Episodes

29 total
How might we learn?Towards convivial AI-augmented learning34:24How can we develop transformative tools for thought?Barriers and opportunities, joint with Michael Nielsen2:13:45Why books don’t workOn designing media to reflect how people think and learn31:52Timeful textsExtending the reading experience over time; joint with Michael Nielsen09:24Apps and programming: two accidental tyranniesCoding agents, malleable software, and invention48:01How to write good promptsUsing spaced repetition to create understanding1:19:41A primitive for enabling environmentsEarly work on machine-generated prompts16:54Exorcising us of the PrimerTranscending The Diamond Age's vision for learning32:56What's worth learning if we have AGI?What kinds of knowledge remain meaningful?22:20What does spatial computing want to become?Pouring the silicon into the concreteIn praise of the particular…and other lessons from 202321:01Ethics of AI-based invention: a personal inquiryGrappling with my moral obligations as a designer35:03Becoming a Wizard-of-Oz learning assistantField work experiments in adult learning22:14Three years of crowdfunded researchReflections on my membership program24:01Towards impact through intimacyTentative plans for my 2023 research21:06Cultivating depth and stillness in researchNotes on whatʼs worked for me27:33Implicit practice: a sight reading parableOne way implicit practice fails in knowledge work19:01Lessons from 2021Reflections on creative work, the field, crowdfunding28:09Tools for thought: science, design, art, craftsmanship?Lenses for progress in interface invention23:21Doing-centric explanatory mediumsBoard game instruction manuals… and Figma22:33Reflections on 2020 as an independent researcherFunding, culture, limitations, process41:12Games vs. education on unguided instructionThe limits of teaching without words05:58Rich tasks which crowdsource more rich tasksUsing student work to arrange social learning05:41Surveying the open-ended task landscapeNotes from literature / market review04:40Amplifying open-ended questionsEnabling open-ended online learning activities04:21One medium, many contextsDesigning math manipulatives for fluid use03:04Old and new ways of looking at numbersMaking abstract properties more visible02:31A medium for exploring quantityIntroducing our math manipulative project03:10Student agency and flowHelping students surf their learning edge02:42