Reimagining Creative Education in the Age of AI | Chris Mitchell, Royal College of Art

What is creative education really for — and does AI change the answer? In this Talk on Creativity, Egle Karalyte speaks with Dr. Chris Mitchell, Head of Academic Strategy Development at the Royal College of Art and creator of the MA in Creative Education. Chris has spent years thinking about what formal education is actually for beyond content delivery. In this conversation, he explores how the RCA builds its education around making and reflection, why a generative AI tool passing one of his assessments led him to completely redesign it, and what hybrid learning genuinely requires to be equitable for online and on-campus students alike. He also shares the RCA's long-held conviction: no grades, just pass or fail — and why, every five years when the institution revisits it, they keep coming back to the same answer. Topics covered: → Why AI isn't the first technology to be called "the end of education" → The RCA's ethos of making — and what Covid revealed about it → Why a well-designed assessment can't be passed by AI → Hybrid education: practical lessons from running online and on-campus together → Pass/fail grading and the case for feedback over marks → Creativity as a universal capacity, not a personal trait → Co-creating the educational experience with each new cohort Read the full blog post: https://bloomerangas.com/blog/reimagi...