Tag: Education
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Complacency around AI job replacement is insanity
Last week I couldn’t contain myself, and had to share the post below on LinkedIn. Excuse me, but: 🤬 THIS! Our society deserves better! “AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs — and spike unemployment to 10-20% in the next one to five years, Amodei told [Axios] in an interview from his…
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Moving beyond raised hands with technology
It’s fascinating how certain classroom habits, like the classic “raise your hand if you know the answer,” continue to stick around even though we know their limitations. Despite my best efforts to create a more interactive, inclusive learning environment, I often catch myself falling back on this old routine. Why is it so hard to…
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From students seeking cheat codes to embracing dice rolls
Teaching students industry processes isn’t about guaranteeing success, it’s about improving odds. Instructors need to pay attention to both how they teach any given process, and the desperation students typically have to use processes as shortcuts to success. In the past few years of teaching many different problem-solving and UX design processes, students always find…
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Embracing problem-creator thinking in design education
Because most generative AI tools today are solutions oriented, it’s more important than ever that design students be able to think critically and analyze broader contexts. This will both help them continue to have value in an AI-driven world and ensure we don’t lose out on innovative solutions that come from more exploratory problem-assessing approaches. …