Unofficial Office Hours

In this episode, we take a bit of turn and engage in a crossover event, where the Unofficial Official Hours podcasts features content from a the Digital Gardener Initiative's Generative AI Webinar serie (dgi.iu.edu/gen-ai). UOH host, Dr. Justin Hodgson , also leads that series and in the latest webinar he is joined by Dr. Anne Leftwich and Dr. Remi Kalir (both guests and participants on the UO...

In this episode of the Unofficial Office Hours podcast, host  Justin Hodgson , joined by co-host  Miranda Rodak , welcomes  Anna Mills —community college writing instructor, AI faculty developer, author, and co-editor of the upcoming Bad Ideas About AI and Writing —for a thoughtful and wide-ranging conversation about AI, writing, and the future of higher education. The episode begins with a critic...

In this episode of the Unofficial Office Hours podcast , host  Justin Hodgson  is joined by  Greg Marschall , CEO of  Learnwise.ai , along with co-host  Anne Leftwich , for a conversation about the evolving role of AI in supporting teaching, learning, and institutional operations in higher education. Rather than focusing on product features, the discussion explores the broader purpose behind platf...

In this episode of the  Unofficial Office Hours Podcast , host Justin Hodgson sits down with  Andrew Rosner , Director of Digital Fluency at Franklin College (Franklin, IN), to talk about how faculty and students at a small liberal arts institution are navigating the rapid rise of AI tools. Rather than focusing only on academic integrity concerns, the conversation looks at the broader cultural and...

In this roundtable episode of the Unofficial Office Hours podcast, host  Dr. Justin Hodgson  is joined by returning guests  Dr. Sheneese Thompson , Dr. Kevin Jones , Dr. Miranda Rodak , and Dr. Remi Kalir  for a candid conversation about a new frontier in educational technology:  agentic AI systems . Tools like  Einstein AI and other AI agents  (e.g., Openclaw) are beginning to move beyond assisti...

In this episode of the Unofficial Office Hours podcast, host  Justin Hodgson , joined by co-host  Remi Kalir , sits down with historian   Alex Lichtenstein  for a deep dive into the craft of historical practice in the age of generative AI. Rather than asking abstract questions about technology, the conversation begins with something more fundamental: What does a historian actually  do ? Where does...

In this solo episode, host Justin Hodgson explores a classic framework for better thinking—and asks what it might teach us about working with AI. Drawing on Edward de Bono’s  Six Thinking Hats , this episode maps each “hat” onto practical strategies for engaging AI as a thought partner rather than just a tool. What happens when we deliberately shift from critical mode to creative mode with ChatGPT...

n this episode of the Unofficial Office Hours podcast, host  Justin Hodgson  is joined by  Dr. Anne Leftwich , Professor of Instructional Systems Technology in the School of Education at Indiana University and Associate Vice President for Learning Technologies in UITS. Dr. Leftwich’s work focuses on the design of technology and computer science education, with particular emphasis on K–12 curriculu...

In this episode of the Unofficial Office Hours podcast, the conversation centers on a challenge many faculty face: how to tell the story of their teaching in ways that are visible, credible, and impactful. Teaching-focused educators do meaningful, innovative work every day, yet often struggle to articulate that work in ways that matter for recognition, advancement, and long-term success. Host  Jus...

In this episode of the Unofficial Office Hours podcast, host  Justin Hodgson  is joined once again by  Dr. Kevin Jones  for a conversation that takes the pulse of artificial intelligence in higher education. The episode opens with a look into the current AI landscape, including what the recent Grok incident reveals about risk, governance, and responsibility for institutions. From there, the conver...

In this solo episode of the Unofficial Office Hours podcast, host  Dr. Justin Hodgson  takes a critical look at the recent  Grok controversy  and what it reveals about the risks of unregulated AI systems. Using the incident as a case study, the episode explores how failures in ethical oversight—ranging from the inappropriate generation of content to culturally and religiously harmful outputs—highl...

In this episode of the Unofficial Office Hours podcast, host  Justin Hodgson  is joined by  Dr. Sarah Fisher , Assistant Professor of Writing Studies at the University of Miami, and returning guest  Remi Kalir  as co-host, for a rich conversation about vlogging, visibility, and public-facing scholarship in higher education. We explore Sarah’s work as a YouTuber and scholar of rhetoric and writing,...

In this episode of  the Unofficial Office Hours podcast , host  Dr.  Justin Hodgson  is joined by  Dr.  Sheneese Thompson  for a wide-ranging and timely conversation about where higher education is headed with AI—and whether institutions are moving too quickly, not quickly enough, or in all the wrong ways. Drawing on headlines, classroom practices, and student perspectives, the conversation explor...

In this episode of The Unofficial Office Hours podcast, host Dr. Justin Hodgson is joined by Dr. Miranda Rodak , Senior Lecturer and Associate Director of the Communication and Professional Skills Department at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. With extensive cross-disciplinary teaching experience—spanning writing, rhetoric, communication, and business—Dr. Rodak brings an incredible...

In this episode of the Unofficial Office Hours podcast, host Dr. Justin Hodgson  is joined by  Dr. Kevin Jones , AI Strategist, Associate Professor of Management, and Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at IU Columbus. Recorded while Dr. Jones was on location at the  World Summit AI in Doha, Qatar , this conversation brings a uniquely global lens to the rapidly evolving relationship b...

In this episode of the  Unofficial Office Hours podcast, host  Justin Hodgson  is joined by  Dr. Remi Kalir , Associate Director of Faculty Development and Applied Research at Duke University’s Learning Innovation and Lifetime Education . Dr. Kalir is an accomplished author whose two books on annotation explore both how annotation supports learning and how the act of annotating can meaningfully sh...

The Unofficial Office Hours podcast is where higher education drops the formalities and gets real about teaching, technology, and transforming a campus culture. Each week, host Dr. Justin Hodgson brings together a rotating crew of campus insiders, technologists, and educators to talk about what’s actually happening in higher education—candidly exploring the intersections of teaching and learning,...