Why Now is the Best Time to Embrace AI

In this episode

In this episode I'm sitting down with you for a solo conversation about something that keeps coming up everywhere I go right now — AI. People are asking me about it, we're talking about it on the podcast, and I'm hearing it in conversations with women in other groups. So I wanted to share my honest take and a little encouragement, because I know there's a lot of fear and apprehension wrapped up in it.

I take you back about twenty-four years to when I said yes to co-developing one of the first online classes at Tulsa Community College. I couldn't even fathom how to teach a class online at the time, but that early-adopter mindset opened door after door — from teaching other instructors across every campus to streamlining how grades and syllabi were submitted. That same "what can I learn and how can I embrace this?" spirit is exactly how I'm approaching AI today.

So whether you're curious or nervous, my hope is that you'll feel a little less alone in this. I'm not an expert, and I'm learning right alongside you — playing with the tools, finding where they help me organize my ideas, and watching how my students are using them. Change is coming no matter what, and we get to decide to embrace it. Keep going — I think you'll be glad you did.