{"id":1660,"date":"2026-04-16T11:20:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T18:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/otessa.org\/2026\/?p=1660"},"modified":"2026-06-01T21:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T04:49:08","slug":"bonnie-stewart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/otessa.org\/2026\/bonnie-stewart\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonnie Stewart"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1660\" data-postid=\"1660\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1660 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_zn1f18 tb_first tf_w\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_p14618 first\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_pkob991\">\n\t\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-2 tb_wh6u992 first\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_0cfr99   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n\t<h3 class=\"module-title\">Beyond BigAI: Agency as Educational Practice<\/h3>    <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementToProof\">This is a complex and challenging era in higher education, with expanding digital infrastructure and\u00a0competing pressures in the classroom, in institutions, and in society at large. Amidst the din of contradictory narratives &#8211; is GenAI the future of education? is it an existential threat? &#8211; this talk will trace the\u00a0promises and practicalities that currently shape\u00a0teaching, learning, and society through a lens of threats to human agency. The keynote will overview uses and limitations of AI in education, while distinguishing between GenAI tools and the current consolidation of power around BigAI hype. It will emphasize practical pathways to fostering agency and connection within the current knowledge ecosystem, and centre on agency as a core pedagogical practice for\u00a0futures that matter.\u00a0<\/div>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-2 tb_ze4i992 last\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_0vz0478   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n\t<h3 class=\"module-title\">Biography<\/h3>    <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n\t\t<p>Dr. Bonnie\u00a0Stewart\u00a0is a longtime educator and digital researcher whose work in participatory learning has spanned all eras of the web. Associate Professor of Online Pedagogy and Workplace Learning in the University of Windsor&#8217;s Faculty of Education,\u00a0Bonnie\u00a0explores the implications of digital information ecosystems for institutions and society. As an early researcher of Massive Open Online Courses and digital disruptions in higher education,\u00a0Bonnie has been thinking about digital systems and their impacts on education over decades of change. Holder of a Ph.D on Twitter (may it Rest in Peace), Bonnie\u00a0currently investigates what it means to know, to learn, and to belong in an era increasingly marked by digital automation and weaponization.\u00a0<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beyond BigAI: Agency as Educational Practice This is a complex and challenging era in higher education, with expanding digital infrastructure and\u00a0competing pressures in the classroom, in institutions, and in society at large. 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