Nationally known education expert to speak on future of A.I.
As part of Defiance College’s annual Homecoming events, the Jan J. Younger Colloquium will present global education leader Dr. William Daggett at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, October 2, at the college’s Schomburg Auditorium.
Dr. Daggett will speak on “The Future of Artificial Intelligence and Its Implications for Education.” The presentation is free and open to the public.
A reception begins at 6:00 p.m. in the Women’s Commission Gallery next to the auditorium.
Artificial Intelligence can pose as an unwanted challenge, or it can be an ally. Dr. Daggett will offer strategies that will allow teachers and administrators to employ AI as their co-pilot, freeing them from many time-consuming tasks, while using it responsibly and with caution.
This nationally known speaker also will describe how AI will increasingly impact the workplace, home and society. These changes are anticipated to cause a major shift in the skills, knowledge and attributes students will need to be successful in the world beyond school.
Dr. Bill Daggett is the founder of the Successful Practices Network and the International Center for Leadership in Education. An author of 26 books on student learning and instruction, he also has written textbooks, research reports and journal articles.
He co-chaired the AASA Learning 2025 initiative and currently leads its National Demonstration Network. For more than 30 years, he has guided education systems worldwide toward rigorous, relevant and future-focused learning.
This presentation is the seventh in a series of annual lectures brought to the public from the Jan J. Younger Colloquium Endowment. The endowment was initiated by a Defiance College graduate to honor the educational contributions of Dr. Younger, who chaired the Communications Department at DC and coached the highly successful speech and debate teams from 1967-1988.
The lectures not only are aimed at students, but also for professionals and area residents. From its beginning, the colloquium series was designed to offer topics that are timely and something beyond the normal, said Dr. Younger.
The endowment trustees suggested Dr. Daggett as this year’s speaker. “They told me, ‘You have to have him. He’s the best,’” Dr. Younger said.
From classrooms to living rooms to boardrooms, AI is being talked about everywhere. Dr. Younger believes the presentation “is a good place to start conversations on AI and what we can look forward to. Some have certain fears about AI. Hopefully we will alleviate some of those fears.”
