Thoughts on ed-tech, software, and building things worth using.
The most useful skill I can imagine for a student in the age of AI is not prompt writing. It is the willingness to argue with the answer. AI tools produce fluent, confident text, and confidence is persuasive. That is exa…
Read more →When we talk about digital learning, we love to talk about features: video lessons, live classes, interactive quizzes. We talk far less about the cost of the connection needed to use any of them. For a student with fast …
Read more →I have seen the same story in more than one institution. A learning platform is purchased or installed, a launch event is held, logins are created, and six months later almost nobody is using it beyond uploading a few PD…
Read more →Walk into almost any university lecture hall today and you will find a quiet mismatch. Many students are already using AI tools daily, for explaining concepts, drafting, summarising, translating and coding. Many of their…
Read more →Every few weeks another institution announces a crackdown on AI use: detectors, declarations, threats of disciplinary action. I understand the instinct. But I think we are fighting the wrong battle. AI detectors are unre…
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