Speaker:
Andreas Häberlin
Halmos College of Arts and Sciences
Description:
Innovation is disrupting the economy at an unprecedented pace. Emerging technologies increasingly compete with traditional skill sets. Consequently, both students and educators can feel the effects of a changing career landscape. Within the education system, two important questions arise: 1) How can we inspire our students to proactively overcome novel challenges? 2) And how, as educators, can we stay current on emerging literacies? A relatively young research field frames these inquiries as heutagogy, which is also known as self-determined learning. Heutagogy describes a proactive and self-sufficient approach to problem-solving. This presentation explores heutagogy in the context of recent AI developments. Specifically, the presentation explores an ethical yet competitive use of AI technology in education. The first part provides a theoretical overview of heutagogy and its application areas. The second part introduces AI for educational use and provides several concrete examples of AI-based problem-solving. Attendees are welcome to participate in several reflective activities.
Learning Outcomes:
Participants will be able to:
1. Familiarize with heutagogy and its relevance for students and educators
2. Familiarize with AI technologies relevant for educational use
3. Explore concrete examples of self-determined, AI-based learning
4. Discuss the relevance of AI-based problem-solving to their own fields
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