10/09/2026
This week, our students completed BSBPEF502 Develop and Use Emotional Intelligence.
But we didn’t just talk about emotional intelligence.
We talked about what it means in a world where AI can think, write, analyse and provide answers for us in seconds.
One of the biggest discussions was simple:
If AI can do more of the thinking for us, what human skills do we need to protect and develop?
We explored empathy, self awareness, emotional regulation, communication, judgement and the ability to understand what another person may be thinking or feeling.
We also looked at cognitive offloading, where we hand some of our mental effort to technology.
AI can be an incredible tool. But it doesn’t have lived experience. It hasn’t experienced a difficult conversation, built a relationship, made a mistake and learnt from it, or developed human intuition through years of experience.
So we gave our students one principle to remember:
YOU are Version 1.
AI is Version 2.
Think first.
Understand the problem.
Form your own view.
Then use AI to challenge your thinking, identify gaps and improve what you’ve created.
Because learning isn’t just about producing the right answer.
It’s about developing the person who can understand why it’s the right answer.
That’s particularly important with emotional intelligence.
AI will continue to become more capable.
Our responsibility as educators is to make sure our students do too.
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