A Card Deck For Educators: Human-Centered Learning in the age of GenAI

[Carter Moulton]

Hi folks,

I wanted to share a project I've been working on that might resonate with folks here who are thinking through AI's role in education and how we can shift from avoidance and policing toward co-creation and critical engagement with our students.

Analog Inspiration is a 48-card deck designed to spark new conversations between educators and students. Each card pairs a human concept, value, or skill (e.g. "trust," "curiosity," or "agency") with practical ideas for integrating AI in ways that center that concept in the classroom. Some cards are instructor-facing; some are student-facing. I
designed the card deck to be a part of the conversation about teaching and AI, to encourage teachers to gather together and hold insightful discussions about what makes teaching and learning a worthwhile human endeavor.

The cards work solo for brainstorming or (ideally) with peers and students
for deeper conversations about what we're trying to preserve and cultivate
in our learning environments. I'm doing a limited run of decks, plus digital versions and a free Google sheet with 47 activity ideas. Check out the project over at http://analoginspiration.ai.

Would love to hear thoughts from anyone who's been navigating similar
questions about genAI and education. One of my big concerns is the loss of
relationships and belonging as we move toward screen-facilitated feedback
and ever-scaled class sizes, so hopefully the deck can bring folks together
to wrestle with these questions in community.

Best,
Carter

[Alison James]

Dear Carter, dear everyone

Carter, thank you so much for sharing this resource. I will look forward to exploring it myself. I completely agree with you about the importance and potential threat to relationships and belonging (although not always) through genAI use, and also the increased focus on screens rather than materially-based interactions through play.

I'm not a complete Luddite when it comes to tech and have explored some of the practices, issues and opportunities in my recent study PLAYI. I published the outcomes open source in this new book which you are all welcome to download freely through this link here . 

https://engagingimagination.com/projects-and-publications/playi-a-postcript-to-the-value-of-play-in-he/

For me, I am still exploring questions about the nature of play, the importance of human connection and consciousness and creativity and genAI  - it's probably going to be a never ending journey!

With all good wishes

Alison

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[Carter Moulton]

Thanks for the kind words, and for sharing your study Alison, will be sure to check this out!

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Carter Moulton (he/him), PhD

analoginspiration.ai/

Educational Developer | Facilitator | Media Researcher 

Faculty Developer, Colorado School of Mines

[Arindam Basu]

A wonderful project Carter. Can you please describe please what was your basis of designing the deck the way you did and the intended use of the deck? 

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[Carter Moulton]

Hi Arindam,

Thanks for the kind words! Over at http://analoginspiration.ai I've provided a little write up of why I made the cards in the first place, as well as potential uses for the deck! 

take care!

Carter