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November 10, 2023 Trending in Education AI, Claude, Learning Pit, Nancy

AI Executive Orders, Learning Pits, and Fun with Claude and Nancy

We explore the Biden administration’s new executive order on artificial intelligence and its prominent focus on AI and education. Nancy provides a narrated reading that simplifies the order for a hypothetical 5-year-old listener before we find our sweet spot at a 5th-grade level. We discuss the order’s aims to develop AI responsibly, including setting ethical guidelines, coordinating with industry, and using AI to enhance learning.

James Nottingham and Dr. Carmen Bergmann

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February 2, 2023 Trending in Education Carmen Bergmann, James Nottingham, Learning Pit, learning science

Learning How to Learn with James Nottingham and Dr. Carmen Bergmann

ames Nottingham and Dr. Carmen Bergmann from The Learning Pit join host Mike Palmer to explore how understanding the “pit” of the struggle ultimately helps us learn how to learn better.

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December 10, 2020 Trending in Education Challenge Learning, desirable difficulty, James Nottingham, Learning Pit, learning science, Vygotsky

Learning Pits and Reasons for Hope with James Nottingham

James Nottingham is the Co-Founder of Challenging Learning and is the Creator of the Learning Pit, a program that he founded in 2003 to encourage students to get out of their comfort zone. Since then it has scaled across the globe to millions of educators and learners who have grabbed hold of its message of inspiration.

James joins Mike to explain how this all got started with his experiences as a troubled student, which allowed him to connect his experiences to those of students who are beginning to grapple with the discomfort that comes with pushing yourself to learn more and become more. We talk Vygotsky, desirable difficulty, and other related concepts from learning science in the context of real-world experiences and examples as we help James spread the word about the power of embracing challenging learning and the ideas behind the Learning Pit.