Last week, over 1,300 registrations from 141 countries signed up for my discussion with Amy Tessitore, Moodle’s Global Head of Services, about AI Agents in the LMS. 100s attended live and the recording is available to everyone:

The discussion and webinar focused on a wide range of how we’re all thinking about AI usage and adoption. Here are a few things that stick out for me a week after:

• Institutional policy matters. Moodle’s AI policy and framework is a pretty clear example of an edtech company with a specific guiding philosophy. While they aren’t a college, I could see something similar being adopted by a college to be a guiding light as they confront different AI-usage scenarios. Amy did a great job of explaining the principles for Moodle and how they help guide all manner of downstream effects.
• Nomenclature and framing is important. The audience was such a range, we hosted corporate L&D professionals, teachers and faculty, academic integrity professionals, military, government officials, and AI enthusiasts a like, from around the world. I think one of the most important things we did in the session was to define what it was exactly that we were talking about. Too often discussions start at fear and worry rather than clarifying what type or function of AI we’re actually talking about.
• The path forward takes work. No institution has it all figured out. As we shifted the conversation to what institutions can/should do next it was clear that every institution and individual has to choose their own path depending on their goals and philosophy.
• Our conversations about Agents are just getting started. While it’s true that an agent can take a test, their use–allowed or prohibited–raise lots of questions for assessment design, course design, teaching and learning. Given 10 hours we would still have only scratched the surface of how Agents might change how we use LMSes or even our face to face classroom spaces.

If you’re just interested in the Agent Detection tool, you can find more information here.

I’m honored to have been part of this very international conversation with Moodle and look forward to continuing to research, share, and discuss how all forms of AI are impacting the classroom.