Tag: skills development
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Obstacles to developing academic expertise
Developing academic expertise is challenging due to delayed feedback, unclear processes, and limited opportunities to observe experts. The post explores how academic tools and systems often lack the capacity for nuanced expression and open-endedness, making it difficult for scholars to attain virtuosity in their field and develop expert performance.
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What’s the academic version of these Steph Curry drills?
The best performers in sport have drills they use to keep improving. What do academics do to improve? What’s our version of these drills?
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In Beta podcast: Generative AI personas in physiotherapy education
In this conversation Leanne Wiles and Dean Walker discuss how they used generative AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT to simulate patient interactions for students in physiotherapy education, enhancing their communication and reasoning skills. Students interacted with AI personas portraying diverse health scenarios. The practice proved immersive and effective, displaying significant potential for flexible educational…
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AI reduces the value of synthesis as a skill
If AI reduces the value of synthesis as a skill, what does it do to the rest of Bloom’s taxonomy?