Mind Shift: Learning 2049

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Exploring the impact of AI on education and academia. Detailed conversations with top experts.

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    What are AI companies actually up to?

    In this conversation, with Bassem Nasir, we explore the challenges that face educators in light of the money and power of big tech. We touch on the underlying purposes for education and whether AI might move us towards or away from these goals.Bassem Nasir is an education specialist at UNICEF. He has extensive leadership experience in education, youth development, entrepreneurship, sustainability, and corporate responsibility having worked with a broad range of multilateral organizations, corporations, NGOs, governments, and academic institutions. At the International Youth Foundation (IYF), Bassem served as the director of programs. In this role, he led a large portfolio of youth empowerment, employability, and life skills related programs and worked with different donors such as UNICEF, the World Bank, USAID, and international and local corporations and foundations. At Intel Corporation, Bassem served as the MENA regional education manager driving the company's multi-million-dollar corporate responsibility programs in the region working with Ministries of Education and Higher Education, as well as universities, to enhance quality of education through technology. Bassem holds a B.Sc. in chemical engineering from Purdue University, USA and an M.P.A. from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, USA.MELD Institute is an education consultancy offering support in curriculum development, online programme design, and training to schools and higher education institutions. We create tech solutions, including bespoke education apps to support and enhance learning.

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    Flatfooted: Why Universities are Struggling to Respond to AI

    In the debut episode of this six-part series, Robert Wells and Adam White dive into AI, the "transformative technology" currently disrupting academia. From the staggering rise in student usage to the "flatfooted" response of institutional leadership, Robert and Adam explore whether AI is a tool for scaffolding better learning or a shortcut to cognitive decline. They move beyond the simple "cheating" narrative to discuss the philosophy of education: What happens when we remove "friction" from the learning process? If an AI can write an essay, was the essay ever a good assessment of knowledge to begin with? Key Topics Discussed: The 95% Reality: Discussing the massive gap between institutional policy and the reality of student usage (referencing recent studies where 95% of students use AI consistently). The Researcher’s New Toolkit: An exploration of "Agentic AI" and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) technology. Adam explains how these tools can help academics navigate the "endemic problem" of keeping up with ever-expanding literature. Scaffolding vs. Brain Rot: Does AI reduce cognitive load to allow for higher-level thinking, or does it simply make us "dumber" by removing the necessary struggle of research? The Death of the Essay: Why the current "Python-esque" situation—where lecturers use AI to write materials and students use AI to answer them—proves that the traditional assessment model is broken. The Value of Friction: A philosophical look at "frictionless" learning. Robert and Adam discuss the "atomisation" of society and why "messy," imperfect human teachers are vital to the student experience. From Consumption to Production: Rethinking the "Why" of education and moving toward project-based learning and social impact in an AI-driven economy. Series Note: This is part 1 of a 6-episode exploration into the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Education. Join Dr. Robert Wells and Adam White as they navigate the transition from traditional academic structures to the unknown future of the "AI Economy." Tags: #AIethics #QualitativeResearch #EducationalResearch #ResearchMethods #AcademicAI #ResearchEthics #HigherEducation #AIinEducation #DataPrivacy #AcademicIntegrity

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