Ep. 99: Design Thinking and "Feeling the toe pinch" with Julie Schell

Get your mind and pen ready!
In this episode, Julie Schell takes us on a journey full of depth, purpose, and insight—walking us through how we think, encouraging us to feel the pinch of empathy, and clarifying the powers of purposeful AI use.
Julie Schell is the Assistant Vice Provost of Academic Technology, Director of the Office of Academic Technology, Executive Director for Instructional Continuity, Innovation, and Accreditation, and Assistant Professor of Practice Design at the University of Texas at Austin.
She's also a pretty fantastic guest and we are so thankful for her time and expertise.
Guidelines for AI use:
- Keep the human in the loop -
- Intelligent Interrogation - be thoughtful about the prompt
- Judgment Integration - judge the output
- Reciprocal Apprenticeship - provide persona, objective, and guided outcome. Be nice!
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