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Moving from knowing to doing with GenAI

Published about 2 months ago • 2 min read

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If you know, you know: Part 4 - Moving from knowing to doing with GenAI

Plus: The Term 3 Waitlist for Practical AI for Curriculum Leaders is open

Hi everyone,

First of all, some exciting personal news. After three years of working with and studying GenAI, I have received the official confirmation of the completion of my PhD. I'll be graduating in Melbourne in June, and am looking forward to what comes next in my work with schools, universities, and everyone interested in understanding how this weird technology works.

Thanks to everyone who has supported this blog over the years. Some of you on this mailing list have been with me since the very early days, when leonfurze.com was a jumping off point for English teachers. Others have joined more recently for the AI articles. I really appreciate all of the readers who have pushed the blog well past a million views and made the process of completing my PhD even more worthwhile.

In the coming weeks, I'll be reflecting on the PhD and writing more about what's coming next on the blog.

IYKYK Part 4: From Knowing to Doing

This week on the blog I've continued a series I started a few months ago, using the phrase "if you know, you know" to articulate some of the challenges in learning how to use AI.

That series began with the "findability" and "discoverability" problems of AI: the platforms themselves make it hard to discover what GenAI can actually do.

I then moved on to accessibility, and the fact that even if you know what they can do, it might not be possible to access the best available features do to cost, geography, or institutional restrictions.

In part four, I go on to suggest that once we've found, discovered, and accessed features, we need to move our focus to using and transferring that knowledge. Like everything else with AI, this raises its own challenges!

Practical AI for Curriculum Leaders: Term 3

The waitlist for Practical AI for Curriculum Leaders Term 3 is filling up fast. If you are a head of curriculum, director of teaching and learning, faculty leader, or similar in K-12 or Higher Education, then check out the course and sign up for the Term 3 cohort that will begin in July.

If you sign up now, you'll also lock in the Early Bird price when the sign-up officially opens in a couple of weeks' time. The course is capped at 15-25 people.

Any time you have questions or feedback, feel free to hit reply to these emails - I'm always happy to hear from people who've read the blog. Thanks again everyone!

Cheers,

Leon

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Leon Furze

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