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14:00 - 15:00
Plenary session 3
Location: Aud. 2A
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Spotlight speaker: Anne Anthonissen
“Navigating the Future: Innovation and Integrity in the Age of AI”

The rise of breakthrough technologies in education presents unprecedented opportunities to enhance learning while raising critical challenges for educators and students. Academic integrity has become murkier, and yet, there is urgency to figure out how to navigate it. Institutions must adopt clear strategies and innovative solutions to help ensure learning outcomes are achieved and integrity is upheld.  In this session, we’ll unveil Turnitin’s new global research ‘Crossroads: Navigating the Intersection of AI and Academia’ and explore the transformative impact of technology on education. Together, we will

  • rethink assessment strategies
  • integrate responsible AI and technology practices
  • drive meaningful student outcomes through solutions

 
Spotlight speaker: Cristina Díaz de la Cruz
"Human AI Collaboration in Higher Education: A Human-Centered Educational Model for the AI Era"

This presentation explores how higher education can move beyond a technology-driven approach toward meaningful human–AI collaboration. It proposes a human-centered framework grounded in learning taxonomies, transformative education, and the development of human competencies. It argues that the value of AI depends on educational models that cultivate uniquely human capacities such as critical thinking, ethical judgment, creativity, and relational intelligence. Drawing on an integrated vision of learning—knowing, doing, being, and living together—it examines how universities can design inclusive, engaging learning environments that strengthen student agency, support wellbeing, and prepare learners to navigate and shape complex, AI-mediated futures.


Spotlight speaker: Colin Lowry
“Supporting Higher Education Readiness for Generative AI in Teaching and Learning“

 Ireland’s Higher Education Authority (HEA) has been working with the sector to move from immediate responses to generative AI towards a more shared understanding of its implications for teaching and learning. This includes how students learn, how educators teach and how institutions approach assessment, integrity and inclusion. The HEA has brought together student representatives, staff, institutional leaders and wider stakeholders to consider how GenAI is influencing teaching, learning and assessment and what kinds of support, guidance and shared understanding are needed. This initiative has supported a national conversation, practical guidance and policy development, helping institutions respond in ways that are ethical, evidence-informed and grounded in educational values. Through sectoral engagement, the HEA has created space for shared reflection, practical exchange and sector-wide dialogue while recognising the diversity and autonomy of institutions. The Irish experience offers a practical example of how a collaborative model can help institutions engage with GenAI in ways that are considered practical and responsive to local