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Resist, Renew, Explore: The Value of Human Writing in the Age of AI Online
In collaboration with the Centre for Teaching and Learning, this presentation is part of the Faculty of Education’s lecture series celebrating the University of Regina’s 50th Anniversary.
Abstract:
Now that we have easy access to technology which produces text with unmatched speed and fluency, we’re questioning the role writing plays in school, work, and society and how to maintain the integrity of writing in educational and other contexts. John Warner will explore the differences between “syntax generation” and writing; the experience of thinking, feeling, and communicating, and provide a framework allows us to successfully integrate AI into school, work, and life without sacrificing our essential humanity.
Registration is required (see below). The Zoom link will be included in the confirmation email.
- Date:
- Monday, April 7, 2025
- Time:
- 1:30pm - 3:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Saskatchewan Time (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
Presenter Bio:
Thanks to a long career as a writer, editor, and writing teacher, John Warner knows writing and sees the existence of generative AI applications like ChatGPT not as a threat, but as an opportunity to break students out of the slumber of “schooling” and instead empower them to develop enduring writing “practices.”
He is also the author of More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI, Why They Can’t Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities, and The Writer’s Practice: Building Confidence in Your Nonfiction Writing.
In addition to John’s books, for more than a dozen years he has been blogging weekly at Inside Higher Ed, and has also been a weekly columnist for the Chicago Tribune, writing about books and the habits of reading as his alter ego, “The Biblioracle.” In 2021 he started an associated Substack newsletter, The Biblioracle Recommends, which was a Substack Featured Publication for 2021.
A native of Chicago, Warner lives with his veterinarian wife Kathy in the Charleston, SC area. He is a faculty affiliate at the College of Charleston.