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Using AI and Other Tools to Enhance a Learning Framework in Financial Accounting

Enhancing the Learning Framework with AI

  • Higher Education
  • Event
  • On-demand
  • Accounting
  • Financial Accounting
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • 60 Minutes
  • On-Demand Video

Description

This webinar discusses AI and other tools that award winning professor and author, Wayne Thomas, uses in his financial accounting class to enhance a learning framework (measurement, communication, and decision making). As technology continues to change the business landscape, we can use these tools to motivate students to major in accounting and help them see why accounting will continue to play an important role in business.

About Your Speaker

  • Wayne Thomas -

    Wayne Thomas

    George Lynn Cross Research Professor
    David C. Steed Chair in Accounting

    Wayne Thomas joined the University of Oklahoma in 2000. He teaches intermediate and financial accounting at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He has received numerous teaching awards at the department, college, university, state, and national levels, including being named Outstanding Accounting Educator by the Oklahoma Society of CPAs and receiving the Cook Prize from the American Accounting Association for undergraduate teaching excellence.

    Thomas is the coauthor of several textbooks. His research interests include accounting information in capital markets, earnings manipulation techniques, the importance of financial disclosures, and financial statement analysis. His work has been published in The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Contemporary Accounting Research, Review of Accounting Studies, Accounting, Organizations and Society, and several other journals. He has served as an editor for The Accounting Review and as an associate editor for the Journal of International Accounting Research. He received the Competitive Manuscript Award from the American Accounting Association and was named a George Lynn Cross Research Professor, the University of Oklahoma’s highest research designation.

    Thomas has been married to Julee since 1990, and they have four children and two grandchildren. He enjoys tennis, golf, biking, the outdoors, volunteer activities, and most of all, spending time with his family.