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AI LLM February 23, 2026

Protecting and Promoting Human Agency in Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Authors

Olga Viberg, Mutlu Cukurova, Rene F. Kizilcec, Simon Buckingham Shum, Dorottya Demszky, Dragan Gašević, Thorben Jansen, Ioana Jivet, Jelena Jovanovic, Jennifer Meyer, Kou Murayama, Zach Pardos, Chris Piech, Nikol Rummel, Naomi E. Winstone

Abstract

Human agency is crucial in education and increasingly challenged by the use of generative AI. This meeting report synthesizes interdisciplinary insights and conceptualizes four aspects that delineate human agency: human oversight, AI-human complementarity, AI competencies, and relational emergence. We explore practical dilemmas for protecting and promoting agency, focusing on normative constraints, transparency, and cognitive offloading, and highlight key tensions and implications to inform ethical and effective AI integration in education.

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arXiv ID: 2602.20014
Provider: ARXIV
Primary Category: cs.HC
Published: 2026-02-23
Fetched: 2026-02-24 04:38

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