The SM131 Business Ethics Simulation at Boston University redefined ethics education for over 450 first-year students by immersing them in a live, AI-driven ethical crisis involving Coca-Cola and PepsiCo in India. Students assumed stakeholder roles and engaged in high-pressure, Socratic dialogue to navigate real-world dilemmas around corporate responsibility, environmental impact, and power dynamics. Through role-based empathy, dynamic coaching, and original writing, students developed ethical fluency, stakeholder awareness, and leadership judgment. The simulation fostered deep learning, with 94% reporting increased understanding of tradeoffs and 73% naming it the most meaningful part of the course. Ethics became personal, urgent, and transformative.
This presentation showcases two complementary projects at Florida Gulf Coast University that together form a Human + AI Co-Learning model: the AI-Enabled Faculty–Student CoLab and SystemSolve GPT. The CoLab is a structural model where faculty and students collaborate to design AI-integrated assignments, guardrails, and reflective activities across disciplines. SystemSolve GPT is a pedagogical model: a custom, course-embedded AI “thinking partner” that scaffolds inquiry, systems thinking, and ethical reasoning without generating assignment-ready content. Together, these innovations demonstrate how institutions can pair collaborative design with reflective AI practice to create responsible, authentic, and future-ready learning experiences.
I am an Associate Professor at Florida Gulf Coast University, Marieb College of Health and Human Services. I earned a PhD in Health Sciences Research from University of North Carolina at Charlotte, MD from Tbilisi Medical Academy and completed Postdoctoral Fellowship at Dartmouth... Read More →
Saturday June 13, 2026 9:40am - 10:10am EDT Coastal 9
Is AI just a tool, or is it your new strategic partner? This session shows academic leaders how to move beyond transactional AI use. Discover an actionable model to leverage AI for data-informed planning and assessment while preserving the moral, mission-centered core of leadership. Learn to integrate AI analytics with ethical reflection and build teams fluent in human-AI collaboration.Keywords: #AIinHigherEd #StrategicLeadership #DecisionMaking
Dean of the School of Leadership | College of Education and Leadership, University of the Cumberlands
I serve as Dean of the School of Leadership at the University of the Cumberlands, where I lead doctoral and graduate programs supporting more than 1,000 students and 60+ faculty. As a scholar-practitioner and former P–12 educator with more than 35 years in education, my work focuses... Read More →
Saturday June 13, 2026 10:20am - 10:50am EDT Coastal 9
