SEA-EU · Task 2.2 · AI and learning
AI as a Learning Partner
A metacognitive approach for academic staff
Most conversations about AI in education ask whether students use it. Almost all of them do. The more useful question is how they use it, and whether that use supports their learning or quietly undermines it.
This module gives you a simple, evidence-based method to use with your students. You try it on yourself first, with an AI tool and before you read any of the research, and the rest of the module builds on what you noticed.
What you will take away
- Understand why AI can improve student performance while undermining genuine learning
- Experience a practical three-step metacognitive protocol from the inside
- Have a concrete method ready to try with your students in your own course
- Write a short reflection you can share with colleagues
How this module works
- 1Explore AI and student learning, from the insideFormulate a question about AI and student learning, then work through it with an AI tool in three steps: before, during and after.
- 2What did you notice?Write one short, honest reflection on what you noticed, and decide whether to share it.
- 3What does the research say?The performance paradox, cognitive offloading, the illusion of competence, and why metacognition is the missing ingredient.
- 4Bringing the method into your teachingHow to design the same before, during and after structure into your students' work, with examples across disciplines.
- 5One thing you will tryNote one class, one assignment and one small change, and keep it where you will see it.
A note on what this module does not do
There are no easy answers here. The research on AI and learning is real but still developing, and what works differs between disciplines and student groups. So you will find no policy and no single correct method in this module, just a way of thinking about the problem and one practical tool to start with.
Your notes
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