Podcast- The Science of Learning Meets AI with Lew Ludwig + Todd Zakrajsek

Episode 619 of Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast

“This was my first time getting to talk with Lew Ludwig and I can see why Todd Zakrajsek wanted to collaborate with him on The Science of Learning Meets AI. These two uncover themes from the book on Episode 619 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. I especially enjoy how they both bring us back to some fundamental aspects of teaching, while also exploring how AI might help us extend these tried-and-true approaches. Lew shares:

What this gets down to is backward design; we start with the learning goals. We should figure out how to assess them, and then decide if AI fits in that or not.

We also end with some poetry.”

Quotes

We could actually create an educational system. Not so that it deals with the problems we have with AI, but so that those problems are no longer relevant.
-Todd Zakrajsek
If you don’t have students attention, they can’t learn because if you don’t attend to something, you can’t learn it.
-Todd Zakrajsek
Keep in mind that you’re the expert. This is your assignment. You know what you’re doing, you know the content, so then you can judge what AI gives you, what works, and what still may need some work.
-Lew Ludwig
What this gets down to is backward design; we start with the learning goals. We should figure out how to assess them, and then decide if AI fits in that or not.
-Lew Ludwig

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