Why teach writing in the age of AI?

Is learning to write obsolete, or more important than ever?

If machines can “write”, what might humans do and learn?

What would a meaningful, relevant and useful contemporary writing education be?

This provocative and participatory symposium is for all English/Literacy teachers, teacher educators and academics who are interested in the impacts of generative AI on the teaching of writing.

The symposium:

• shares the findings of a four year (2022-2025) Australian Research Council study on the teaching of digital writing, including the latest research.
• provides practical learnings from the development of digital writing labs that are applicable to both schools and higher education.
• offers opportunities to express and address concerns through debate and collaborative development of pedagogy in workshops.

And ultimately:

• culminates in the collaborative development of a manifesto for the teaching of writing in the AI age, for presentation to the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO).

Full program available in January. Speakers/workshop leaders include:

• Associate Professor Lucinda McKnight, lead researcher in the Teaching Digital Writing project
• Mr Leon Furze, project PhD candidate and consultant expert in teaching with generative AI

This symposium will be hybrid - attend in-person (Docklands) or online (Zoom).