How I rehumanize the college classroom for the AI-augmented age

By: Sean Cho Ayres, Kennesaw State University, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: December 12, 2025

Words: 1,341

Last Updated: 4 weeks, 2 days ago

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By Sean Cho Ayres, Kennesaw State University

It’s week one of the semester, the first day of class: 20 students, mostly freshmen, sit silently waiting for our English 101 Writing Composition class to begin. Most have one AirPod in listening to whatever their Spotify AI DJ thinks they want to listen to; some scroll past AI-selected ads for drop-shipped fast fashion. And then someone who has forgotten to silence their phone opens TikTok and the

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