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Beyond the Plagiarism Panic: Rethinking Learning and Leadership in the Age of AI
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
8am PT | 10am CT | 11am ET | 4pm GMT | 5pm CET
AI is already reshaping the classroom — and for many in higher education, it raises tough questions. Do we ban it? Treat it as cheating? Ignore it and hope it goes away? This session takes a different approach. Instead of defaulting to plagiarism panic, colleges and universities have a chance to lead by rethinking how AI fits into teaching, learning, and assessment. We’ll look at how two institutions are embracing AI as a tool for student creativity, critical thinking, and career readiness while still upholding academic integrity. Join us as we explore how to design practical, forward-thinking classroom strategies that integrate AI without losing what matters most in higher ed.
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EduMAX 2025
Creativity and AI literacy are the most sought-after skills in the job market today. Don’t let your students fall behind — join us to discover how equitable access to future-ready creative and AI tools helps students better engage with their learning, solve complex problems, and communicate their ideas with impact.
Beyond the Plagiarism Panic: Rethinking Learning and Leadership in the Age of AI
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
8am PT | 10am CT | 11am ET | 4pm GMT | 5pm CET
AI is already reshaping the classroom — and for many in higher education, it raises tough questions. Do we ban it? Treat it as cheating? Ignore it and hope it goes away? This session takes a different approach. Instead of defaulting to plagiarism panic, colleges and universities have a chance to lead by rethinking how AI fits into teaching, learning, and assessment. We’ll look at how two institutions are embracing AI as a tool for student creativity, critical thinking, and career readiness while still upholding academic integrity. Join us as we explore how to design practical, forward-thinking classroom strategies that integrate AI without losing what matters most in higher ed.
Nobody knows what the next three-to-five years are going to look like, but skills such as creative thinking, resilience, and digital agility are poised to rise in significance by 2027 — becoming critical indicators of student success. Join us to discover how you can help your students develop these essential skills. Professor Justin Hodgson of Indiana University showcased how integrating digital creativity into the classroom can increase student engagement and facilitate dynamic learning experiences. By combining low-stakes activities and high-impact practices that center on digital creativity, you can empower your students to develop the skills
Building student's career-readiness and success with digital badges and credentials
November 13, 2024
Professor Justin Hodgson of Indiana University demonstrated how projects with integrated digital badges can help students articulate their learning and their career-ready skills, supplementing traditional degrees. By combining micro-credentialing with creative digital coursework, educators can help students stand out and land their dream jobs. In this session, we discovered: How digital badging programs provide a quick mechanism for students to cultivate real-world career skills How digital badging enhances stude
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Next-Gen Summer
The Adobe Summer Replay Series brings together our most impactful webinars, Generative AI in Higher Ed, Digital Literacy Café, and Adobe Express + Firefly, into one streamlined, on-demand experience. Explore our top 6 sessions of the year, all designed to support storytelling, and inspire innovation across the higher ed community.
As AI continues to reshape both education and the workforce, higher education leaders need to ensure that their institutions are prepared to reimagine teaching and learning and help students build critical new skills. In our exclusive webinar designed for presidents, provosts, and other senior leadership, our speakers shared actionable insights and success strategies for driving innovation on campus, transforming the educational experience, and sharpening your competitive edge with generative AI. Our speakers showcased peer-led discussions, thought leadership, and industry research focused on enhancing student engagement, academic outcomes, and workforce readiness.
To integrate generative AI across the curriculum, higher education institutions must find meaningful connections between students’ day-to-day academic work, their learning outcomes, and the growing demand for AI literacy everywhere. This on-demand session explores ways to do that work from the perspectives of both education and industry. Our featured panelists reflected on what measurable skills and learning experiences students need in order to face the future classroom and an uncertain future of work. They also offered insights into what employers and academic institutions are looking for in terms of integrated approaches to generative AI across the curriculum.
To ensure that our students become critical, ethical, and agile users of generative AI, we need to integrate it into courses in every discipline. In this session, four faculty members shared a dozen successful classroom exercises and lesson plans that engage students and help build transferable skills like creativity and collaboration.
After years in learning environments that couldn't accommodate creative, unstructured, exploratory, or even hands-on learning experiences, many of today's college students arrive on campus with a hyper-focus on checklists and grades. In this session, Indiana University's Professor Justin Hodgson shared how educators can build more meaningful learning experiences — even failure-friendly experiences — that focus on the joy of discovery and integrating digital fluency into the classroom.
To help students succeed in a competitive job market, higher education leaders need to equip students with sought-after skills and ways to showcase them to employers. Professor Justin Hodgson of Indiana University demonstrated how projects with integrated digital badges can help students articulate their learning and their career-ready skills, supplementing traditional degrees. By combining micro-credentialing with creative digital coursework, educators can help students stand out and land their dream jobs.
Exploring New Policies and Guidelines for Integrating Generative AI Across the Curriculum
Summer On Demand Series
At the start of the 2023-2024 school year, thought leaders from four campuses visited the Adobe Digital Literacy Café to share how they established initial guidelines around the use of generative AI in academics. One year later, three schools have gathered and shared how they have evolved their approaches to responsibly integrating the technology across the curriculum — as well as one EDUCAUSE researcher who recently coauthored a report on AI integration in the education sector.
In our final Digital Literacy Café (DLC) session of the academic year, we’ll feature students who’ve created innovative course projects using generative AI. Coming from diverse disciplinary backgrounds, these inspiring students will describe their creative decision-making processes and share their experiences of learning with generative AI tools like Adobe Firefly. Our Café moderators will also quickly recap the previous five DLC sessions to reflect on the ways in which higher education thought leaders and faculty have enabled these students’ success.
To integrate generative AI across the curriculum, higher education institutions must find meaningful connections between students’ day-to-day academic work, their learning outcomes, and the growing demand for AI literacy everywhere. This session explores ways to do that work from the perspectives of both education and industry. Our featured panelists will reflect on what measurable skills and learning experiences students need in order to face the future classroom and an uncertain future of work. They’ll also offer insights into what employers and academic institutions are looking for in terms of integrated approaches to generative AI across the curriculum.
In higher education, most of the conversation about the impact of generative AI has focused on text output for research and writing projects. But what about image generation with AI? Join us to hear how three faculty members shared their diverse approaches to helping their students build essential visual communication skills, increasingly leveraging the power of Adobe Firefly and other generative AI tools.
To ensure that our students become critical, ethical, and agile users of generative AI, we need to integrate it into courses in every discipline. In this session, four faculty members shared a dozen successful classroom exercises and lesson plans that engage students and help build transferable skills like creativity and collaboration.
Our speakers showcased peer-led discussions, thought leadership, and industry research focused on enhancing student engagement, academic outcomes, and workforce readiness. Event highlights: Peer insights: Hear from academic leaders using AI and Adobe tools to enhance teaching and learning Industry research: Gain insights from leading experts on the future of AI in education Student outcomes: Learn how AI is revolutionizing personalized learning and career readiness Demo: Watch a demonstration showcasing the journey to generative AI creativity, collaboration, and automation Watch our webinar and leave with a clearer vision for how to prepare your faculty, staff, and students for success in an AI-driven world.
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Adobe Higher Education Events
As AI continues to reshape creative industries, students in the arts and design fields need future-ready skills that balance technical expertise with creative expression. Find out how top higher education institutions are using Adobe Creative Cloud to catalyse this transformation.
Join our webinar to discover why the next generation needs more than Adobe proficiency—they must master generative AI to stay competitive. As content demand surges, employers want graduates who can deliver high-quality creative fast. Learn how integrating Adobe Firefly with Creative Cloud empowers students to stand out and meet evolving industry needs.
As demand grows for AI literacy in creative careers, students in creative arts programs need the skills to express their ideas and deliver standout work using both industry-leading apps and new AI-powered tools. Join us to hear how Adobe is equipping the next generation of creative professionals, faculty and staff with cutting-edge creative technology and responsibly designed, commercially safe generative AI. This session explores ways to do that work from the perspectives of both education and industry. Our featured panelists will reflect on what measurable skills and learning experiences students need in order to face the future classroom and an uncertain future of work. They’ll also offer insights into what employers and academic institutions are looking for in terms of integrated approaches to generative AI across the curriculum.
As artificial intelligence rapidly reshapes industries and job roles, higher education faces an urgent challenge: preparing students for an AI-enhanced workplace. Employers are increasingly seeking graduates who not only understand AI but can combine AI fluency with digital skills and visual competencies to drive innovation and productivity. During this Next Office Hour, we'll explore practical frameworks and strategies for integrating AI literacy across disciplines to create a powerful advantage for graduates.
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