Explore every episode of the podcast Learning Curve
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| What Kind of Intelligence Is AI? | 19 Aug 2025 | 01:01:48 | |
The viral research paper that started it all: “Attention Is All You Need.” Mutlu Cukurova's paper discussed in this episode, “The Interplay of Learning Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Education: A Vision for Hybrid Intelligence.” Brian Christensen's “The Most Human Human.” Apple Intelligence ad discussed in this episode: Writing Tools. | |||
| Introducing Learning Curve | 12 Aug 2025 | 00:02:25 | |
Teachers and students can't help wondering ... what are we doing here? What's the role of education when AI seems able to do tasks that once seemed uniquely human. The goal of Learning Curve is to inform a conversation about what it means to learn, whether AI could improve education, and which learning needs protecting amid the AI gold rush. Look for the first episode August 20.
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| Is My Professor Using AI? | 15 Oct 2025 | 00:37:02 | |
“The Professors Are Using ChatGPT, and Some Students Aren’t Happy About It,” by Kashmir Hill in The New York Times. Northeastern University’s AI use policy. “Automated Essay Writing: An AIED Opinion,” by Mike Sharples in the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education. | |||
| Should Colleges Provide AI Tools? | 30 Sep 2025 | 00:49:46 | |
| Will AI Bring More Student Disengagement? | 16 Sep 2025 | 00:56:12 | |
The Disengaged Teen, by Rebecca Winthrop and Jenny Anderson “Minnesota high school student weighs the benefits and pitfalls of AI,” Minnesota Now “I’m a High Schooler. AI Is Demolishing My Education,” The Atlantic Brookings Global Task Force on AI in Education website ‘We Have to Really Rethink the Purpose of Education,’ The Ezra Klein Show . | |||
| What If College Teaching Was Redesigned With AI In Mind? | 02 Sep 2025 | 01:10:09 | |
Watch Matter and Space's video discussed in this episode, "Butterflies" Read Maha Bali's blog. | |||
| How Does AI Fit Into Broader Disruptions to Higher Ed? | 11 Nov 2025 | 00:58:07 | |
More on Bryan Alexander’s forthcoming book, “Peak Higher Education.” “The Diamond Age,” by Neal Stephenson. “Dual Enrollment Leads to More College Acceptances, Greater Financial Awards,” in Inside Higher Education. “Should College Become Part of High School?” on the EdSurge Podcast. Bryan Alexander’s Future Trends Forum. | |||
| How Do Students Feel About Their AI Use? It's Complicated | 04 Nov 2025 | 00:40:27 | |
In the Know, the podcast of the University of Minnesota's student newspaper, The Minnesota Daily. "Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College," in New York magazine.
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| Can AI Avatars Make Class Time More Human? | 28 Oct 2025 | 00:39:36 | |
Demo of Sara Cochran’s AI avatar, University of Virginia website Sora and Vibes: AI Video Now Officially Going After Social Media, Platformer | |||
| Can Colleges ‘AI-Proof’ the Core Curriculum? | 25 Nov 2025 | 00:53:11 | |
“Editorial: AI-proof the Core Curriculum The Core Curriculum is an essential part of a Catholic education that must be saved from AI,” in The Observer, the student newspaper at Notre Dame. LinkedIn post by David Griffith about the student newspaper editorial. AI Is Coming for the Consultants. Inside McKinsey, ‘This Is Existential.’ in The Wall Street Journal "Should Instructors Ask Students to Show Document Histories to Guard Against AI Cheating?” in EdSurge. | |||