Adjunct Intelligence: Ai and the future of Higher Education
Stay ahead of the AI revolution transforming education with hosts Dale, tech enthusiast and AI Nerd, and Nick McIntosh, Learning Futurist.
This weekly espresso shot delivers essential AI insights for educators, administrators, and learning professionals navigating the rapidly evolving landscape of higher education.
Each episode brings you a concise rundown of breaking AI developments impacting education, followed by deep dives into cutting-edge research, emerging tools, and practical applications that Dale and Nick are implementing in their own work. From classroom innovations to institutional strategy, discover how AI is reshaping teaching, learning, and educational operations.
Whether you're working in the classroom, on the the classroom a university lecturer, TAFE teacher, or simply passionate about the future of learning, "Adjunct Intelligence" equips you with the knowledge to transform disruption into opportunity. Business casual, occasionally humorous, but always informative.
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Adjunct Intelligence: Ai and the future of Higher Education
Stay ahead of the AI revolution transforming education with hosts Dale, tech enthusiast and AI Nerd, and Nick McIntosh, Learning Futurist.
This weekly espresso shot delivers essential AI insights for educators, administrators, and learning professionals navigating the rapidly evolving landscape of higher education.
Each episode brings you a concise rundown of breaking AI developments impacting education, followed by deep dives into cutting-edge research, emerging tools, and practical applications that Dale and Nick are implementing in their own work. From classroom innovations to institutional strategy, discover how AI is reshaping teaching, learning, and educational operations.
Whether you're working in the classroom, on the the classroom a university lecturer, TAFE teacher, or simply passionate about the future of learning, "Adjunct Intelligence" equips you with the knowledge to transform disruption into opportunity. Business casual, occasionally humorous, but always informative.
Patient Data, Playground AI and Prompting: Gemini for Kids, 57 M Health Records Uploaded to AI, and Prompting Like a Pro
Adjunct Intelligence: AI + HE
26 minutes
5 months ago
Patient Data, Playground AI and Prompting: Gemini for Kids, 57 M Health Records Uploaded to AI, and Prompting Like a Pro
Welcome to Episode 2 of Adjunct Intelligence the podcast where higher-ed meets high-tech at break-neck speed. This week Dale and Nick tackle a news cycle that rockets from schoolyard chatbots to nation-scale health analytics, dives into GenAi Video and hands you the prompt-writing cheats you’ll need to survive it all. Buckle up, charge your tokens, and let’s roll.
🚀 Big-Ticket AI Headlines
Gemini for Kids is coming → Are the frameworks and regulatory considerations ready?
TEQSA Gen-AI Hub → your free vault of academic-integrity guides, assessment-redesign blueprints, and AI policy samples—download in seconds.
Microsoft Workforce Trends → layoffs and the future of work is an Agent partner.
New models from ChatGPT-4.1, and whispers of Claude Sonnet & Opus → deep reasoning, code autocompletion, MCP connectors that let chatbots control apps like magic.
🎬 Video & Virtual Faculty
Will Smith eating pasta and how it measures the pace of change in AI Video
Runway Gen-2 + Google Veo-2 = photoreal lecture trailers, brand promos, & course intros—zero film crew needed.
HeyGen / Synthesia avatars → build a 24-hour “clone faculty” that never loses its voice, crushes onboarding, and scales feedback.
🏥 Precision Medicine Meets EdTech NHS “Foresight” trains on 57 M anonymised records → Can it predict heart attacks before symptoms. Imagine that power nudging at-risk students before they fail. ⚖️ Policy at Warp Speed UAE “Living Regulations” → AI-drafted laws 70 % faster, dynamically linked to rulings & impact data. Agile governance or surveillance on steroids? 🧑🏫 Adaptive Campus 2.0 Students could expect hyper-personalised, AI-driven learning paths. We map the roadmap—and reveal how to dodge algorithmic echo chambers that kill curiosity. 🛠️ Prompt Lab 2.0
Structured Briefs = Context ➡️ Role ➡️ Goal ➡️ Process ➡️ Constraints ➡️ Examples
Markdown Anchors = Bold 📣 Bullets • Headers # the model “sees”
Vibe-Prompting = Creative riffing, rapid iteration, no Yoda syntax 👽, be the manager your employees deserve
00:00 – Welcome 01:00 – Gemini for Kids (Google) 01:38 – TEQSA Gen-AI Knowledge Hub 02:38 – Model Mania: GPT-4.1, Claude Sonnet/Opus, MCP connectors 03:45 – Notion-AI Love Letter 04:10 – Text-to-Video Take-off: Runway, Veo-2, Will-Smith-spaghetti 07:48 – Digital Humans in the Classroom: Synthesia, HeyGen 11:40 – AI Gets Personal (productivity & prediction) 11:56 – NHS “Foresight”: 57 M patient records → predictive health 14:59 – UAE’s AI-Driven Laws (“living regulations”) 16:12 – Higher-Ed Fallout: LMS evolution & adaptive learning 18:02 – Echo-Chamber Risk: protecting curiosity 22:50 – Prompt Engineering 2.0 – structured Markdown briefs 24:06 – Outro
Adjunct Intelligence: Ai and the future of Higher Education
Stay ahead of the AI revolution transforming education with hosts Dale, tech enthusiast and AI Nerd, and Nick McIntosh, Learning Futurist.
This weekly espresso shot delivers essential AI insights for educators, administrators, and learning professionals navigating the rapidly evolving landscape of higher education.
Each episode brings you a concise rundown of breaking AI developments impacting education, followed by deep dives into cutting-edge research, emerging tools, and practical applications that Dale and Nick are implementing in their own work. From classroom innovations to institutional strategy, discover how AI is reshaping teaching, learning, and educational operations.
Whether you're working in the classroom, on the the classroom a university lecturer, TAFE teacher, or simply passionate about the future of learning, "Adjunct Intelligence" equips you with the knowledge to transform disruption into opportunity. Business casual, occasionally humorous, but always informative.
