Educators Lecture
26th February 2025Drapers Hall
The Worshipful Company of Educators annual Franklin Lecture was given by Professor Sir Anthony Finkelstein CBE, FREng, President of City St George's, University of London, on the subject of "Digital Change".
He talked about the potential impact of AI on education and how little impact it had had so far, despite efforts during Covid to use remote learning techniques. His view is that there is a great deal more change to come, especially at University level, particularly given that the financial model on which university funding is based is unsustainable. Costs outweigh the maximum allowable fees for UK based students and therefore something has to change.
The implication is that traditional teaching models will be severely affected - someone like Carolyn, who was a very fine teacher but does not deal with tech, will have a hard time under future ways of doing things!