School's In Beyond ChatGPT: Critical thinking in the age of AI
How can AI be used as a tool that supplements, rather than supplants, the learning process? And what does research say is the most effective way to use the tool?
On this episode of School’s In, we welcome GSE Assistant Professor Hari Subramonyam to discuss AI in education. He covers several topics, including:
- (01:41) What is critical thinking?
- (05:03) Beyond prompting: AI, creativity, and critical decision making
- (09:10) Using AI to scaffold the writing process
- (13:59) AI as learning tool: What the research shows
- (19:29) AI and assessment
- (22:33) AI in education: Advice for parents and teachers
Hari Subramonyam is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Education, where his research focuses on augmenting critical human tasks (such as learning, creativity, and sensemaking) with AI by incorporating principles from cognitive psychology. He is also a faculty fellow at Stanford's Institute for Human-Centered AI. To learn more about his work, visit his faculty profile.
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