Dr. Szymon Machajewski

UIC Academic Technology and Digital Learning. “Let technology be the bicycle for your mind.”

[Dr. Szymon Machajewski @smProf]

🧅 AI in education in 4 layers.

🟢 Layer 1 — AI Literacy Edu (Universal / Foundational)
🟠 Layer 2 — AI for Edu (Infrastructure / Optional)
🔴 Layer 3 — AI in Edu (Core Mission / Required)
🔵 Layer 4 — AI of the Profession (Career Readiness / Required)

https://t.co/FQdPoX4D16

[Dr. Szymon Machajewski @smProf]

🧠 AI gives answers on a platter: students risk losing critical thinking without the reps.

Contrast: AI as a Cognitive Gym, progressive load. Start simple, ramp friction and tougher interactions on a topic. Skills endure.
Free CC BY 4.0 guide:
https://t.co/rZSzbshBlt
#AIEdu

[Dr. Szymon Machajewski @smProf]

🚀 Some work that sparks should not be delegated to AI. Ideas worth thinking. Guidebook.

🗑️ FLUFF (Formatting) → capped rewards
⚡ SPARK (Human) → ignites learning, uncapped rewards

“The Learn-It-All Educator”
Free CC BY 4.0:

https://t.co/rZSzbshBlt

#aiedu #education

[Dr. Szymon Machajewski @smProf]

Thrilled to share that I've successfully completed my Certified Artificial Intelligence Program Manager (C|AIPM) from EC-Council Learning and received my Certificate of Achievement! Grateful for this learning journey and excited for what's next. https://t.co/ljSglYkyO7

[David Ross @DavidPBLRoss]

How AI Is Exploding Our Illusions of Rigor via @insidehighered https://t.co/AT92yNn77H #edtech #GenAI #ailiteracy #aiready #FETC #rigor

[HILT @HarvardHILT]

How AI Is Exploding Our Illusions of Rigor via @insidehighered https://t.co/z2ZNbpTXnx

[Allen Mendenhall @allenmendenhall]

How AI Is Exploding Our Illusions of Rigor (opinion) https://t.co/15XnWFKk7I

[Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered]

Career Advice | How AI Is Exploding Our Illusions of Rigor

Craig E. Nelson’s concept of “dysfunctional illusions of rigor” holds new currency in our AI age. https://t.co/T7WKfwx3iS

[Dr. Szymon Machajewski @smProf]

Comet by @perplexity_aican help students cheat. It may also have legitimate uses for instructors. https://t.co/Q8ZHIsAePx
#AIEDU #Education @chronicle @educause

[Dr. Szymon Machajewski @smProf]

Check out my latest article: The @Blackboard Moment: Why AI in Education Needs Its 1997 https://t.co/kibiE3eXpA @AnthologyInc #Edu25 #Educause2025 @AttainLLC

[Dr. Szymon Machajewski @smProf]

@karpathy English is also the encoding language for ideas (scientific, cultural, religious) for some time now. AI changes the way our ideas are encoded, communicated, including programming:
https://t.co/I7Ip8SeaVe

[Perplexity @perplexity_ai]

Introducing Perplexity iOS Voice Assistant

Voice Assistant uses web browsing and multi-app actions to book reservations, send emails and calendar invites, play media, and more—all from the Perplexity iOS app.

Update your app in the App Store and start asking today.

[Dr. Szymon Machajewski @smProf]

@AnthropicAI's new Education Report: how students are using Claude in real academic settings. From coding help to essay drafting, it's clear AI is being used by students, and raising big questions about cognitive engagement, assessment, and integrity.
https://t.co/eIPpVAU6nX

[Dr. Szymon Machajewski @smProf]

🤖♟️ AI solved chess in 1997, and now chess thrives! 🧠💡 Discover how the story of AI in chess can be a great story in Education AI. #AIinEducation #ChessLearning #AIEdu

https://t.co/askgewS1yQ

[Dr. Szymon Machajewski @smProf]

The AI Revolution in Chess and Its Impact on Education  https://t.co/askgewRtJi

Unlocking the joy of learning with a spirit of play.

ChatGPT can’t compete with Stockfish in Chess. But one day, there will be Stockfish-like optimized AI for each activity.

[Dr. Szymon Machajewski @smProf]

🎹 unknown waltz by Chopin discovered, nearly 200 years later.

I dream of AI composing more Chopin music. He died at 39 and there was s much more in his mind and heart that didn’t get written down.

https://t.co/fgI7MXi8Xa

[Dr. Szymon Machajewski @smProf]

Why is DELVE used so much today?

"How cheap, outsourced labour in Africa is shaping AI English" @AlexHern https://t.co/YYcP4W157J

English 2.0 on @educause #EDU24 @EDUCAUSEreview:

https://t.co/I7Ip8SeaVe

[Dr. Szymon Machajewski @smProf]

Perplexity is an AI answer engine for students. Sign up with your .edu email by 9/15 for 1 free month of Perplexity Pro. If we hit 500 signups on campus, we all get 1 year free.
@UICnews @thisisUIC @uicpublichealth @UICEngineering @UICDom @uiclaw
https://t.co/9mng3n0Az3

[Dr. Szymon Machajewski @smProf]

The AI and human partnership at #AT24. Steve Jobs @Apple got his wish and students can ask questions of Aristotle in their @blackboard @anthology courses with Conversational AI!

[UIC Engineering @UICEngineering]

Join us Thursday, July 18 at noon CT for the Info Session: Faculty Spotlight to meet College of Engineering Associate Professor, Dr. Xinhua Zhang! RSVP: https://t.co/NAsXX5RO28