About the Project
Enhancing Critical Thinking Using Generative AI in Higher Education
is a short, values-driven course that helps college students use generative AI to deepen inquiry, sharpen ethical judgment, and strengthen habits of discernment.
Originally developed as my undergraduate capstone at Arizona State University, the course offers a practical model for integrating AI into classrooms without compromising the core goals of critical thinking.
The next phase centers on supporting intentional adoption among students, faculty, and institutions seeking more thoughtful,
responsible AI use.
Tools for Teaching and Thinking
Explore the core materials behind the course, including the full curriculum, visual overviews, and media-ready artifacts to support responsible AI integration in higher education.
Course Introduction
A quick overview of the course’s purpose, structure, and student-centered goals. Ideal for new learners and faculty previews.
Where the Work Lives
Course Videos
Watch the full course on YouTube!
Or access all videos here directly on the website:
Ro – Socratic AI Coach
Ro is your Socratic coach for college students and lifelong learners. Ask big questions, explore tension, surface hidden values, and reflect on how AI, algorithms, and real-world systems shape what you know — always with trust at the core.
ChatGPT login required.
Case Study
A transparent, behind-the-scenes report on the making of Enhancing Critical Thinking Using Generative AI in Higher Education. Covers course rationale, student personas, AI integration strategies, and ethical framing.
Format: PDF • 19 pages • 1 MB
Usage: Open for citation, educational reuse, and curricular inspiration.
Narrative Scripts
These companion resources offer a rare look into how tone, structure, and ethical voice were crafted.
Original Text-to-Speech Script
A TTS-optimized script for voiceover and accessibility, used to support multi-modal delivery and content clarity.
Format: PDF • 50 pages • 436 KB
Usage: Freely remixable for educational and training purposes; credit appreciated.
Early Version of Animated/Cartoon Narrative Script
One of the original versions of our dialogue-based course script, designed for engaging student storytelling with reflective prompts and AI-supported thinking.
Format: PDF • 86 pages • 620 KB
Usage: Available for non-commercial educational adaptation; attribution preferred.
The Wrestle We Keep:
Thinking Together in the Age of AI
The Wrestle We Keep: Thinking Together in the Age of AI is a landmark perspective piece that invites readers to sit with a living tension: when generative AI makes shortcuts easy, what happens to the quiet wrestle that keeps thinking honest, plural, and alive?
What began as an undergraduate capstone — a narrative video course exploring AI and critical thinking — grew into a broader question about how design shapes struggle, the wrestle shapes thinking, and thinking shapes our shared agency. This piece names that shortcut culture isn’t new, but AI has scaled, softened, and hidden it inside tools that feel wise while flattening the very friction that thinking needs to stay real.
Instead of offering simple answers, this piece holds the wrestle open: through practical provocations, design insights, and a collective call to keep the craft unfinished enough for futures that demand more than easy polish. For educators, designers, students, and anyone shaping learning at the speed of AI, The Wrestle We Keep is an invitation to test, question, and steward the circle together.
Coming soon! (applying final polishes)
Let’s Keep Building
Better Thinking With AI
This project is just one starting point in a much larger conversation.
If you’re an educator, researcher, or institution interested in piloting, adapting, or expanding this course, I’d love to connect. Together, we can shape AI tools into companions for discernment, reflection, and meaningful inquiry.
→ Contact Matthew or visit the AI Wisdom Education project to explore shared efforts toward responsible, future-ready learning.
Matthew Agustin 