New paper: Marketing Education in the Age of Generative AI

One of my colleagues has completely redesigned their module. Generative AI is now central to every workshop and even assessment, with the aim of preparing students are ready for a job market that increasingly demands generative AI skills. In contrast, another colleague started using in-class assessment, with pen and paper, to ensure assessment integrity. These … Continue reading New paper: Marketing Education in the Age of Generative AI

ChatGPT and university education – the opportunity, the challenge and the breakthrough

Image created using Dall-E Like it or not, ChatGPT and other forms of generative conversational AI are here to stay. Last weekend, John Naughton, writing in the Guardian, compared ChatGPT to Excel*, noting that “[Excel] went from being an intriguing but useful augmentation of human capabilities to being a mundane accessory”. It would never occur to current … Continue reading ChatGPT and university education – the opportunity, the challenge and the breakthrough

Tech entrepreneurs and computing experts need training in social sciences

Some time ago, I was around a dinner table with some tech entrepreneurs, when I said that sociology should be a compulsory module in computer science courses, because most tech entrepreneurs and computing experts clearly lack a basic understanding of human behaviour, which creates a lot of problems for the rest of us. As you … Continue reading Tech entrepreneurs and computing experts need training in social sciences