Learning Does Not Involve Automating
President Pulsipher is making the case to democratize learning in the university environment by using AI. I am an employee of WGU, and I hesitate to say that this is the best way to go for competency based learning. I have so many questions that aren’t getting answered.
If using AI means we are allowing learning to be more readily available, then wouldn’t the college tuition get cheaper? There’s a bigger supply of learning, so there is more of it to go around. But learning is a service based thing and not a product based thing, doesn’t that mean it behaves different from a product?
There have already been several universities that are banning the use of AI in their homework and classrooms. Recently I asked a family member, who is attending BYU-Idaho, how programming is going, because I was curious as to how much AI is being used. The family member commented that BYU-Idaho did allow for AI use, but later rescinded it because employers came back to BYU-Idaho commenting that graduates aren’t competent in programming fundamentals.
I keep pulling up this MIT study, because it’s important to consider.
Now, I have to make sure that I am being understood, because I don’t want to come off as anti-AI.
For anybody that is from WGU, I mean this is good faith and in line with the leadership principles. I don’t mean this to critique and walk away, but rather encourage a conversation.