IFEES GEDC IUCEE Global Webinar
“Engineering Education, AI, and Critical Thinking: A Perfect Storm or a Great Opportunity?”
Dr. Uriel Cukierman, Director of the Center for Educational Research and Innovation at UTN (Argentina)
Wed, August 19 at 6:30 pm IST (1:00 GMT)
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https://zoom.us/meeting/register/xrWcW29eQdmc7Rud6J6I2A
Abstract
Generative AI has disrupted traditional education, bringing the severe risk of “cognitive unloading,” where students delegate their thinking to algorithms. Is this a perfect storm or a great opportunity? This webinar explores how to navigate this shift by making critical thinking our strongest safeguard. We will discuss how to treat AI as a “junior assistant” that students must audit and validate like a “senior engineer”. Join us to learn how to redesign teaching and assessments to focus on process, reflexivity, and verification, ensuring future engineers are prepared for an unpredictable world.
Speaker
Uriel Cukierman Electronic Engineer by UTN (Argentina), M.Sc. in Information Technologies by Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain) and PhD in Education by UBA (Argentina). Researcher and Director of the Center for Educational Research and Innovation at UTN. 1st Vice-President, Treasurer and Senior Member of IGIP (International Society for Engineering Pedagogy). Member of Institute of Education in Engineering, National Academy of Engineering. Associate Director of InnovaHiEd. Former President of the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES). Honorary Professor at Universidad Ricardo Palma (Perú). IEOM Distinguished Educator Award (EUA). IGIP International Engineering Educator Award and Adolf Melezinek Meritorious Service Award (Austria). IFEES Duncan Fraser Global Award for Excellence in Engineering Education. Fellow of the International Engineering and Technology Institute (IETI).
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