Tag: personal learning
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AI is a means of transforming information
AI-powered information transformation extends beyond simple summarisation. When we view recorded lectures as raw material, students can engage with content through multiple transformations: translation, simplification, connection, personalisation, expansion, and critique. This approach shifts learning from passive consumption to active engagement, preparing students for real-world information adaptation.
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Introduction to AI for Learning – BIP AI for Students
In this presentation for the 2025 Blended Intensive Programme on AI for Students, I explore how the integration of AI in health professions education transforms learning by serving as a coach, creative partner, research assistant, and clinical companion. This collaborative approach enhances students’ abilities to handle complex clinical scenarios while maintaining professional judgment as the…
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Weekly digest 44
A weekly collection of things I found interesting, thought-provoking, or inspiring. It’s almost always about higher education, mostly technology, and usually AI-related.
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Automatic generation of Wikipedia-like articles with Perplexity Pages
Perplexity Pages seems to work best with predetermined structures rather than single prompts. Unlike traditional AI tools, Pages allows you to customise sections, add media, and expand outlines intentionally. This hands-on experiment demonstrates how the platform differs from standard question-answer AI interactions.
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STORM writes Wikipedia-like articles from scratch
STORM is an AI system that generates Wikipedia-like articles from internet searches. It uses multiple AI personas to create diverse perspectives on topics. While the generated content is comprehensive and well-structured, it tends to provide balanced, mainstream views. STORM offers potential for collaborative writing and knowledge curation in education and research.
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Developing AI literacy in professional education
Developing AI literacy in students shouldn’t rely on mandatory training. Instead, I suggest using AI to create personalised learning programmes for students that help them address real-world problems that are important to them. I give an example of preparing for clinical placement using generative AI. By having students interact with AI to build unique plans…
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Claude, create an interactive website
Claude can create interactive educational websites with minimal prompting. This post demonstrates how Claude generated a physiotherapy website with an SVG image, MCQ, and matching activity. While the content is simple, it showcases the potential for rapid development of personal learning materials using AI.
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This is about control, not learning
A model describing 6 levels of autonomy for personalised learning. Except, the model actually describes 6 levels of control, split between teachers and AI, ignoring the student completely. Let’s rather build a model for integrating AI into learning, where we recognise the agency of learners.
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An AI-first approach to higher education in the UK
http://donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com/2024/01/ai-university.html Donald Clark proposes a vision for an AI-first university, tackling the pressing need for high-quality, low-cost online education in the UK. Here’s a distilled list of 25 transformative ideas, drawing inspiration from other successful educational models: I couldn’t agree more. For me, AI has the potential to massively scale personal learning, and for that…
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Different views of learning resources
I was just going through this presentation on personal learning from Stephen Downes (2008), and wanted to highlight the point he makes about 3 different approaches to viewing learning resources: As a thing – books, videos, presentations i.e. a content object As an event – lectures, workshops, seminars, meetings As flow – user generated content,…