Name: The Future of Learning Is Human
Start: 2026-07-15T08:45:00-0400
End: 2026-07-15T09:45:00-0400

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Wednesday July 15, 2026 8:45am - 9:45am EDT

What becomes possible when we design schools around the capacities that make us irreplaceably human?

In this interactive keynote, educator, author, and possibilitarian Sam Chaltain and learning scientist and people researcher Dr. Jane Shore invite participants into a shared exploration of what it means to be human in a rapidly changing world, and what that means for the future of learning.

Drawing on ideas from Sam’s and Jane’s joint collective project The Art of Being Human and Jane’s recent book People-Based Learning (2026), participants will seek to identify the essential qualities that make us uniquely human: and our capacity to learn with and through one another.

Through story, reflection, dialogue, and collective sensemaking, participants will examine where schools help these capacities flourish, where they unintentionally suppress them, and what becomes possible when we design for humanity rather than efficiency alone.

Grounded in research and deeply participatory, this experience is less a keynote and more a shared inquiry. Participants will leave with new connections, renewed clarity, and practical experiments for creating learning environments that help young people become not just knowledgeable, but fully alive.

As the session concludes, participants will be invited to continue the conversation through The Art of Being Human, an ongoing collaborative project exploring the qualities, experiences, and relationships that help us make sense of ourselves and one another in a changing world.

Together, Sam and Jane bring a unique combination of future vision and human insight, inviting audiences to consider not only where education is headed, but what has always mattered most.

Click here for your free digital copy of Seed + Spark (a $38.12 value). Thank you Sam for sharing this!
Click here for your free copy of "The Overview Effect."

Speakers

Sam Chaltain

samchaltain.com, Writer/Storyteller

Sam Chaltain is an educator, author, and possibilitarian whose work explores what becomes possible when we reimagine the assumptions underlying school and learning.

Jane Shore

Founder, School of Thought

"I'm a learning scientist, school co-founder, visual thinker, and self-described peopleologist who studies and designs for what people make possible for one another.Come find me if you want to talk about: People-Based Learning, designing schools and gatherings where people learn with... Read More →

Wednesday July 15, 2026 8:45am - 9:45am EDT
Performing Arts Center

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Sam Chaltain

Jane Shore

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Summer Institute for Authentic Learning and Leadership

Sam Chaltain

Jane Shore

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