What happens to learning when AI enters the scene?
The seminar on AI and learning will take place at Campus Blåsenhus on 29 October. Photo: Mikael Wallerstedt, Uppsala University.
How are knowledge, the development of the human mind, and learning affected as AI becomes a bigger and bigger part of educational programmes? This question will be discussed when Uppsala University’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor Coco Norén hosts an afternoon on AI and learning on 29 October. Lecturers and other teaching staff are warmly welcome to attend and share their experiences.
Coco Norén. Photo: Mikael Wallerstedt, Uppsala University.
AI is already transforming society and the world of work, and higher education is also being affected in multiple ways. This seminar will bring together representatives from academia, the student unions, the business community and stakeholder organisations to discuss these developments.
“AI can create new opportunities in how courses are taught, but it also raises questions about the nature of knowledge and its impact on student originality, judgement and cognitive processes. These are questions that directly concern lecturers and other teaching staff,” says Norén.
The seminar will be an opportunity to bring together different perspectives and discuss how the University can take responsibility for the issues that AI brings with it. A key question is how the University can prepare students for a working life and a society that is changing in line with how AI is developing.
“Uppsala University aims to not only adapt to these developments but also help be part of shaping them. What knowledge and skills will be important in the future, and how can the University’s teaching help develop these? What does it mean to ‘know something’ when generative AI has become an integral part of both education and knowledge production and, in particular, how is student learning affected?” she asks.
Johan Ahlenius