Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Unbounded learning -Dr. Guy Bates

Here is an 'op-ed', blog from Ed Tech NZ by Dr. Guy Bates, University of Auckland.

It argues for higher education to 'up their game' in light of AI. Drawing on the work of Csasszar (2026)  in the field of strategic decision making, the blog proposes:

- expanding the educational possibility space through using AI to generate different explanations at different levels of abstraction.

- seeing learning in higher resolution - allowing a broader range of evidence of learning

- making intellectual challenge more available - using AI to deepen reasoning and to press learners into consideration of wider pespectives.

- choosing educational boundaries deliberately - aligning boundaries, through pedagogical knowledge, to deliberately select those that will challenge and also support learning

- designing beyond scarcity - with abundant knowledge it is important to understand how to consider a wider range of learning pathways, richer representations for learning than currently availed, and making intellectual scrutiny more consistently accessible. 

Some good ideas here :) especially on identifying salient skills, knowledge and to provide 'boundaries' so that we humans can better cope with the abundance of knowledge possible through AI. 

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