"Students have little opportunity to practice agency when an LMS tracks their assignments, they're not encouraged to explore different majors and colleges shrink general education requirements, according to writer and educator John Warner."
"Agency writ large is the thing we need to survive as people ... but it's also a fundamental part of learning, particularly writing."
"AI is a homework machine ... Our response cannot be 'you're just going to make this thing using AI now,' Warner said. More importantly than this is not learning anything, it is a failure to confront [the question]: What do we, as humans, do now with this technology?"
Students have limited opportunities to practice agency when learning management systems track assignments, exploration of majors is discouraged, and general education requirements shrink. Colleges should refocus on teaching students how to learn and grow and prioritize agency as central to survival and learning, particularly in writing. The arrival of AI increases the imperative to develop agency because AI functions as a homework machine and risks enabling shortcutting. Responses should avoid simply endorsing AI for producing assignments and instead confront how humans will use the technology. Faculty can integrate AI in ways aligned with institutional values.
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