INCHER & Zell Research Colloquium: "Beyond automation: Socratic AI, epistemic agency, and the implications of the emergence of orchestrated multi-agent learning architectures"

Lecture by: Dr. Igor Asanov, University of Kassel, INCHER, & Peer-Benedikt Degen, University of Kassel, FB 01 Human Sciences, Department of Educational Science with a focus on Empirical School and Teaching Research

Abstract: Generative AI is rapidly transforming higher education into a general-purpose infrastructure for learning and knowledge creation. This lecture presents findings from an experimental study with pre-service teachers comparing a Socratic AI Tutor with a conventional, non-dialogic AI feedback tool in the context of research question generation. Results indicate that dialogic, theory-informed AI can foster critical and reflective thinking rather than replace it. Building on these insights, the talk introduces the concept of orchestrated multi-agent learning architectures, pedagogically aligned constellations of specialized AI agents curated by educators, to envision scalable, human-AI co-learning ecosystems. The lecture concludes with implications for higher education institutions, focusing on faculty roles, pedagogical design, and necessary system-level transformations.

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The INCHER lectures are hybrid events.
If you wish to participate via Zoom please register at koch[at]incher.uni-kassel[dot]de

Venue: International House, Mönchebergstrasse 11a, University of Kassel
34125 Kassel

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