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My fascination with all things around generative AI (both the good and the bad) continues and I thought this was an interesting article that deserved a little light and has some embedded teaching advice. In Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Offloading and Implications for Education, Jason M. Lodge and Leslie Loble describe something that I often hear professors worry about. They call it a “performance paradox” - this is where students do well on work with AI support, but struggle to do similar work on their own later. The effort of figuring something out is where the learning happens and the tools can make that part easy to skip.

This is a familiar tension with many different technologies. When a tool reduces friction, it can also reduce the cognitive work that builds understanding in the first place.

The critical design question is:

At what point do I want students to do the thinking themselves?

Here are a few ideas that might help:

These are the kind of ideas that I hope can help assure that students remain responsible for the thinking, even if AI is part of the process.

Of course it is general advice - looking for something more customized to your course? Our contact page includes multiple ways to reach out to us, including videoconferences, email consultations, and even a form to request support if you aren't sure who to work with. 

We are so excited to get to offer another instance of our summer intensive program the first two weeks of May. Past participants have told us they've gained a lot - maybe you have already heard that from them! 

There is still time to apply for priority consideration! (By Monday, April 13th)

Faculty will receive $1000 upon completion of 4 deliverables (evidence of a small change they made to a course they are teaching soon, online or in person.) A portion of the support for this program is coming from one-time faculty development funds managed by the Provost Office.

The expected participation is about 25-40 hours over two weeks. This include both sync sessions and also asynchronous work time. See the schedule in the program description.

If spots remain, applications will be accepted until Monday, April 27th but the priority deadline is Monday, April 13th. 

We were excited to see the Hub Blog listed among other great web projects that are female led or woman focused for Reclaim Hosting's Woman's Showcase! Check it out as well as other amazing projects like the Feminist Digital Center, SNC Kid Books, and several other female bloggers. 

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