## Breadcrumb 1. [Home](/index%2Ephp/) 2. [News and Stories](/index%2Ephp/news) 3. [Assistant Professor Parantap Bhatt Incorporates AI in his Teaching Methods](/index%2Ephp/markdownify/node/4365) April 14, 2026 # Assistant Professor Parantap Bhatt Incorporates AI in his Teaching Methods ![OCAD University's Sharp Centre for Design, with a graphic black and white facade suspended over primary colour support legs](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_large/public/2024-09/placeholder.jpg.webp?itok=6xMUv-uQ) rgb(255,255,255) ![Parantap AI use image](/sites/default/files/2026-04/Parantapp%20-%20AI.png) Rather than treating AI solely as a challenge to academic integrity, many faculty members are approaching it as a creative and analytical medium. Assistant Professor **Parantap Bhatt** in the Faculty of Design has been incorporating generative AI in third-year residential and hospitality studios in the Environmental Design program as well as in fourth-year interaction/experience design studios, which bring together students from Architecture, Interior Design, Advertising, Graphic Design, Industrial Design and Digital Futures. “In my teaching, AI is positioned not simply as a tool for output, but as a cognitive collaborator within the design process,” says Bhatt. Read more about how this OCAD U assistant professor is integrating AI tools in the classroom by clicking the link. [ Assistant Professor Parantap Bhatt Incorporates AI in his Teaching Methods .arrow-link-long { fill: #000; } ](https://lnkd.in/eG3qyWWT) rgb(255,255,255) ## Other Recent News [### 2027 Critical Distance Centre for Curators Projections Program Call for Artists OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) and Critical Distance Centre for Curators (CDCC) have partnered to co-create CDCC Projections Program Career Launcher. Four (4) to five (5) selected emerging artists will receive $690 to exhibit work in a single channel, projection-based screening program that will be displayed at the CDCC in March 2027. October 30, 2026 ](/news/2027-critical-distance-centre-curators-projections-program-call-artists) [### OCAD U’s Global Centre for Climate Action and EU bring large-scale art to Toronto’s Canada Malting Silos The Light and Melting Temporalities transformed the waterfront into a canvas for climate reflection. October 6, 2026 ](/news/ocad-us-global-centre-climate-action-and-eu-bring-large-scale-art-torontos-canada-malting) [### Call for Project Participants: From Our Points of View Encounters with Artists A student-led year-long visiting artist project, under the mentorship of Governor General's Award winning artist Max Dean September 30, 2026 ](/news/call-project-participants-our-points-view-encounters-artists) Related Stories ## Related Stories [### Steps Forward Celebrates Student Creativity and OCAD U's 150-Year Legacy A new series of student-created murals transforms the iconic Yellow Staircase in celebration of the university's 150th anniversary. September 18, 2026 ](/index%2Ephp/news/steps-forward-celebrates-student-creativity-and-ocad-us-150-year-legacy) [### Faculty of Design Used Book Sale Faculty of Design’s Used Book Sale offered students affordable access to donated art and design books. Date/Time: Wednesday, October 7, 2026, from 10am – 6pm Location: 100 McCaul St. - OCAD University, Lobby, Ground Floor September 2, 2026 ](/index%2Ephp/news/faculty-design-used-book-sale) [### FoD: Senate Election Updates Senate Election Updates April 14, 2026 ](/index%2Ephp/news/fod-senate-election-updates)