Dr. Janice Thorpe | The Art of Conversing

About this episode

Dr. Janice Thorpe discusses the role of AI in education and effective communication strategies.

Dr. Janice Thorpe, communications professor and researcher from the University of Colorado, joins us to explore the use of Artificial Intelligence in higher education and the architecture of effective communication. In this episode she talks about how to overcome public speaking fears, online vs. traditional classes, as well as AI guardrails in college, policy and society.

People in this episode

Guest: Dr. Janice Thorpe

Topics covered

• Artificial Intelligence
• higher education
• effective communication
• public speaking
• online classes
• traditional classes
• AI policy

Keywords

• Artificial Intelligence
• higher education
• public speaking
• communication
• online classes
• AI guardrails
• policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Colorado

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