Agenda for the Futures Summit

The Futures Summit is this Saturday, December 2. During this whole day event, conversations about the changing nature of work and the possible effects on our future graduates. We hope that faculty, parents, students, alumni, and others can join us from 8:30-4:30 in the Madras Hall.

Below is the schedule for the day.

AISC Futures Summit Agenda

8:30-9:00 Welcome and Reception

9:00-9:15 Introduction to the Day

9:15-10:00 Orientation to the Future

10:00-10:45 Changing Nature of Work

10:45-11:00 Break

11:00-12:00 Possibilities for Future Readiness

12:00-1:00 Lunch Break

1:00-1:15 A New Foundation for Readiness

1:15-2:00 Future Graduate Profiles

2:00-2:45 Learning Experience Characteristics

2:45-3:00 Break

3:00-3:45 Examining Implications for AISC

3:45-4:15 Exploring Top Opportunities and Challenges

4:15-4:30 Closing Discussion

AI and the Future of Work and Futures Summit on December 2

The impact of artificial intelligence on the future of work is such an important topic that MIT held a two-day conference on November 1 and 2, called just that!

Read about some of the topics talked about at the conference at the PC News article here. The major topics covered in the conference were:

• The AI Revolution: Why Now? What It Means and How to Realize the Potential
• Augmentation vs Automation
• Strategies to Navigate the First Phase (of this AI Revolution).
• Is it Really AI, or Just Computational Statistics?
• Vision: Industry 2020-2050

At one point in the conference, Allen Blue, Co-Founder and Vice President of Product Management at LinkedIn, said there is a "need to rethink education all the way down to the kindergarten level," with a focus on areas like collaboration.

The idea around rethinking education related to the new workplace is exactly what we are going to discuss at the Futures Summit, two weeks from now, on Saturday, December 2, from 8:30-4:30 in the Madras Hall. 

Everyone is invited, parents, students, faculty, alumni! It is going to be a great discussion!

Learning Strategic Pathways for the Futures Plan, 2018-2021

As we move into the Futures Plan for 2018-2021, we have identified five learning strategic pathways that will guide our goal making in the next three years.

We socialized these pathways at the Inspiration Conversation on Thursday, November 9th, and we want to share with the community here as well.

Strategic Pathways articulate three-year vision statements around core priority areas.

A.     Learning
Learning & Inquiry in the Curriculum
AISC integrates the inquiry model and project-based learning into the curriculum.

Learning & Inquiry in the System
AISC utilizes interdisciplinary planning and our design thinking model and alternative schedules to engage the Vision of the AISC Learner.

Learning & Experiential Opportunities
AISC develops programs for students to deepen their capacity to contribute with courage, confidence, creativity, and compassion to a diverse and dynamic world.

Learning & Wellness
AISC creates an integrated curriculum for students to incorporate social, emotional, physical, and emotional student well-being.

Learning & Vision for the Learner
AISC integrates the Vision for the Learner as a means to achieve the Mission.

If these are going to guide our learning goals for the next three years, which vision of an AISC Learner traits will be supported?
Leaders
Collaborators
Innovators
Explorers
Thinkers
Ethical
Versatile
Empathetic
Resilient
Reflective

Optimization of Self: Neuroeducation and Wearable Technology

Two trends in society are coming together to help us better know and understand how we learn: the increase in understanding our brain and the ubiquity of sensors that gather data about our bodies. Neuroscience helps us to understand the way are brains work, and therefore, how we learn to a level that we have never experienced before.

Many posit that neuroeducation will lead to big breakthroughs in learning. The research coming out tells what we should and should not be doing in education based on what we know about our brain. 

In addition, the increase in popularity of wearable technology only brings us closer to knowing more about ourselves and our minds and being able to use that data to help us learn better. Tata Interactive Systems is an Indian-based company that develops customized e-based learning. They've created a concise piece about the role of wearables in learning: Sousveillance, Personal Assist, eTextiles, Virtual & Gaming, Health & Fitness, and Security & Payment Gateways.

How might what we know and track about our body affect the future of education?

Don't forget to attend the Inspiration Conversation on Thursday, November 9 at 3:45 in the BBT to discuss our current thinking about the Futures Plan. 

Also, contact me now at wkirsten@aischennai.org to reserve your spot at the Futures Summit on Saturday, December 3, from 8:30-4:30 in Madras Hall, where we have group discussions and share out our ideas about the reality around readiness and opportunities and challenges for future graduates.