{"id":4209,"date":"2025-07-05T12:22:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T10:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collaboration-design.ch\/2025\/07\/05\/is-learning-still-worth-it-in-times-of-ai\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T16:16:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T14:16:54","slug":"is-learning-still-worth-it-in-times-of-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collaboration-design.ch\/en\/is-learning-still-worth-it-in-times-of-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Is learning still worth it in times of AI?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I was at the Hashtag<\/span>#<\/span>OpenOlatTalks<\/a> 2025 at frentix<\/a>. Many thanks for the invitation to Florian Gnaegi<\/a>, Mandy Menzel<\/a>, Timo Kind<\/a>, Rico Eberle<\/a>, @Martin Sauerbrey, Lukas Witschi<\/a> et al. <\/p>\n

I have updated and re-presented my presentation from February 2025 on \u201cIs learning still worthwhile in the age of AI?\u201d. Here are the key takeaways for Learning & Development (L&D) <\/p>\n

1. learning remains central – but is changing radically
\n\u25bb In a world in which generative AI provides knowledge at any time and in a multimodal way, the focus is shifting: from knowledge building to the ability to deal with knowledge – creatively, critically and context-sensitively.<\/p>\n

2. new skills are required
\nLearners need to develop the following skills, among others:
\n\u25bb Use language consciously (prompt literacy)
\n\u25bb Understand and design automation
\n\u25bb Technical understanding of machine logic
\n\u25bb Make value-based decisions
\n\u25bb Use handwriting and psychomotor skills as cognitive support<\/p>\n

3. learning systems are changing
\n\u25bb Static learning catalogs and traditional LMSs are becoming less relevant.
\nInstead, AI-supported, adaptive learning platforms are emerging that generate personalized learning paths in real time.<\/p>\n

4. the role of learning professionals is changing
\nAway from content production and course design – towards:
\n\u25bb Curating and contextualizing
\n\u25bb Learning guidance and coaching
\n\u25bb Cultural design and strategic learning development
\n\u25bb Learning becomes dialogic, social and agentic
\n\u25bb Learning bots accompany individual learning journeys
\n\u25bb Dialogic learning becomes the new normal
\n\u25bb Learners actively shape their development – supported by AI<\/p>\n

5. AI threatens the mediocre – and liberates the creative
\n\u25bb Those who only work through routine tasks will be replaced by AI. Those who ask questions, think, evaluate and design will remain relevant – and will be strengthened by AI. <\/p>\n

6. from AI user to AI value creator
\n\u25bb Future-proof organizations empower employees to develop their own models, processes and data strategies with AI instead of just using tools.<\/p>\n

\u2753The answer to the question \u201cIs learning still worthwhile in the age of AI?\u201d is:<\/p>\n

\u2757\ufe0fYes – more than ever. But different. <\/p>\n

Because:
\nLearning is shifting: it is no longer just about absorbing knowledge, but about working with knowledge, evaluating it, applying it, linking it – in dialog with yourself, with AI systems and other people.<\/p>\n

AI does not replace learning, but shifts the focus away from memorization and towards the development of judgment, creativity, collaboration and strategic thinking.<\/p>\n

\u25bb Future competence is not created by tools, but by understanding how to use these tools sensibly, reflect on them and think them through.<\/p>\n

\u25bb Learning will become more individual, networked and continuous – no longer linear and formal, but situational, self-directed and accompanied by AI co-pilots.<\/p>\n

In short:
\nLearning is worthwhile – not despite AI, but precisely because of it.<\/p>\n

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