
Does AI Help Students Learn? With Adam Dubé, PhD
From Screen Deep by Children and Screens
January 21, 2026 · 47 min · Season 1 · Episode 26
About this episode
The episode explores the impact of AI technologies on student learning and cognitive skill development in classrooms.
Schools are increasingly deploying AI-powered technologies in classrooms that promise to revolutionize education, yet there is growing concern over the risks to children and adolescents’ learning by doing so. What do children, adolescents, and teachers think about how AI is being used in the classroom, and do these technologies actually impact learning and key cognitive skill development? In this episode of Screen Deep, host Kris Perry explores these questions with educational technology expe...
People in this episode
Host: Kris Perry
Guest: Adam Dubé, PhD
Topics covered
- AI in education
- student learning
- cognitive skills
- educational technology
- teacher perspectives
Keywords
- AI
- education
- learning
- cognitive skills
- technology
- students
- teachers
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Organizations: Children and Screens
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