Welcome
Framing question: What happens to student agency when an AI agent is utilized?
Consider Human Agency
Consider Goal-Driven AI Agents
Three specific tensions:
1. Locus of control: choice vs. autopilot
2. Effort: productive struggle vs. instant solution
3. Authorship: owning ideas vs. outsourcing steps
Classroom Implications
Leadership Implications
3 Litmus Questions
Closure
After this session, participants will be able to:
> Understand the essential elements of identity-driven human agency and distinguish it from goal-driven AI agents.
>> Identify how AI agents are designed to optimize tasks and evaluate the implications of their use.
> Appreciate how intentional goal-setting, guided reflection, and opportunities for persistence contribute to student agency and can remain central while using AI assistants and agents.
> Recognize patterns in technology use that may unintentionally diminish teacher and student agency and consider how such practices may shape learning outcomes.
1. Teaching to Empower by Debbie Zacarian and Michael Silverstone
2. Generative Ai and Agency in Education: A Critical Scoping Review and Thematic Analysis by Jasper Roe and Mike Perkins
3. Maximizing Student Agency: Implementing and Measuring Student-Centered Learning Practices by Kristina Zeiser, Carrie Scholz, and Victoria Cirks
4. The Power of Student Agency by Anindya Kundu
5. Impact of AI Assistance on Student Agency by Ali Darvishi, Hassan Khosravi, Shazia Sadiq, Dragan Gasevic, George Siemens
6. Let Students Struggle: Preserving Student Agency in the AI Era by Sarah Quesen
7. Where is Agency Moving To? Exploring the Interplay between AI Technologies in Education and Human Agency by Ana Mouta, Ana Maria Pinto-Llorente, and Eva Maria Torrecilla-Sanchez
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