Title: The New Hybrid: From AI Tools to Pedagogical Systems
Speaker: Mairéad Pratschke

Abstract: Since the release of ChatGPT in 2022, generative artificial intelligence has evolved rapidly from conversational tools to autonomous systems that reason, act, and learn independently. This represents a fundamental shift from AI as a classroom presence to educational infrastructure. Neuroscience now confirms what learning designers have long known: scaffolding, sequence, and cognitive friction are not optional features of learning—they are its foundations. General-purpose AI, deployed without pedagogical alignment, risks removing that friction, accumulating “cognitive debt” rather than foundational understanding.

In this talk, Pratschke introduces Generativism, her design approach for creating generative learning in a world where humans learn and work in partnership with AI, and the three integrated frameworks that operationalize it: (1) a Contextual Framework identifying four essential dimensions—cognitive, learner, pedagogical, and technical; (2) TPAIK, which reimagines the established TPACK framework to define the intelligences required of AI systems; and (3) the Agentic Community of Inquiry (ACoI), an adaptation of the Community of Inquiry model that provides a structure for multi-agent learning environments.

As AI moves from language to experience—from agentic systems to world models that generate entire simulated environments—the stakes for pedagogical design only increase. These frameworks provide the foundations for designing learning that takes place not just with AI, but inside the worlds it creates. The role of the educator is shifting—from consumer of AI tools to designer and creator of AI systems—and these frameworks serve as a guide.

Biography: Mairéad Pratschke is a researcher, strategist, and advisor who has worked at the intersection of digital technology and education for more than 25 years. She is the author of Generative AI and Education: Digital Pedagogies, Teaching Innovation and Learning Design (Springer, 2024), and her work focuses on moving institutions from passive AI adoption to intentional pedagogical system design. She is a visiting professor at the LSE Data Science Institute and sits on the External Advisory Board of AI-ALOE at Georgia Tech.

• Website: https://maireadpratschke.com/
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