Tag: Education
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AI tutors aren't a silver bullet, nor should they be
The debate around AI tutors wouldn’t be so aggressive if the claims and expectations were rooted in appropriate use-cases. Ideas from technologists trying to show how all of education will improve for everyone are often talking about content challenges. Their central argument is that more time getting personalized content focused on specific challenges in a subject will…
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From Teacher Grading to Manager Feedback
In higher education, there’s a lot of enthusiasm around project-based learning (PBL). The idea is to give students real-world problems to have them acquire their skills and knowledge through them. As an instructor, I naturally gravitated to this idea and felt like I’ve always tried to recreate realistic scenarios for the students to experience. However,…
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Looking the other direction to learn more deeply
Have you ever noticed that in The Great Wave off Kanagawa print by Hokusai has more than 20 people in it? I certainly didn’t and the clip below from the excellent BBC series, The Art of Japanese Life, gave me a whole new appreciation for this picture. Watch starting at 36:17 to see the specific…
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Planting seeds as a teaching mindset
“That impulse to scour away the messiness that makes life resilient is what many conservation biologists call the ‘pathology of command and control.’”— Maria Farrell and Robin Berjon, NOEMA Magazine All of my favourite learning experiences can be considered states of managed chaos. They share the trait of feeling like playgrounds where the outcomes weren’t…
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In my class, you surf alone and get feedback together
Every year, I try to refine the intentions of the 6 month UX certificate I teach. This experience has been incredibly educational for me in understanding how people extract information from what is presented to them. My intentions as an instructor can be interpreted in a plethora of ways that are outside my control. To…