Carl Hendrick

Dad | Professor of applied sciences @AcademicaUoAS | PhD @KingsCollegeLon | UNESCO SoL editorial board | Dubliner | Keats devotee | persecuted by an integer

[Carl Hendrick @C_Hendrick]

I have written a free guide on responsive teaching for @UNESCO available here: https://t.co/puvgOyGgi3

[Carl Hendrick @C_Hendrick]

Why is screen time more damaging for a 1 year old than a 2 or 3 year old? https://t.co/vuNfxhPWLj

[Carl Hendrick @C_Hendrick]

So any academic policy which wants to take learning seriously should ban chatbots in the classroom or any domain where novices are trying to learn.
Now there are positive use cases for AI in terms of curriculum and instructional design but I'll go into that elsewhere, 🧵

[Carl Hendrick @C_Hendrick]

Should AI chatbots be banned in the classroom? Yes. Here's why🧵⤵️

[Carl Hendrick @C_Hendrick]

“Just reference it” is such a weak policy and misunderstands how learning actually happens. It treats AI use as if it were equivalent to looking something up, when in many cases it is much closer to having a private tutor, editor, planner, and co-writer sitting beside you.