Artificial Intelligence is an idea that not only promises too much; it elides the irreducible differences between human intelligence and the electronic manipulation of binary notation. This chapter does three things. 1) In broad historical and p...More

Hosted by Daniel Shea, with Mary Kalantzis, Bill Cope and guests.

Episode 1 - What is Meaning?

Episode 2 - Too Much Communication?

Episode 3 - Learning Happens Where There's Meaning

Episode 4 - Can A.I. Mean?

Episode 5 - What Decision Means...More

Several decades have now passed since the publication in the Harvard Educational Review of the article by the New London Group, “A Pedagogy of Multiliteracies: Designing Social Futures” (1996). Published on the cusp of a revolution in our mean...More

In this article for the Harvard Educational Review, Mary Kalantzis and Bill Cope revisit the foundational ideas of the New London Group thirty years after the article's publication in this journal. They explore how the multiliteracies framework...More

Press Release, University of Illinois: A new book examines the ideas that shaped teaching practices and student learning across the past century and the innovative University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign scholars behind them.“Arguments for Lear...More

Key Themes & Discussion Points (AI generated!) 0:00 – 1:08 | Introduction & Dual Approach Overview

Overview of generative AI in education from practical and theoretical perspectives

1:08 – 2:32 | Histor...More

Mary Kalantzis and Bill Cope

The latest mutation of Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, is more than anything a technology of writing. It is a machine that can write. In a world-historical frame, the significance of this cannot be understat...More

"Platformed Learning: Reshaping Education in the Era of Learning Management Systems" - Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis

Abstract: Platforms for computer-mediated learning have existed in various forms for more than half a century. Since the COVID...More

Bill Cope, Mary Kalantzis, and Gabriela C. Zapata

Abstract:Why would anyone need to learn another language now, when we have machines that will speak and write for us? At a time when cynicism is growing about the costs and value of education,...More

Abstract:This study employs Engeström’s second-generation activity theory (AT) to examine the transformative potential of Generative AI (GenAI) in providing formative feedback in higher education. Specifically, this research focuses on the expe...More