e-Literate

New gig, new colleagues, new responsibilities, same mission.

e-Literate is excited to unveil the AI Learning Design Assistant (ALDA) Design/Build Workshop series, a pioneering initiative that brings together a diverse group of colleges and universities to collaboratively tackle the pressing challenges of learning design. This initiative extends beyond standard prompt engineering techniques, inviting participants to participate in co-designing a functioning AI application that we will build and refine throughout the series. It offers participants a unique opportunity to directly influence the development of solutions that will reshape the landscape of educational technology.

In this post, I propose a programmatic, sector-wide approach to the challenge of building a solid foundation for AI tutors, balancing needs for speed, scalability, and safety.

Durable skills are not only a real thing but a civilizational shift. AI is not the cause. It’s an accelerant and a wake-up call. Particularly when working with AI, I argue that teaching skills are durable skills.

No matter how good a technology is, it still has to have the right capabilities to solve your problem. If you need a hammer to hang a picture and I hand you sledgehammer, you’ll find a rock to use instead. AI is no different.

Generative AI “hallucinations” aren’t going away. That’s OK. If we understand their limitations rather than just labeling them with hysterical language, we can gain tremendous benefits from them while protecting ourselves from the consequences of their limitations.