How can we design educational environments that harness AI capabilities while maintaining human-centeredness and avoiding cognitive offloading?
Reflect on your experience with AI tools:
5 minutes individual writing → 5 minutes pair discussion → 10 minutes group share
By the end of today's session, you will be able to:
"When students habitually offload assignments to AI, they bypass the essential mental work that links new knowledge to existing knowledge networks, preventing the deep integration necessary for expertise development."
— Underwood (2025)
SDT Element | Enhanced by AI when... | Undermined by AI when... |
---|---|---|
Autonomy | Offering choices and customization | Dictating learning paths |
Competence | Providing scaffolding and feedback | Doing the thinking for students |
Relatedness | Supporting human connection | Replacing human interaction |
Augmented Intelligence: The Better Path
"AI value alignment requires that the entire process - from translating values into norms, implementing these norms and verifying their adherence - is explicit and auditable."
— World Economic Forum (2024)
Instructions: Position yourself along the spectrum based on your agreement with each statement.
Group | Current Experience | Needs | Values |
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Students | |||
Teachers | |||
Leadership | |||
Parents |
Analyze through Self-Determination Theory lens:
Element | Current State | Recommended Change | Benefits | Challenges |
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Instruction | ||||
Assessment | ||||
Pathways | ||||
Connection | ||||
Cognitive Dev |
"The intrinsic motivation and competence to learn with the chatbot depended on both teacher support and student expertise... the teacher support better satisfied the need for relatedness."
— Chiu et al. (2023)
Individually create a checklist of 5-7 yes/no questions: