# Event Details - **Event Name**: Why teach writing in the age of AI? - **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 23 Feb, 2026 at 09:00 am – Mon, 23 Feb, 2026 at 03:00 pm - **Event Description**: A free national (hybrid) symposium on digital writing in the Age of Gen AIAbout this EventIs learning to write obsolete, or more important than ever?If machines can “write”, what might humans do and learn?What would a meaningful, relevant and useful contemporary writing education be?This provocative and participatory symposium is for all English/Literacy teachers, teacher educators and academics who are interested in the impacts of generative AI on the teaching of writing.The symposium:shares the findings of a four year (2022-2025) Australian Research Council study on the teaching of digital writing, including the latest research.provides practical learnings from the development of digital writing labs that are applicable to both schools and higher education.offers opportunities to express and address concerns through debate and collaborative development of pedagogy in workshops.And ultimately:culminates in the collaborative development of a manifesto for the teaching of writing in the AI age, for presentation to the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO).Full program available in January. Speakers/workshop leaders include:Associate Professor Lucinda McKnight, lead researcher in the Teaching Digital Writing projectMr Leon Furze, project PhD candidate and consultant expert in teaching with generative AIThis symposium will be hybrid - attend in-person (Docklands) or online (Zoom). - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/melbourne/why-teach-writing-in-the-age-of-ai/100001977261394056 - **Event Categories**: workshops, nonprofit, artificial-intelligence - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 1 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com.au%2Fe%2Fwhy-teach-writing-in-the-age-of-ai-tickets-1977261394056 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: AUD ## Event venue details - **city**: Melbourne - **state**: VI - **country**: Australia - **location**: Deakin Downtown - **lat**: -37.8206284 - **long**: 144.95001290000005 - **full address**: Deakin Downtown, 727 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: The Centre for Research for Educational Impact (https://allevents.in/org/the-centre-for-research-for-educational-impact/25297103) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/3e1e82e6228d3f81de84cef6b62e5d790fb1115d43b793546f4e28b0dd336abd-rimg-w1124-h562-dce5192d-gmir.png?v=1766900815 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/a3c28c69a94fa23fbba95ead614ad5c309ae13a14aa629595bcf862a37bdb8e0-rimg-w400-h400-dcfcd639-gmir.png?v=1766900815 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Mon, 23 Feb, 2026 at 09:00 am - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** Deakin Downtown, 727 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 0 up to 0 AUD - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** The Centre for Research for Educational Impact - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** workshops, nonprofit, artificial-intelligence - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Why teach writing in the age of AI? ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Why teach writing in the age of AI?", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/3e1e82e6228d3f81de84cef6b62e5d790fb1115d43b793546f4e28b0dd336abd-rimg-w1124-h562-dce5192d-gmir.png?v=1766900815", "startDate": "2026-02-23", "endDate": "2026-02-23", "url": "https://allevents.in/melbourne/why-teach-writing-in-the-age-of-ai/100001977261394056", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Deakin Downtown", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "727 Collins Street", "postalCode": "3008", "addressLocality": "Melbourne", "addressRegion": "VI", "addressCountry": "AU" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "-37.8206284", "longitude": "144.95001290000005" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "A free national (hybrid) symposium on digital writing in the Age of Gen AI", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "AUD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-05", "availabilityEnds": "2026-02-23", "validFrom": "2026-04-05", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/melbourne/why-teach-writing-in-the-age-of-ai/100001977261394056" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "AUD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-05", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-05", "url": "https://allevents.in/melbourne/why-teach-writing-in-the-age-of-ai/100001977261394056", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission - Deakin Downtown" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "AUD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-05", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-05", "url": "https://allevents.in/melbourne/why-teach-writing-in-the-age-of-ai/100001977261394056", "price": 0, "name": "Online (Zoom)" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "The Centre for Research for Educational Impact", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/the-centre-for-research-for-educational-impact/25297103", "description": "The Centre for Research for Educational Impact (REDI) is Deakin University’s strategic research and innovation centre in the field of education. 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