Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

The intent of this article is to introduce a 'bot check' method as a means of using AI to develop agency in learners. It takes a bit of reading to get to this point, as Christyl Lucille Murray first offers arguments against both AI abstinence and whole-scale adoption as strategies, offering the 'bot check' approach as a middle ground. The idea is to begin with human reason and collaboration, then to use the AI to check the thinking, befor implementing the result. The method, once described, is then assessed against the SHINE framework.

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