Tag: Education
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Learn why things mean, not what
Welcome back from what was hopefully a refreshing long labor day weekend! First of all, thank you to everyone who attended my Lunch & Learn YouTube premiere on Wednesday last week! It’s my first 20 minute video essay, where I was focusing on the specifics of why ChatGPT’s new “Study Mode” is still nowhere near…
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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
Certain classroom habits, like the classic “raise your hand if you know the answer,” continue to stick around even though we know their limitations in creating deeper engagement. 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…
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How doctors handle uncertainty and what UX designers and educators can learn
A few years ago, a doctor friend explained that my chronic IBS was a “diagnosis by exclusion,” a fancy way of saying they’d ruled out every other possible cause and landed on this… uncertainty. The phrase struck me as a convoluted way to avoid saying “I don’t know,” and it frustrated me. I understood the…
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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…