What if the future of education isn't something that happens to us but something we actively design? What if we embrace our role as architects of the futures of education?
Instead of another tech-deterministic forecast or dystopian warning, this 60-minute interactive session will equip participants with practical tools to imagine and shape multiple possible futures for higher education.
Too often, discussions about education futures swing between extremes: techno-utopian fantasies where AI solves everything or dystopian nightmares of human obsolescence. This webinar introduces the concept of “plural futures,” acknowledging that different communities will likely experience different education realities in 2035, and responses to the pressures and opportunities that higher education is facing are varied.
In this session, you will examine how imagination becomes constrained by dominant narratives and use a scenario planning activity to engage in more expansive future-making.
This webinar will be:
• Interactive, not passive: Rather than listening to predictions, attendees will actively construct education futures
• Empowering, not overwhelming: Emphasis on agency and action rather than technological determinism
• Expansive, not prescriptive: Space for multiple perspectives and possibilities
