Throughout the first few months of this year, we’ve been exploring artificial intelligence for L&D. In episode 377, Donald Taylor gave us the context on the extent to which L&D pros are using AI In episode 379, Ross Steven offered advice for getting started.
This week on The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, Ross and Owen were joined by Kacper Lodzikowski, Vice President of AI Capabilities at Pearson, to discuss the opportunities that AI presents for education.
We discuss:
· Why AI presents such a challenge for educators
· Balancing those challenges with opportunities
· What those opportunities are and where to embrace them.
During the discussion, Kacper referenced his paper: Łodzikowski, K., Foltz, P. W., & Behrens, J. T. (2023). Generative AI and Its Educational Implications. arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.08659.
To find out more about our own AI-powered ‘difficult conversation’ tool, see AI Conversations.
In ‘What I Learned This Week’, Owen recommended the TV show Poker Face.
Ross G referenced ‘The Long Goodbye to Saturn’s Ring’, published in The Atlantic.
Kacper referenced Ethan Mollick’s newsletter One Useful Thing and Gary Marcus’ newsletter Marcus on AI.
Ross G shared a letter that was possibly written to Marilyn Monroe from John Steinbeck.
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256 — Discovering 'Jobs To Be Done'
255 — The MindTools Book Club: Noise
254 — Social by Design: Revisited
253 — One year on: How L&D leaders have responded to Covid
252 — Employee engagement: Are you listening?
251 — Animation for learning
250 (Bonus) — Gemma Paterson and Danny Seals: Full interview
250 (Bonus) — Sukh Pabial: Full interview
250 (Bonus) — Myles Runham: Full interview
250 — Documentary Special: What can L&D learn from product management?
249 — Starting a career remotely
248 — Forging a career in L&D
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247 — Takeover special! How to podcast
246 — The surprising truth about innovation
245 — The menopause at work
244 — The value of benchmarking
243 — Working with vendors
242 — The unspoken rules of work
241 — Does diversity training work?
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