Join the conversation! AI Imaginaries in Education: Hitting the target but missing the point?

Digital Futures for Education is a series of conversations and events that bring together key actors from academia, civil society, and the private and public sectors. The mission is to provide a colloquial space for discussion and reflection on the digital transformation in education and the role of universities in today’s complex societies. The goal is also to build a community with key national and international educational actors.

Digital Futures welcome interest in participating in the conversation on 8 September!

Date and time: 8 September 2022, 13:00 – 14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Title: AI Imaginaries in Education: Hitting the target but missing the point?
Where: Online – Zoom link will be distributed upon registration

This conversation discusses the opportunities and risks of deploying AI and, more specifically, automation in higher education.

Confirmed speakers:

• Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt, Associate Professor, Gothenburg University
• Fredrik Heintz, Professor, Linköping University
• Loïs Vanhée, Associate professor, Department of Computing Sciences, Umeå University

Moderator: Cormac McGrath, Stockholm University & Digital Futures Faculty Member

The following questions lead the discussion:

• Will AI help students develop critical and creative thinking and collaborative and communication skills? Or will it help students to approve university assignments and exams?
• Will AI use, in particular, automation, bring us to understand student learning better? Or will it encourage the emergence of surveillance practices and invasion of student privacy at universities?
• What does it mean to design, develop, deploy, and use AI responsibly in higher education?