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CCT Dine & Discuss – Will AI Change the Way the Next Generation Thinks?
January 13 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Speaker: David Stein
Learning technologies have long shaped the nature of teaching and defined what we consider a classroom. Over time, the evolution of digital tools and techniques has transformed the spaces where learning occurs. The emergence of the internet introduced virtual classrooms—accessible everywhere, at any time, and to anyone—dismantling traditional boundaries. Educational technologies have fundamentally changed how knowledge is created, distributed, and owned, making them a truly disruptive force. Today, artificial intelligence (AI) stands as the next major disruption, with the potential to redefine the very concept of learning.
Imagining the Classroom of the Future
What might teaching and learning look, feel, and be like for our grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and generations beyond? What changes in today’s classrooms offer glimpses of that future? Early in the era of internet-based learning, Wood and Smith predicted that the web had “the potential to alter human interactions without the need for physical presence” (p. 5). Artificial intelligence now extends that possibility by enabling human-like interactions and reshaping how learners think and learn—both today and in the years ahead.
A Call to Action
As we imagine the future, we must ask: What vision of education do we want for ourselves and for the generations to come?The choices we make today will shape not only the tools we use but the values and goals that define the idea of education for decades ahead.
