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For Assignment 3, I’m looking at a two-year software development program in 2036. That’s ten years from now, the same distance Selwyn et al. (2020) imagined for their Lakeside school. I taught in a program like this for five years, and towards the end I noticed students could sometimes produce working code without really understanding how it worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m imagining a future where AI becomes the normal way to write code. Over time, colleges start dropping courses that teach students to code from scratch because they no longer seem necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selwyn et al. (2020) discuss digital deskilling, while Selwyn (2024) questions what education loses when it is designed around what machines can process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my story, students graduate, get jobs, and everything seems fine until something goes wrong that AI can’t fix. They have the qualifications but struggle to work through the problem themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m leaning towards a pessimistic future because I’ve already seen signs of this happening. Still, AI has real benefits for learning, particularly with feedback and practice. I think the bigger question is whether teaching and assessment will adapt enough to keep students thinking independently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bozkurt et al. (2023) explore both hopeful and darker futures. I’m wondering whether to do the same. Would it be more useful to show a program that gradually loses these skills, or one that sees the problem coming and does something about it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bozkurt, A., Xiao, J., Lambert, S., Pazurek, A., Crompton, H., Koseoglu, S., Farrow, R., Bond, M., Nerantzi, C., Honeychurch, S., Bali, M., Dron, J., Mir, K., Stewart, B., Costello, E., Mason, J., Stracke, C. M., Romero-Hall, E., Koutropoulos, A., . . . Jandri\u0107, P. (2023). Speculative futures on ChatGPT and generative artificial intelligence (AI): A collective reflection from the educational landscape. Asian Journal of Distance Education, 18<\/em>(1), 53\u2013130. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.7636568<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selwyn, N. (2024). On the limits of artificial intelligence (AI) in education. Nordisk tidsskrift for pedagogikk og kritikk, 10<\/em>(1), 3\u201314. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.23865\/ntpk.v10.6062<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selwyn, N., Pangrazio, L., Nemorin, S., & Perrotta, C. (2020). What might the school of 2030 be like? An exercise in social science fiction. Learning, Media and Technology, 45<\/em>(1), 90\u2013106. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/17439884.2020.1694944<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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