IDEAs Rewired #1: Is AI making us lazy learners?

About this episode

The episode discusses the reliance on AI in education and its impact on students and teachers.

In the first episode of IDEAs Rewired, the team wants to know whether students (and teachers) are becoming too reliant on AI. Cloda Jenkins, Associate Dean (Education, Pedagogy and Innovation) at Imperial Business School, and Sean O’Grady, Lead Learning Designer at the IDEA Lab, catch up with Lok Yee Liu to discuss the current impact of AI on teaching and learning in higher education. We also hear from a few of our students, who tell us whether they think AI is making them lazy. Follow the IDEA Lab at Imperial Business School on LinkedIn for further insights into innovative educational technologies and experiences. You can also check out the IDEA Lab website. Find out more about Imperial’s StudentShapers programme referenced in the episode.

People in this episode

Hosts: Cloda Jenkins, Sean O’Grady

Guest: Lok Yee Liu

Topics covered

• AI in education
• student reliance on technology
• impact of AI on learning
• higher education
• pedagogy
• educational innovation

Keywords

• AI
• education
• learning
• students
• teachers
• Imperial Business School
• IDEA Lab
• pedagogy
• innovation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Imperial Business School, IDEA Lab, StudentShapers programme

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