Generative AI Through Inquiry (Part 2)

Generative AI Through Inquiry (Part 2)

From FOSIL, Education and School Libraries by Elizabeth Hutchinson

March 23, 2026 · 48 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of preserving human voice in education while cultivating student curiosity about learning without AI.

Welcome to FOSIL, Education and School Libraries Podcast, where Darrly Toerien and I (Elizabeth Hutchinson) talk about what we feel is important in school libraries and education now. Today's discussion continues from last week's podcast, which was part 1 of this conversation, where we discussed the importance of preserving human voice in education. In this chat, we cover the importance of helping students cultivate curiosity about learning without AI, so that when they do use it, they have an understanding of where it may be taking them. We ask 3 questions for school librarians to consider:- * Am I teaching something? * Am I teaching something using AI? * Am I teaching AI? This focus leads our conversation forward where we consider the importance of FOSIL’s CONNECT stage… I’m afraid we enjoy our conversation too much and once again we ran out of time. We hope you enjoy listening to where this took us. Next time we will focus on the INVESTIGATE and CONSTRUCT stage in relation to Gen AI. Links talked about in this podcast * Alfred Guy quotation from Inside Yale’s Quiet Reckoning with AI . * For Jane Rosenzweig, see Writing Hacks (her Blog) and The Important Work: Teaching Writing…

People in this episode

Host: Elizabeth Hutchinson

Guest: Darrly Toerien

Topics covered

  • Generative AI
  • Inquiry-based learning
  • Curiosity in education
  • School libraries
  • Human voice in education

Keywords

  • Generative AI
  • school libraries
  • curiosity
  • inquiry-based learning
  • human voice
  • education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC

Books & works: Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Writing Hacks, The Important Work: Teaching Writing in the Age of AI

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