Author
Josh Thorpe
Josh Thorpe is a learning developer at University of Stirling, specialising in concrete and sometimes unusual ways of doing academic and creative work. He is the author of AI for Students, a comic-style book on using AI in education.
3 pieces
Newest first, since June 2023
· Comment
What should the higher education sector do about AI fatigue?
The AI conversation is breaking down into silos, with many staff and students switching off or pushing back. Josh Thorpe calls for everyone to take a breath – and then come together and respond
· Comment
AI isn’t a tool, it’s an environment
There’s a fear that students will use artificial intelligence as “magic button” that cuts out the need for deeper thinking. For Josh Thorpe, another world is possible
· Comment
The real risk of generative AI is a crisis of knowledge
Universities are often focusing on new technologies’ impact on assessment, but for Joshua Thorpe there are more fundamental questions about how these tools will affect students’ identities as learners