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AI is like hyperprocessed foods for learning
Hi, I’m Fred Dixon, CEO of Blindside Networks and co-founder of BigBlueButton. Generative artifical intelligence is hugely disrupting the normal processes of learning with significant negative consequences.
Hi, I’m Fred Dixon, CEO of Blindside Networks and co-founder of BigBlueButton.Generative artifical intelligence is hugely disrupting the normal processes of learning with significant negative consequences. In the excellent book Make it Stick(Brown, Roediger, & McDaniel, 2014), the authors summarize ten years of research into effective learning into three main techniques: Effective techniquesThe learning workout Get knowledge out Lift the knowledge out of your brain, not the page (i.e. close the book or use a flash card).System 2 wakes up and the effort of recall strengthens the encoding for System 1.Desired Difficulty Practice solving problems at the upper edge of your cognitive ability.Mix the problems so System 2 has to work even harder, deepening your understanding and strengthening the encoding.
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