12-2023
Crossing Disciplines Across Campus: Chelsey Hooper
In Episode 5, Chelsy Hooper from Auburn University presents the amazing work she's doing in terms of promoting digital literacy across campus as well as deeply thinking about AI literacy. Our chat turns to the ways they are addressing knowledge development in relation to copyright and ethical practice with generative AI.
Jumping in at the Deep End: Sugandha Gaur
11-12-2023
Jumping in at the Deep End: Sugandha Gaur
In this episode the conversation delves deeper into areas surrounding ethics and critical practice. Sugandha, from OCAD University in Toronto, discusses how Generative AI will require critical reading and understanding. The time is now to consider the importance of AI Literacy alongside Digital and Visual Literacy.
Pushing Envelopes: Gina Asaro-Collura
28-11-2023
Pushing Envelopes: Gina Asaro-Collura
In this episode we chat to Gina Asaro-Collura who is not only a creative educator, she is also a practicing Creative Director very much involved in the industry where she gets to experience the application of AI within a high stakes setting. Does the educational space become a playground for testing ideas? Do we hold back within the business setting? Where will Generative AI take us with it's accelerated evolution?
Digging Deeper: Joseph Labrecque
13-11-2023
Digging Deeper: Joseph Labrecque
In this episode I chat to Joseph Labrecque, and Adobe Education Leader and Assistant Teaching Professor at CU Boulder. Joseph is a technical wizard, seriously, and a big advocate for the use of digital tools in creative practice. So what doe she make of Generative AI? How is he applying the various tools available and what does he he see as the future of generative AI in creative education? Oh, and we talk a bit about ethics too, of course.
It's Here! Ideation, Innovation and Creative Wormholes: Dan Ligon
31-10-2023
It's Here! Ideation, Innovation and Creative Wormholes: Dan Ligon
In this episode I chat with Dan Ligon, Creative Educator on the Advertising program at CU Boulder. Dan breathes creative practice - he has written copy, directed the creative process, made short films, loves guitars and inspired a generation of hungry creatives entering the advertising industry. Dan was one of the first fellow educators I knew to be exploring Generative AI and the possibilities it held for creative ideation. Here we talk about its introduction into classroom practice and muse on what the future holds for out-the-box thinking and visualization.