AI and Cognitive Offloading with Leon Furze

About this episode

Derek Bruff interviews Leon Furze about AI, cognitive offloading, and effective classroom strategies for using AI in education.

Share your thoughts about this episode as a text message. On the podcast today, I talk with author and consultant Leon Furze about the ideas found in some of his recent writing on AI and learning. We talk about resistance as a framework for combatting cognitive offloading, the mental models that educators and students have of working with AI (and how they can lead us astray), and classroom activities that can help students build the kinds of expertise they need to use AI effectively. Episode...

People in this episode

Host: Derek Bruff

Guest: Leon Furze

Topics covered

• AI
• cognitive offloading
• learning
• mental models
• classroom activities
• expertise

Keywords

• AI
• cognitive offloading
• learning
• mental models
• classroom activities
• expertise
• education

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