Throughout history, wise individuals have taught that learning is about inspiring a passion, not merely filling a void. True education manifests as love, leading to community service, with self-knowledge, compassion, imagination and agency as core capacities applied within a meaningful context that fosters just-in-context learning.
Unfortunately, our narrow academic traditions, focused on measurable returns, have too often confined education to dehumanizing learning and assessment processes. However, the deepening synergy between learning and computer sciences offers a solution: integrating measurable education outcomes with holistic human development through AI-supported portfolio assessments.
While linear digital systems will still facilitate alignment between curriculum and learning measurements, we no longer need to prioritize standardized curricula or summative accountability over self-knowledge, creativity, personal growth, service, and project-based learning. Using Portfolios for assessment we can expand our learning and assessment model to provide both measurable content delivery and foster personal growth and while capturing measurable growth in all areas.
Technology should be harnessed to create community-based learning environments that complement and integrate existing curriculum areas. Classrooms should evolve into studios for learning, design and assessment. Here, students and teachers can engage with other talented people in meaningful, purposeful experiences that merge personal development with academic achievement.
By integrating learning and computer sciences, we can transcend the limitations of traditional education by supporting all forms of learning and using technology to unlock deep and unique human potentials through more sophisticated research and more engaging and creative assessment processes.