Curiosities Live - when AI does the homework, are students still learning?
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Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping education, raising urgent questions for students, teachers and families. Can AI enhance learning and critical thinking, or does overreliance risk weakening the deep knowledge and problem-solving skills students need for the future?
Join Professor Leslie Loble AM in conversation with Eddie Woo for a timely Curiosities Live event exploring how AI is changing K-12 education.
Professor Loble brings decades of leadership across schooling, tertiary education and national policy reform. Eddie Woo is one of Australia’s most recognised educators, with more than 1.9 million YouTube subscribers worldwide and a reputation for making mathematics engaging and accessible to millions.
Together, they will unpack the opportunities, risks and practical strategies for using AI in ways that support genuine learning, independence and long-term success.
Attend in person or join online for this hybrid event, with live audience Q&A. Online event registrants will receive the Zoom link closer to the date.
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Professor Leslie Loble AM
Leslie Loble AM is a recognised leader of public purpose reform in Australia and the US, with a substantial track record delivering major organisational and policy innovations in education and related economic domains. In addition to her role as Industry Professor at the University of Technology Sydney and Paul Ramsay Foundation Fellow, she chairs the Australian Network for Quality Digital Education (supported by PRF), is Deputy Chair of Australia’s national curriculum and assessment authority (ACARA) and a board member of the Australian Education Research Organisation, amongst other appointments. She has published several influential reports on artificial intelligence and education. Her latest report, Artificial intelligence, cognitive offloading and implications for education, outlines the profound challenge of unstructured AI use to students’ gaining the foundational knowledge, skill and ‘thinking infrastructure’ that supports both current and lifelong learning, the extra equity risks involved and how best to address the challenge. Previous reports include: Shaping AI and education to tackle Australia’s learning divide; Towards high quality in Australian educational technology; and Securing digital equity in Australian education. Previously, Leslie served as Deputy Secretary in the New South Wales Department of Education for some 20 years, working in Australia’s largest and most diverse education sector across schooling, early childhood and tertiary education. She also was long-term chair of the influential national Schooling Policy Group, a core part of the Australian Education Ministers’ Council. Leslie was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2022, named one of Australia’s top 50 school education innovators in 2019 and an Australian Financial Review Top 100 Women of Influence in 2013. Prior to coming to Australia, Leslie was appointed by President Bill Clinton to high level executive roles, including Chief of Staff to Labor Secretary Robert B. Reich, Counsellor to the Secretary and Assistant Secretary for Policy. She holds degrees from Harvard University and Cornell University.
Eddie Woo
Eddie Woo teaches mathematics at Cherrybrook Technology High School. His Youtube channel, Wootube, has almost 2 million subscribers and over 180 million views of his everyday classroom lessons. Within the NSW Department of Education, he leads the Teacher Growth Team, a statewide program of instructional leaders focused on engaging and evidence-based teaching practices. He is a Professor of Practice at the University of Sydney, working with preservice teachers in the Sydney School of Education & Social Work. In 2018, he was named Australia’s Local Hero in the Australian of the Year Awards and listed as one of the Top 10 teachers in the world by the Global Teacher Prize. He is an internationally published author, TED speaker, and TV host of ABC’s Teenage Boss and Channel 10’s Ultimate Classroom.
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