Digital Futures for Education: What is the impact of AI on university teaching and learning?

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Conversation – Digital Futures for Education: What is the impact of AI on university teaching and learning?

The second conversation in this series of conversations will focus on the following questions:

• What views of AI and education configure teachers’ understanding of better preparing our students for a datafied future?
• How does AI redefine the university teachers’ practices and the profession?
• Which practices in academia and beyond become obsolete with the deployment of AI?
• Which new professions could emerge? Which professions will disappear?
• What does the AI future we prepare our students for look like?

Moderator
Professor Arnold Pears, Unit of Learning in STEM at KTH and a member of the Working group Educational Transformation at Digital Futures. Pears is also the PI of the research project Transforming Higher Education Practice Through Generative-AI and a Digital Futures Faculty member.

Panel

• Matti Tedre is a Professor at the School of Computing, University of Eastern Finland. He is currently working on computer science education, ICT4D, social studies of computer science, and the history and philosophy of computer science. Link to Matti Tedre website
• Lina Rahm is an Assistant Professor in the History of Media and Environment KTH. She is a member of the Working group Rich and Healthy Life at Digital Futures and a member of Digital Futures Faculty. Her specialization is Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems, funded by the WASP-HS Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program – Humanities and Society.
• Raquel Broman Head of Competence at AI Sweden, specializes in upskilling and competence development for AI adoption. With extensive experience, Raquel has played a key role in shaping Sweden’s AI landscape by focusing on building the necessary competencies to integrate AI technologies effectively. Her expertise lies in facilitating partnerships between public and private sectors and academic institutions to establish a collaborative ecosystem for AI education and knowledge sharing.

Through Digital Futures for Education, we aim to:

• Stimulate an interdisciplinary dialogue across national and international universities to identify social demands and needs locally and globally.
• Bring about a well-founded debate on the possibilities of digitalization and data-driven education in Sweden.
• Cultivate critical and generative discussions on the ongoing research educational programs and projects at KTH, Stockholm University, and RISE.
• Align research goals and agendas in educational technology with everyday sociotechnical practices.
• Promote more inclusive conversations on digital transformation in higher education.

We invite you to be part of the conversation on digital transformation in education by suggesting topics and potential speakers to Teresa Cerratto Pargman, Associate Director Outreach, Digital Futures. Please send your suggestion to  tessy@dsv.su.se. Write “Digital Futures Outreach” in the subject of your email.

Digital Futures for Education consists of conversations and events that bring together key actors from academia, civil society, and the private and public sectors. Its 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.