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From the Los Angeles Business Journal:
“If you go back to almost any technological breakthrough — personal computers, information processing that allowed us to do complex math more quickly, even calculators and things like that — we see this sort of kneejerk reaction that says, ‘Hey! If people don’t need the calculator in their head, if they have this calculator to do the work for them, are they really going to learn this stuff?’” Williams said. “I think that’s what’s going on right now with ChatGPT, but fundamentally, the way humans learn hasn’t changed in a long time. We basically learn through repetition and experience, so finding ways to create valuable learning experiences and then repeat those learning experiences will enable student success regardless of what tools they’re using.”
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“If you go back to almost any technological breakthrough — personal computers, information processing that allowed us to do complex math more quickly, even calculators and things like that — we see this sort of kneejerk reaction that says, ‘Hey! If people don’t need the calculator in their head, if they have this calculator to do the work for them, are they really going to learn this stuff?’” Williams said. “I think that’s what’s going on right now with ChatGPT, but fundamentally, the way humans learn hasn’t changed in a long time. We basically learn through repetition and experience, so finding ways to create valuable learning experiences and then repeat those learning experiences will enable student success regardless of what tools they’re using.”
Read more here.
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