Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

Normally I don't like to link to LinkedIn but I'll make an exception for Pierre Dillenbourg's post. Cognitive load theorists, he writes, "fought against demanding learning tasks, like giving learners a problem before showing them how to solve it." Now sometimes the very same people are warning against the use of AI because it makes learners passive. But, says Dillenbourg, "they're the ones who buried the idea that learners must be active... But no load, no learning."

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