For Clint Tuttle, Associate Professor of Instruction in the McCombs School of Business, AI has become a practical tool for reducing time spent on routine tasks and increasing time spent on student learning. What started as a faster way to find information and resources has evolved into a daily assistant for tasks such as drafting course materials, updating instructional content, and streamlining administrative work.
Tuttle uses AI to help keep course materials current, summarize student feedback, and accelerate the creation of labs and classroom resources. By handling much of the upfront research and formatting, AI allows him to focus on learning objectives, instructional design, and adapting lessons to meet student needs. While AI helps speed up the process, he emphasizes that faculty expertise and oversight remain essential.
For faculty and staff interested in exploring AI, Tuttle's advice is simple: start experimenting. He encourages colleagues to learn from one another, explore available tools, and focus on practical use cases that can make their work more effective. In his experience, AI is most valuable not as a replacement for expertise, but as a tool that helps educators spend more time doing what they do best: teaching and supporting students.