Title - Alternative
Practicing Disciplinary Role-Play with Artificial Intelligence: Bioinspired Innovation Meets Busines
Date Created
12-9-2025
Institution Type
Doctorate-granting university
Course Level
Undergraduate
Modality of Lesson
Online
Category
Task Execution with Human Oversight
Primary AI Tool Used
Blackboard Ultra AI Conversation Role Play Tool
Learning Objectives
Evaluate scientific claims about biological technologies and differentiate between information and misinformation;
Adapt and apply skills across disciplines to explore complex questions and address problems;
Use writing as an instrument of inquiry across a variety of writing situations
Strategy Description
Students use Blackboard’s AI Conversation tool to rehearse their team’s innovation pitch with a simulated investor. This role-play activity prepares students to confidently communicate scientific ideas in business contexts and strengthens final group presentations.
Publisher
University of Central Florida Libraries
Keywords
AI role play; Science communication; Interdisciplinary teaching; Student reflection; Bioinspiration; Entrepreneurship; Blackboard Ultra
Subjects
Artificial intelligence--Educational applications; Business communication--Study and teaching--Simulation methods; Business education--Simulation methods; Life sciences--Computer-assisted instruction; Problem-based learning
Type
Text; Document
Collection
Audience
Faculty; Students; Educators
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Recommended Citation
Rodriguez, Christine R., "Practicing Disciplinary Role-Play with AI: Bioinspired Innovation Meets Business Strategy" (2025). Teaching Repository of AI-Infused Learning. 17.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/traiil/17
Document to support ideation and early draft of an AI ole play activity
Step Two AI Conversations Build your final activity.docx (30 kB)
Document to support specific generation of the AI Conversation for Blackboard Ultra format