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GenAI in Business Education

Here you'll find a collection of the resources we've been sharing at UVA Darden School of Business to learn more about generative AI (GenAI) and its impact on our MBA curriculum and instruction.

Updated May 2026
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Sr. Assistant Dean, Digital and Instructional Initiatives
Darden School of Business
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AI That Works for You: How Agentic Tools Can Transform Teaching and Learning

Harvard Business Impact

This webinar, given by Elon University's Love School of Business Dean Haya Ajjan, first reviews the current climate for the impact of AI in the workplace. The second half of the webinar provides several examples of using AI tools to create value.

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Joanne Meier

Really interesting overview of the rapidly changing landscape in the age of AI, its impact on productivity and several agentic AI examples from daily work.

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In this webinar, you'll learn about several tools that may be new to you. One portion of the webinar describes three types of courses: AI Informed, AI Integrated and AI Architect. Which type do you teach?

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An AI Bubble? Yes, But Don’t Panic. | Darden Ideas to Action

UVA Darden School of Business Ideas to Action

After a year when artificial intelligence seemed to be everywhere, the question in 2026 is no longer whether AI matters, but how the story evolves. Is this the early stage of a productivity revolution, or the crest of a familiar boom-and-bust cycle? And if an AI bubble exists, as many investors and economists fear, should we be worried?

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Joanne Meier

As we all scramble to understand the impact of AI, Dean Lenox reminds us to keep an eye on the big picture and not to overreact to the daily news cycle. 

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We are already beginning to see a productivity revolution driven by AI in some sectors. I suspect that in the next 12 months, we will begin to experience the shakeout phase of the AI lifecycle where some high-flying start-ups and once successful incumbents will fail in the face of increased competition. Some will interpret this as evidence of AI being overhyped, but this is exactly what one would expect as the forces of disruption unfold.

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Substack from Leading Expert on the Impact of AI

Ethan Mollick

In his Substack, Professor Ethan Mollick (University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business) translates academic research into usable information for the higher-education classroom. Many of his recent posts are about GenAI, and he’s written on a range of topics including creativity and boredom with GenAI.

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Joanne Meier

I appreciate Ethan Mollick's Substack because Ethan posts new articles every month or so, and each one tackles a topic instructors are probably thinking about. Mollick writes, "While being aware of the threats [of GenAI], I have tried to embrace the opportunities."

I found one recent post in particular very helpful for considering ways to incorporate GenAI into class assignments. You can also view this article in the “Leveraging AI in Assignments” collection on Teaching Hub.

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From April 23, 2026 entry: "I have been encouraging you to think about AI not as a single thing, but as a set of three interlinked concepts. You need to consider models, like Opus 4.7, Gemini 3.1, or (now) GPT-5.5. You also want to pay attention to apps, which are the products you actually use to talk to a model, and which let models do real work for you. The most common app is the website for each of these models: chatgpt.com, claude.ai, gemini.google.com. But, increasingly, desktop applications like Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and OpenAI Codex are becoming the most useful apps for AI. Finally, there are harnesses, the tools that an AI can use and how the AI models are hooked up to these tools. Tools allow the AI to control your computer, write code, do research, and make images."

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