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Learning How to Learn · Module 6

Learning in the Age of AI

The first five modules built the science and skills of learning. This module confronts a new reality: learning well in a world of powerful AI tools and constant change. How do you use AI to learn faster without letting it think for you? How do you keep building real understanding, stay curious, and keep a sharp mind for a lifetime?

You will learn to work alongside AI as a tutor and partner, guard against outsourcing your own thinking, build a personal knowledge system, unlearn what no longer serves you, cultivate curiosity, understand the ever-learning brain, and design a lifelong learning system that is truly your own.

Lessons
7 lessons
Estimated time
~6-8 hours
Assessment
Module quiz included

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Lessons

Lesson 1 · 16 min

Learning Alongside AI

Lesson 2 · 16 min

Thinking for Yourself in an AI World

Lesson 3 · 16 min

Building a Second Brain

Lesson 4 · 16 min

Learning to Unlearn and Adapt

Lesson 5 · 16 min

Curiosity: The Engine of Lifelong Learning

Lesson 6 · 16 min

The Aging, Ever-Learning Brain

Lesson 7 · 16 min

Designing Your Lifelong Learning System

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Learning in the Age of AI — Module Assessment

14 questions · pass mark 75%

  1. 1.What is the most learning-effective way to use an AI chatbot when studying a hard topic?
  2. 2.Bloom's 1984 "2 sigma problem" is often cited in discussions of AI tutoring. What did it actually report?
  3. 3.What does the research on "cognitive offloading" and the Google effect suggest about relying on external tools?
  4. 4.Why can struggling with a problem before asking an AI produce better learning?
  5. 5.What feature most distinguishes a "second brain" from ordinary note-taking?
  6. 6.What was Niklas Luhmann's Zettelkasten, and why is it a useful model?
  7. 7.Why is the "backfire effect" best described cautiously rather than as an established fact?
  8. 8.What does 'holding beliefs provisionally' with intellectual humility actually mean?
  9. 9.According to Loewenstein's information-gap theory, curiosity is best described as:
  10. 10.What did Gruber, Gelman, and Ranganath's 2014 study find about curiosity and memory?
  11. 11.What did Eleanor Maguire and colleagues find in their studies of London taxi drivers?
  12. 12.Which statement about cognitive reserve is most accurate?
  13. 13.According to the Dunlosky (2013) review, which pair of techniques was rated highest in utility?
  14. 14.What is the best test of whether you are using AI as an amplifier rather than a substitute for learning?
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