5 Counter-Intuitive Truths About the Future of Higher Education in the Age of AI

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A degree used to be a ticket to a good job, but AI is now taking over the entry-level tasks that gave graduates their first foothold. In the latest 3CL podcast, three students discuss why they still choose university, and what it must change to stay worthwhile.

AI’s Impact on the Labour Market: Too Many Forecasts, Too Little Clarity

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AI's impact on work is genuinely contested: one study finds no job losses, another sees the market splitting in two, a tech founder predicts labour shortages. Every measure differs, and the loudest voices oversimplify.

Learning in the Age of AI and the Value of Interdisciplinary Education

What is a degree worth when AI can automate so much of what graduates are trained to do? In the latest 3CL Conversation Series, the panel makes the case for interdisciplinary education that pairs deep domain mastery with the humanities, and asks how universities can form engaged citizens and capable workers at once in the age of AI.

Reflections on the Global Youth Experience Summit

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Last week, a colleague and I, both representing the 3CL in Malta, participated in the Global Youth Experience (GYE), a youth summit that forms part of Dr Gary Pluim’s participatory action research. This research explores cultural differences between nations and their potential impact on the development of a global curriculum. In an interview with Orillia Matters, Dr Pluim remarked that it was evident to him that culture matters—a sentiment that became increasingly clear throughout the summit.

Young People and Information – A Manifesto Second Edition Released.

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The internet has radically changed our access to and relationship with information. This is especially true for youths, many of whom are digital natives, individuals who do not remember a world pre-internet. The Second Edition of ‘Young People and Information – A Manifesto,’ continues to address these issues, specifically those pertaining to media freedoms such as platform surveillance, information disorders like disinformation and online behaviour like cancel culture.

The End of Humanity Event

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3CL in collaboration with Spazju Kreattiv hosted a screening of the film The End of Humanity, followed by an intergenerational panel discussion. The End of Humanity challenges the increasingly dominant narrative that AI is either going to render humans obsolete or compel them to merge with technology, commonly referred to as transhumanism.

The 3CL Foundation Strategic Plan 2024-2025: Our Course for Transformative EdTech Innovation

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The 3CL Foundation's Strategic Plan for 2024-2025 is a comprehensive blueprint that outlines mission, vision, goals, strategies, and programs for the upcoming years. Rooted in the principles of collaboration, innovation, and lifelong learning, the Plan sets the framework for our continued efforts to harness the potential of EdTech to create positive change in education and society.

Slave Labour in the data mines of ChatGPT

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Generative AI language models, with their relentless craving for monumental amounts of labelled and filtered text data, set the stage for a contemporary kind of digital exploitation. Reminiscent of the industrial demand for precious metals,…

3CL participates in Education Training on Virtual Reality applications

A team of trainees representing the 3CL Foundation was in Madrid in June 2022 to participate in the first in-person learning, teaching and training activity (LTTA) organised by the VRTeacher Project.

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