ECIS AI in Education Webinar Series – What Do We Keep? Teaching, Judgment, and Agency in the Age of AI: 27 October 2026

27 October
13:00 (UK time)

Presented by:Marsha Maxwell

Hosted by: Sarah Kupke

AI is becoming remarkably good at making things easier. It can summarize, suggest, predict, plan, and increasingly make a pretty good first decision.

And that raises a more interesting question:

What happens to us when it does?

In this seminar, we’ll look beneath the convenience of AI and explore how it can shape what we notice, the choices we make, and even what we come to value as learning. We’ll think about judgement, creativity, student agency, relationships, and where human and machine intelligence work well together.

Along the way, teachers will consider a question that may matter more and more:

What do I want to keep doing myself?

Dr. Marsha Maxwell is a Spelman College alumna and Caltech PhD-trained neuroscientist-turned-AI-in-education innovator, with lab experience spanning NASA Kennedy Space Center, INSERM, and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. With 25+ years of technology leadership experience, she builds AI and machine learning frameworks that expand educator reach and deepen student engagement. Currently Head of Innovation, Research & Technology at Atlanta International School, she is the architect of the IB Third Way framework, a model for pedagogically intentional AI use in education.
A two-time TEDx speaker, Marsha has presented for Microsoft, Apple, Google, and the International Baccalaureate, and is especially active bringing STEM/STEAM initiatives to underserved and underrepresented students from kindergarten through university.