Preparing Higher Education for the AI Revolution
The rapid advancement of AI systems like ChatGPT presents both opportunities and challenges for higher education. While AI can automate certain tasks and provide helpful tools for students and faculty, it also threatens to disrupt all education sectors in concerning ways.
This talk will argue that instead of succumbing to the Silicon Valley hype, Higher Education institutions must take a proactive approach to integrating AI thoughtfully and strategically. They should also provide educational leadership by trail blazing the recognition of the unique capabilities of human intelligence through redesigning curricula and assessments to nurture learning mastery, critical thinking, and intellectual flexibility and resilience as well as subject specific knowledge and understanding.
Key themes will include:
- Situating recent developments in AI, such as ChatGPT in the wider landscape of AI in Education
- Understanding the true capabilities and limitations of current AI systems
- Identifying risks of over-reliance on AI
- Developing strategies to prepare students and faculty for increasingly advanced AI
- Rethinking learning outcomes and assessments to focus on high-level human skills like critical analysis, creativity, and evaluation of evidence
- Designing curricula that harness AI while cultivating the best of human intelligence
- Regulating and monitoring the use of AI in higher ed to uphold academic integrity
The goal is to spark discussion on how Higher Education can lead the way in developing AI wisdom – using these technologies to enhance rather than diminish human potential. Preparing university communities proactively will be essential for thriving with AI.
Keynote Speaker
Professor Rose Luckin
Learner Centred Design,
University College London, Knowledge Lab
About the Keynote Speaker
Rosemary (Rose) Luckin is a Professor at University College London renowned for her research into the design and evaluation of educational technology, particularly Artificial Intelligence (AI). She was named one of the 20 most influential people in education in the Seldon List in 2017, the only non-US winner of the ISTE Impact Award, and one of Computer Weekly’s top 50 most influential women in technology for 2023. Rose regularly provides expert evidence to policymakers like the UK Parliament’s House of Lords and House of Commons select committees and the European Commission.
Rose has published widely in academic journals, at international conferences, through books, and in news media (TV, radio, newspapers, and magazines). Her 2018 book, Machine Learning and Human Intelligence: The Future of Education for the 21st Century, has been translated into Mandarin and influenced many of China’s leading AI companies. Her most recent book, AI for School Teachers (2022), is an essential and accessible guide to AI for anyone in education.
Rose also founded EDUCATE Ventures Research Ltd., a London hub for educational technology startups, researchers, and educators engaged in evidence-based edtech and leveraging data and AI to benefit education.
Rose has taught in secondary, further, and higher education. She has led many large interdisciplinary international research projects and held senior leadership roles in higher education, including as Pro Vice Chancellor for Teaching and Learning at the University of Sussex before joining UCL in 2006. She is President of the Self-Managed Learning College in Brighton and host of the EdTech podcast.
