{"id":8123,"date":"2024-08-05T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.everylearnereverywhere.org\/?p=8123"},"modified":"2024-08-06T13:30:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T18:30:18","slug":"research-assistant-demystifying-ai-can-help-level-the-higher-education-playing-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everylearnereverywhere.org\/es\/blog\/research-assistant-demystifying-ai-can-help-level-the-higher-education-playing-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Assistant: Demystifying AI Can Help Level the Higher Education Playing Field"},"content":{"rendered":"

Isabella \u201cIzzy\u201d Greene-Noble admits she once had fears about artificial intelligence. Now she\u2019s hoping her work with Every Learner Everywhere\u00ae will help other students overcome their own concerns about AI and how to use it. Greene-Noble is a research assistant who\u2019s part of the summer and fall 2024 Every Learner Everywhere\u00ae internship program. Her task: demystifying AI through helping to draft tutorials about guidelines for using AI in postsecondary education.<\/p>\n

Greene-Noble, a sophomore at the University of Mississippi, says, \u201cFor years, AI kind of scared me. There are so many things that are unknown about it. It all boils down to just being educated on the topic. If we can reach everybody, we can level the playing field.\u201d<\/p>\n

In February 2024 Greene-Noble accepted an invitation to participate in a webinar about AI in higher education<\/a>. The conversations in that Every Learner event \u2014 and two others about technology \u2014 sparked her interest in how students and educators are using AI to support their academic pursuits.<\/p>\n

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So when she got the opportunity to participate in an internship with Every Learner<\/a> that focuses on AI guidance for students and faculty, she jumped at the chance.<\/p>\n

A nonlinear educational path<\/h2>\n

Greene-Noble\u2019s work with Every Learner Everywhere\u00ae is the latest step in an education and career-training journey that has been anything but linear. As a high school senior, in fact, she was unsure if she wanted to go to college, and she wrestled with the question of her future path.<\/p>\n

When Greene-Noble\u2019s interest in education and certainty about her future waned, it was her family\u2019s support \u2014 in word and deed \u2014 that set her on her current course.<\/p>\n

One of her grandfathers and mother encouraged her to give college a try. Her other grandfather nurtured her longtime interest in flying by taking her to aviation museums and air shows, also guided her toward piloting introductory flights.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to do something with my life,\u201d says Greene-Noble, who grew up in Michigan and Florida. \u201cThey said, \u2018You know you can do this. We\u2019ve all seen what you can do. You\u2019re stronger than you think.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n