## Breadcrumb 1. [Home](/) 2. Markdownify 3. Node 4. [Assistant Professor Parantap Bhatt Incorporates AI in his Teaching Methods](/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 [### 2026-27 Call for Funding Proposals for Student Groups that Support Creative Entrepreneurship on Campus The RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) invites OCAD University student groups with a mandate to support entrepreneurship on campus to apply for funding for student-led initiatives that strengthen and expand the creative entrepreneurship ecosystem at OCAD U. This funding is intended to help student groups create opportunities for entrepreneurship skills development, community building, and revenue-generating activities for students and recent alumni, while reducing barriers to participation for equity-seeking individuals. November 6, 2026 ](/news/2026-27-call-funding-proposals-student-groups-support-creative-entrepreneurship-campus) [### 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) [### Call for Vendors: BAM! Holiday Art Market 2026 OCAD University's RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) is excited to partner again with Wychwood Barns to offer a curated group of OCAD U students and recent alumni the opportunity to share a vendor table at the BAM! Holiday Art Market. October 26, 2026 ](/news/call-vendors-bam-holiday-art-market-2026) 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 ](/news/faculty-design-used-book-sale) [### FoD: Senate Election Updates Senate Election Updates April 14, 2026 ](/news/fod-senate-election-updates)