{"id":13357,"date":"2026-02-03T09:53:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/?post_type=campus_story&p=13357"},"modified":"2026-02-03T09:53:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:53:58","slug":"uw-oshkosh-nursing-teams-spotlight-ethical-program-aligned-ai-adoption-at-national-conferences","status":"publish","type":"campus_story","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/story\/uw-oshkosh-nursing-teams-spotlight-ethical-program-aligned-ai-adoption-at-national-conferences\/","title":{"rendered":"UW-Oshkosh nursing teams spotlight ethical, program-aligned AI adoption at national conferences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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UW\u2013Oshkosh\u2019s early, ethical and intentional approach to artificial intelligence is earning national recognition, as faculty and staff leaders shared the university\u2019s work at two premier higher-education conferences in fall 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through UW\u2013Oshkosh\u2019s established AI Trailblazers initiative, teams represented the university at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference and AACN Transform, the national meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), demonstrating how responsible, values-driven AI adoption can strengthen teaching, learning and student success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UW-Oshkosh faculty team presents at the recent American Association of Colleges of Nursing conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the 2025 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference (online), UW\u2013Oshkosh presented Grounded Innovation: How a Framework & Philosophy Statement Drive Ethical AI Use in Classrooms<\/em>. The session was competitively selected through a national proposal process and highlighted the university\u2019s AI Framework and Philosophy\u2014developed proactively ahead of UW System policy\u2014as a practical model for guiding classroom use of AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EDUCAUSE presenters included: Terese Blakeslee, PhD, RN (Associate Professor); Becca McLagan, MS. Ed\u200b; Kim Brundidge, MSN, RN, CCRN, (IAS & DNP-FNP student\u200b); and Nahal Rahmanpanah, DNP, APRN, FNP-C (Assistant Professor).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The presentation emphasized cross-functional collaboration, particularly between nursing faculty and instructional technology leaders, and showed how institutional values can translate into clear, actionable guidance for instructors and students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur goal has never solely been to adopt AI quickly, but to also adopt it well<\/em>,\u201d said Seon Yoon Chung, PhD, RN, CHSE-A, Dean and Professor of the College of Nursing, Health Professions, and STEM at UW\u2013Oshkosh. \u201cBy grounding our work in shared principles and program outcomes, we\u2019ve been able to support faculty innovation while maintaining trust, transparency and academic integrity. Earning opportunities to share our work in front of national peer audiences is a real validation of where we are going at UWO.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A UW-O faculty presenter team pauses a moment for a photo at the recent AACN conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That momentum continued at AACN Transform 2025 in Anaheim, California, where UW\u2013Oshkosh was invited to deliver a featured two-hour block titled Faculty and Student Journeys: AI Integration in Nursing Education<\/em>. The invitation allowed the team to combine three proposed sessions into a single, end-to-end narrative illustrating a deliberately backwards-designed approach to AI integration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AACN presenters included: Erika Janssen, PhD, MSN, RN\u200b (Assistant Professor); Lindsay Morgan, DNP, MSN-NE, APNP, FNP-BC\u200b (Associate Professor); McLagan\u200b; Brundidge; and Rahmanpanah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The presentation traced UW\u2013Oshkosh\u2019s work from foundational guidance\u2014such as the AI Framework and Philosophy, syllabus statements and student waiver language\u2014through research efforts, including a published scoping review of AI-powered simulation and an AI perspectives survey. It concluded with implementation examples featuring AI-powered avatar simulations in nursing education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur experience shows that governance, research and instructional practice don\u2019t have to compete with one another,\u201d Chung said. \u201cWhen they are aligned, they create space for innovation that is ethical, scalable and truly centered on student learning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UW-Oshkosh was well-represented as presenters at the EDUCAUSE annual conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The response from national peers underscored the growing impact of UW\u2013Oshkosh\u2019s AI Trailblazers initiative. Dr. Patricia Morton, editor of The Journal of Professional Nursing<\/em>, offered to mentor the team in developing publications based on this work, and representatives from the University of Michigan sought guidance on launching their own AI avatar simulations and related research collaborations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together, the EDUCAUSE and AACN presentations reinforce UW\u2013Oshkosh\u2019s reputation as a thoughtful early adopter of artificial intelligence\u2014one that prioritizes ethical use, program alignment and collaboration across disciplines. What began as internal pilots through AI Trailblazers has evolved into nationally recognized work, now poised to expand and further strengthen UW\u2013Oshkosh\u2019s leadership in responsible AI innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m proud of how well we represented UW\u2013Oshkosh on the national stage,\u201d said Becca McLagan, a member of the AI Trailblazers group and teaching, learning and technology specialist in the UW\u2013Oshkosh College of Nursing, Health Professions, and STEM. \u201cThe support we\u2019ve received has allowed this work to grow from internal pilots into nationally recognized efforts. These initiatives are now positioned to scale, and I\u2019m excited about what this means for our programs and for UW\u2013Oshkosh\u2019s continued leadership in responsible AI innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Written by UW-Oshkosh News Bureau<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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