Computing Education in the Age of AI - What to Teach Young Adults?
Learn about practical changes in computing education for Digital Merchants, focusing on agency, systems-thinking, and managing cognitive load in the AI era.
Overview
I’m teaching 18-21 year olds to become a ‘Digital Merchant’ ~Business Information Systems at Hong Kong’s German Business School. This presentation will cover the changes I’ve done in 2026 and open questions and challenges.
It’ll focus on developing high agency, taste, systems-thinking, limiting cognitive dept, moving up the abstraction ladder from previous teaching approaches…