Cognifying Education: Mapping AI’s transformative role in emotional, creative, and collaborative learning
Abstract
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping educational practice, challenging long-held assumptions about teaching and learning. This article integrates conceptual perspectives from recent books (Genesis by Kissinger et al., Co-Intelligence by Mollick, and The Inevitable by Kelly) with empirical insights from popular AI podcasts and Anthropic's public releases. We examine seven key domains – emotional support, creativity, contextual understanding, student engagement, problem-solving, ethics and morality, and collaboration. For each domain, we explore AI's capabilities, opportunities for transformative change, and emerging best practices, drawing equally from theoretical analysis and real-world observations. Overall, we find that AI, when used thoughtfully, can complement and enhance human educators in fostering richer learning experiences across cognitive, social, and emotional dimensions. We emphasize an optimistic yet responsible outlook: educators and students should actively shape AI integration to amplify human potential in creativity, ethical reasoning, collaboration, and beyond, while maintaining a focus on human-centric values.
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Gorsky, M., Levin, I. (2025). Cognifying Education: Mapping AI’s transformative role in emotional, creative, and collaborative learning. 13th Higher Education Institutions Conference (HEIC 2025), 04-05 September, 2025, Dubrovnik (Croatia). https://doi.org/10.66781/heic.2025.01
