I had a few minutes earlier this week so I decided to do an experiment using two free AI platforms – Perplexity.ai and NotebookLM. To reduce bias I asked ChatGPT to describe and compare them. ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, is a conversational AI designed to help with a wide range of tasks like answering…
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AI-powered upskilling: The future of learning and development
You can listen to the NotebookLM podcast version of this article. They still think I’m a he and not a she… jamie · AI, productivity and upskilling TL;DR Canada faces a growing skills gap, with many workers either under- or over-skilled for their jobs as the demands of the workforce evolve. This gap is…
From tutoring to translating: What can ChatGPT’s advanced voice do?
I just watched a video by Drake Surach that walks through a myriad of ways you can take advantage of ChatGPT’s new advanced voice features. This is going to be, as we’ve already seen with Google’s Notebbok LM, a game-changer when it comes to personalized learning, productivity, and creativity. Whether you’re using it for…
Generative learning, heutagogy, and AI: The future of learning
A while ago, I wrote about a generative learning framework proposed by Logan Fiorella in Making Sense of Generative Learning. Logan’s framework focuses on how learners actively construct knowledge by integrating new information with what they already know. Remember schema theory? That’s the cognitive framework where our brains organize knowledge into networks called schemas,…
Pink and pearls and AI
A couple of things happened today as I was trying to focus on something else completely. First, I read a LinkedIn post by Mairéad Pratschke, PhD. In the post she asks some really good questions about AI and learning. But instead of thinking deeply about passive vs. deep learning, as she suggested, I opted…
Exploring the Future of Learning Design with Advanced Data Analysis
Note: Free users of ChatGPT should currently be able to upload documents. I’m doing it. Diving head first into my 4th course on AI this weekend :-OÂ The “ChatGPT Advanced Data Analysis” Coursera course by Jules White of Vanderbilt University, as well as the other AI related courses from the same awesome professor, are proving…