How to Design Around Cognitive Offloading — from drphilippahardman.substack.com by Dr Philippa Hardman
Three new studies shed light on when offloading to AI harms learning, when it helps — and how to design for the difference
A cluster of new studies — most published in the last few weeks in the International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education — lets us answer two questions with more precision than ever before:
- When does cognitive offloading actually happen?
- When does using AI improve cognition?
The answers in turn help us to start to design learning which intentionally uses AI to drive – rather than diminish – learning.
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