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Frank对话方柏林: 人工智能时代教育的意义
2021年作客东西联学社、畅谈过剩时期的有效学习的两位博士爸爸，今次将结合他们孩子的成长轨迹，以及最近两年的研究与思考进展，再次联袂探讨教育问题，比如公立高等教育和私立高等教育的本质区别在哪里？私立大学的吸引力又在何方，值得家庭做什么样的牺牲？学校教育如何帮助个人教育？在通才和专才的选择中，技能和思维的平衡，在人工智能时代需要如何转变？
两位爸爸是知行合一的典范。他们各自的孩子也曾作客东西联学社，分享艺术与科学的跨学科教育体验，反响热烈。
欢迎大家来参与这场对话，倾听两位嘉宾在教育问题上的真知灼见，也欢迎提问及分享自己的见解。
时间：2024年5月25日（周六）晚7:30-9:00 （加东时间）
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嘉宾简介:
方柏林，教育博士，教育专栏作家，写作兴趣多为课程设计、教育技术的应用和接受、创新的扩散、变革管理、高等教育环境下的技术运用文化、国际教育比较等。在中美两国有超过20年教育设计和技术运用的经历。他还先后担任过国内外多家报刊的撰稿人，如《南方周末》、《金融时报》中文网、《纽约时报》中文网等。
方柏林博士也是一位文学翻译，译作包括 《喧哗与骚动》、《大河湾》、《布鲁克林有棵树》、《转吧，这伟大的世界》等。美国国家图书奖获得者、作家科伦·麦凯恩评价他“对于中国、美国、爱尔兰文化都涉猎深广。…能自如而优雅地穿越在各种文化之间。”
方博士的个人主页: berlinfang.com
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Frank Wang, 多伦多大学工程学博士，现为安省专业工程师,先后在机器人自动化、航天工程、核能工程领域担任技术职务。作为三个孩子的父亲，他非常关注教育及其发展趋势。Frank有大量阅读的习惯，正在带领东西联学社的每周共读项目，也带领着一个家长读书俱乐部，倡导通才教育、终身学习。
Frank最近发表的几篇关于教育的公众号文章：
AI留给孩子的时间只剩3年？！北美博士爸爸：别再盲目追逐CS专业了，要去学“上游知识”！
北美博士爸醒悟：陪儿子走过申请季，我才知道工科生爬藤是血本无归…
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EAWLC Frank Wang’s Dialogue with Berlin Fang: The Meaning of Education in the Age of AI
Berlin and Frank had a dialogue on Effective Learning in the Age of Surplus at East and West Learning Connections in 2021. Since then the world seems to spin into the Age of AI. We are thrilled to have them back, and continue their insightful discussion on education. Specifically, what are some of fundamental differences between public and private universities? What should we draw from school education to enhance our life education? In the age of AI, what roles do skills and critical thinking play, respectively, to make humans still valuable, meaningful beings?
The two guest speakers will share their latest academic research as well as thought and action applied in their own families while watching the growing paths of their university children. Their daughters, Faith Fang and Christina Wang, came to the EAWLC as guest speakers, too, in 2022 and shared their wonderful experience of crossing arts and sciences in education .
Everyone is welcome. Don’t miss the opportunity to get some insight and foresight of two devoted experts and fathers who have sharing hearts! Bring your own questions to discuss with Berlin and Frank, and make the evening even more fruitful for you…
Guest Speaker Introduction
Dr. Berlin Fang is an educational columnist, author, literary translator, and expert at instructional design. His major interests are faculty acceptance of educational technology, the diffusion of innovation, managed change, the ethnography of technology use in higher education, and cross-cultural comparisons of education. He has over 20 years of experience in instructional design and educational technology in both China and the United States.
Berlin contributes to numerous prominent newspapers such as Southern Weekend, Financial Times (Chinese), New York Times (Chinese), Radio Netherlands, and Caixin News. His books include 10 Lessons in Online Teaching, Learning in an Age of Abundance, Beyond Knowledge, More than the Passing Grade, English: Trick or Truth, A Translator’s Rant, Don’t Get Old until You’re Wiser, Tea Eggs Under the Star and Spangled Banner, and How the Pamuks Read.
As a literary translator, Berlin’s works include translations of The Sound and the Fury (by William Faulkner), Bend of the River (by V.S. Naipaul), A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (by Betty Smith), and Let the Great World Spin (by Colum McCann) and Songdogs (by Colum McCann). National Book Award winner Colum McCann considers him “one of the finest translators I have ever worked with: he is incisive, discerning, and imaginative. He is a trans-national figure, deeply involved in cultures of China, the United States, and Ireland. While working with him, I found that he crosses cultural boundaries with ease and grace. ”
Visit Berlin’s website at berlinfang.com
Frank Wang is a professional engineer in Ontario who has worked in areas of robotics & automation, aerospace engineering, and nuclear engineering. A Ph.D. from University of Toronto in Mechanical Engineering, and most proudly a father of three, Frank cares very much about learning, education, and their trends in this rapidly changing world. He runs a book club for parents, and is the organizer of the EAWLC’s Social Reading Club , advocating for lifetime study and generalist education. In his spare time, he enjoys writing columns for online magazines on education, among other hobbies.
Here are a few latest articles Frank wrote in Chinese on education:
AI留给孩子的时间只剩3年？！北美博士爸爸：别再盲目追逐CS专业了，要去学“上游知识”！
北美博士爸醒悟：陪儿子走过申请季，我才知道工科生爬藤是血本无归
Time: Saturday May 25, 2024 at 7:30-9 P.M. (Eastern Time; Central Time 5:30-7 P.M.)
Free Online Event in Mandarin
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