Category: pedagogy

My Latest Thoughts/Critiques on AI… in Podcasts

I thought as the new academic semester starts, I would post some recent podcast interviews I’ve done around the topic of

Unexpected Reflections from the ABBA Museum Experience

I love ABBA. My parents and uncle turned me into music of their generation when I was young, and I was hooked on them, the Bea

Can a Flight Cancelation Be a Gift?

I start this blogpost the morning after arriving here in Sweden where I’m expected to give a workshop and a keynote soon

Self-Restraint As a Learning Outcome: Yes, We Can, But Should We? (What Matters More Than AI)

I want to propose a new learning outcome. It is a meta outcome, with many other things stemming from it. The learning outcome

On Course Endings, AI Grieving, and Burnout from Humans #MYFest25

So this post is about a few things I did last week, in a keynote to respond to people who are struggling with AI… and on

Language Learning as Plastic Surgery: The Illusion of Learning from Gamification & AI Apps like DuoLingo

Look, I am grateful for DuoLingo. It’s fun and light and easy to use, and I enjoy using it. I’ve been using it for

Different Critiques of AI in Education

I’ve needed to write this post for a long time. It’s about the differences in the types of arguments people use when they

A Possible Trauma-informed Approach to AI in the Classroom?

I was recently reading this article by Mays Imad: Imad, M. (2022). Trauma‐informed education for wholeness: Strategies

On Finding a Way, Rocking Horses, Blueberry Muffins and… Learning?

The horse I don’t know why, but this memory keeps surfacing for me these days. When I was maybe three or four years old,

The “Sterile Neatness” of AI Writing

I was tweeting about the shock of finding someone in an open course (an adult, an educator) using AI to respond to a discussio