About this episode

Mark Lowe discusses his innovative approach to grading AI prompts in college classrooms with host Jason Padgett.

What if professors started grading the AI prompt instead of just the final paper? Mark Lowe, Program Chair for Entrepreneurship at Ivy Tech Community College in Lafayette, Indiana, is testing exactly that next semester. Jason Padgett sits down with Mark, a psychology professor and 10-year educator, to talk about what AI in college classrooms actually looks like when the goal is learning, not policing.Key topics covered:Grade the prompt, not just the paper: Mark's new policy for next semester at Ivy TechEbbinghaus forgetting curve: why 80% of what students learn is gone within 70 minutes without sleep, recall testing, and teaching it to someone elseWhy "AI is ruining students" is usually a teaching problem, not a technology problemThe venture development paradox: when research becomes procrastination in disguiseOnly 41% of college faculty had AI training as of 2025 (and why that gap is widening)Why higher ed curriculum is structurally 5 years behind emerging technologyUsing Claude as a debate partner instead of a homework machineData literacy as the number one skill parents should push on high schoolers right nowBottom line: the cheaters will cheat and the lazy will be…

People in this episode

Host: Jason Padgett

Guest: Mark Lowe

Topics covered

• AI in education
• grading prompts
• Ebbinghaus forgetting curve
• AI training for faculty
• data literacy
• higher education curriculum

Keywords

• AI in college
• grading
• Ebbinghaus forgetting curve
• higher education
• data literacy
• teaching challenges

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ivy Tech Community College

Books & works: Ebbinghaus forgetting curve

Places: Lafayette, Indiana

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