In an AI-saturated future, what will make higher education indispensable is not what students know, but how they think, create, and connect. This session explores how AI shifts the center of learning from memorizing facts to cultivating critical judgment, ethical reasoning, collaboration, and reflective practice. Together, we will consider what cross-contextual competencies, including communication, collaboration, interpersonal skills, and other transferable professional skills students most need, and how to design learning experiences that foreground those skills. The session will also offer concrete strategies and guiding questions to support instructors in reimagining courses for an AI-augmented world. (#AI-augmented learning, #human-centered competencies, #faculty development)
