Abstract
This book review examines Bowen and Watson’s second edition of Teaching with AI, which argues that higher education must treat AI as an artificial general disruptor of cognitive labor. Moving past handwringing and handwaving, the authors press faculty toward design decisions that make judgment, standards, and integrity visible again. Their warnings about detection are timely, but the book is ultimately forward-looking: AI can widen feedback, clarify expectations, and make redesign work practical at scale. Although the book avoids discipline-specific exemplars, it makes a clear case that the issues facing colleges and universities lie deeper than AI—and that AI can be a forcing function capable of bringing higher education’s faculties to bear.
Recommended Citation
O'Connell, Jordan
(2026)
"Book Review: Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning, 2nd edition by José Antonio Bowen & C. Edward Watson,"
Essays in Education: Vol. 32:
Iss.
1, Article 3.
Available at:
https://openriver.winona.edu/eie/vol32/iss1/3
Primary Author Bio Sketch
Jordan O'Connell serves as the Chair of Liberal Arts for Northeast Iowa Community College. He is pursuing an Ed.D. through Winona State University.
