Day 1

6/26/2025

13:00 - 14:00

Session E D308 : AI in Curriculum Design & Material Development

Day 2

6/27/2025

11:00 - 12:00

Plenary: From Partners to Participants

This plenary challenges the dominant narrative of AI as merely a helpful "partner" in education, proposing instead that Generative AI functions as an active "participant" that fundamentally transforms learning, teaching, and cognition in higher education. While acknowledging AI's benefits in personalization and efficiency, we must critically examine its widespread adoption and reconsider our pedagogical assumptions.

The session addresses critical concerns for foreign language educators, including the "illusion of intelligence" created by Large Language Models that function as statistical parrots rather than genuine thinking machines. We explore the "cognitive debt" students incur when offloading essential tasks to AI, potentially undermining critical thinking, memory, and ownership of learning. Key issues include academic integrity concerns, misinformation risks, data privacy, algorithmic bias, and potential skills erosion.

Moving beyond simple augmentation, we will also examine a posthumanist epistemology where human and machine processes intertwine in co-constructed meaning-making. This requires reimagining teachers as "relational stewards" who curate ethical learning environments and design for "intentional cognitive struggle." The session emphasizes developing comprehensive AI literacy for both educators and students, addressing ethical implications and responsible AI engagement. Ultimately, we advocate for thoughtful reflection on AI's necessity and benefits across educational contexts, promoting ethical implementation strategies that prioritize authentic human flourishing and deep understanding in foreign language education