The Science of Learning Meets AI with Lew Ludwig + Todd Zakrajsek
<p>Lew Ludwig + Todd Zakrajsek uncover themes from The Science of Learning Meets AI on episode 619 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.<br />
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<h2>Quotes from the episode</h2>
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<p>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.<br />
-Todd Zakrajsek</p>
<p>If you don’t have students attention, they can’t learn because if you don’t attend to something, you can’t learn it.<br />
-Todd Zakrajsek</p>
<p>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.<br />
-Lew Ludwig</p>
<p>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.<br />
-Lew Ludwig</p>
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<h2>Resources</h2>
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<li><a href="https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003689102/science-learning-meets-ai-lewis-ludwig-todd-zakrajsek">The Science of Learning Meets AI: A Practical Faculty Guide to Purposeful Integration, Student Engagement, and Ethical Practice, by Lewis D. Ludwig & Todd D. Zakrajsek</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.lillyconferences.com/">Lilly Conferences: Evidence-Based Teaching & Learning</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.tilthighered.com/about/meet-the-team">Mary-Ann Winkelmes</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.tilthighered.com/">Transparency in Learning & Teaching (TILT) Higher Education</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backward_design">Backward Design</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.oupress.com/9780806194967/the-opposite-of-cheating/">The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI, by Tricia Bertram Gallant and David A. Rettinger</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/Caraway/page/C08B93A9-264D-456E-A02D-25064614CFCE">Caraway Cookware</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@harrybakerpoet/video/7363205479427886369">Joy Comes Back, by Donna Ashworth, read by Harry Baker</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.tripit.com/">TripIt</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/jeff-moss">The Other Side of the Door, by Jeff Moss</a></li>
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