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Tag: AI-supported learning

[Essay] Context sovereignty, engineering, and personal learning

Jun 28, 2025

in AI

AI literacy, AI-supported learning, context engineering, context sovereignty, generative AI

Context sovereignty is the idea that learners should control the personal context that informs AI-supported learning. Instead of constantly explaining your background to AI, AI should develop persistent understanding of your knowledge and thinking patterns. And context engineering provides the practical framework to achieve this. In this essay I explore both concepts, explaining why they…
Beyond the text box: User interface design and AI-supported learning

Apr 8, 2025

in AI, Education, Learning

adaptive complexity, AI-supported learning, collaboration, container-based learning, health professions education, knowledge graph, multimodality, network-based learning, networks, social constructivism, spatial metaphors, visual navigation

Text-entry interfaces for AI-supported learning perpetuate outdated container metaphors that fragment knowledge. Network-based interfaces using interactive knowledge graphs better reflect how expertise actually develops, with AI serving as both conversational partner and relationship-builder within spatial knowledge landscapes rather than isolated chat histories.