Kristen DiCerbo is the "chief learning officer" at Khan Academy, the hot new ed tech firm that is using computer programs to replicate some of the oldest problematic behavior in the educational universe. "If bringing AI into the classroom is a marathon," asserts
I have argued for decades that education is a social process in which we learn how to learn and work with others. Until AIs can establish an ability to act as a social partner, they are doomed to fail at whatever task the eduformers ive them.
The opportunity with AI and education is not AI. It’s a holistic examination of teaching and learning. It’s finding ways to facilitate relationships and connection. Effective AI conversations veer away from AI very quickly.
I have argued for decades that education is a social process in which we learn how to learn and work with others. Until AIs can establish an ability to act as a social partner, they are doomed to fail at whatever task the eduformers ive them.
No aspect of immorality gets in the way of unfettered capitalism’s quest for profit and market dominance.
The opportunity with AI and education is not AI. It’s a holistic examination of teaching and learning. It’s finding ways to facilitate relationships and connection. Effective AI conversations veer away from AI very quickly.