Futures of Education | Speaker | AI in Learning & Knowledge | Arts | Eternally Curioushttps://bsky.app/profile/carlaaerts.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlaaerts.bsky.social/post/3mcfhjztdpc2z#AIAndStudents the @brookings.edu Centre for Universal Education AI and students: Findings from the Global Task Force on AI and Education report launch happening now. Curious, Intrigued and proud.14 Jan 2026 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:fflm3jdru7tsirygaautyfkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcfhjztdpc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlaaerts.bsky.social/post/3m7ocigcsvs2kDiscussing the art of the question, #mediation #ai #experience #screen #reality #thinking things through with Dr Allison Lester of ASU https://www.linkedin.com/posts/carlaaerts_ai-education-criticalthinking-activity-7404675260173828097-V4k6?utm_source=share11 Dec 2025 00:20 +0000at://did:plc:fflm3jdru7tsirygaautyfkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7ocigcsvs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/carlaaerts.bsky.social/post/3m7kwtwz5rk2sI had a ball recording this podcast with Dr Allison Lester, AI Literacy Professor and Action Research at ASU. Discussed experiencing of our world beyond the 'multi-faceted' lens of Art and lots of blue light and AI mediation. We had a wonderful time. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/allisonjoann_ai-aiethics-thinkingthrough-activity-7404180536241451008-0puU?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAD73UABhC-ekIJ5GAyW0eUITdpLOlCvgPE09 Dec 2025 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:fflm3jdru7tsirygaautyfkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7kwtwz5rk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/carlaaerts.bsky.social/post/3lyuwsq2xm22hOff to the AIEOU first summit at Oxford University. I will be present a talk on Humanising the Algorithm, but not quite what it seems. Sowing some seeds based on writings by Alison Gopnik, Martha Nüssbaum and Rupert Wegerif towards AI in Education. #GenAI #AI #conference aieou.web.ox.ac.uk/events15 Sep 2025 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:fflm3jdru7tsirygaautyfkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyuwsq2xm22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlaaerts.bsky.social/post/3lyfrggpqac2tUNESCO's Paris Digital Learning Week last week saw the publication of a multi-author global report and think piece mine on Challenging hyper-personalization: Towards (re-)socializing learning in human-to-human-to-machine dialogue. (p.58) Download: lnkd.in/ex49GZch #ai #learning #futures #thinkpiece09 Sep 2025 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:fflm3jdru7tsirygaautyfkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyfrggpqac2thttps://bsky.app/profile/carlaaerts.bsky.social/post/3lvne7uzqm22wThe #polymath #festival is coming up and I'll be speaking on 26th August in a panel that makes me rather excited on "Towards an Interdisciplinary Education System". Big topic, but discussing this with Carl Gombrich and Ashish Jaiswal, it can't but be inspiring for all of us by The DaVinci Network05 Aug 2025 09:06 +0000at://did:plc:fflm3jdru7tsirygaautyfkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvne7uzqm22whttps://bsky.app/profile/carlaaerts.bsky.social/post/3lv6mxoffas26Why it’s as hard to escape an echo chamber as it is to flee a cult | Recommended read as the echo chamber’s lure and resonance are stronger and louder than ever. Aeon Essay #echochamber #ai #socialmedia #digitalworld #reinforcement #genai #personalisation https://aeon.co/essays/why-its-as-hard-to-escape-an-echo-chamber-as-it-is-to-flee-a-cult30 Jul 2025 12:33 +0000at://did:plc:fflm3jdru7tsirygaautyfkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv6mxoffas26https://bsky.app/profile/carlaaerts.bsky.social/post/3lt7uccemgc22My new post on Substack on Byung-Chul Han’s Crisis of Narration (and what it could mean for education) https://www.linkedin.com/posts/carlaaerts_learning-dialogue-philsophy-activity-7347251830952783872-Esgu?utm_source=share05 Jul 2025 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:fflm3jdru7tsirygaautyfkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt7uccemgc22https://bsky.app/profile/carlaaerts.bsky.social/post/3lsqmdolhwc2iI walk the road ahead Insects buzzing in the heat Joy of the skylark29 Jun 2025 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:fflm3jdru7tsirygaautyfkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsqmdolhwc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/carlaaerts.bsky.social/post/3lsjg5ke7vs2vhttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/carlaaerts_gsolen-webinar-learning-engineering-and-activity-7343570497860775936-L5fK?utm_source=share Watch the video. A thought provoking webinar with deep and engaged discussion. #aineducation #learningengineering #bias #cognitivescience #neuroscience #educationrethink.26 Jun 2025 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:fflm3jdru7tsirygaautyfkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsjg5ke7vs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlaaerts.bsky.social/post/3ls55h5pcfk26https://www.linkedin.com/posts/carlaaerts_yesterday-evening-i-moderated-and-engaged-activity-7342176742016491520-8blS?utm_source=share21 Jun 2025 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:fflm3jdru7tsirygaautyfkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls55h5pcfk26https://bsky.app/profile/carlaaerts.bsky.social/post/3lrxnuqoqcc2sStill at London Edtech week. Discussing the AI evolutions in #education in its early days. #efficiency #retention #outcome and #learner renewed focus. Should have been there all along. Maria Spies highlights shifts of focus, triggered by #ai #genai https://www.linkedin.com/posts/carlaaerts_edtech-needs-to-rethink-to-concept-of-scale-activity-7341460350300491780-f_wq?utm_medium=ios_app&rcm=ACoAAAD73UABhC-ekIJ5GAyW0eUITdpLOlCvgPE&utm_source=social_share_send&utm_campaign=copy_link19 Jun 2025 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:fflm3jdru7tsirygaautyfkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrxnuqoqcc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/carlaaerts.bsky.social/post/3lrscmevu422ghttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/carlaaerts_edtechweek-ai-genai-activity-7340689042100936705-aPRL?utm_source=share17 Jun 2025 10:40 +0000at://did:plc:fflm3jdru7tsirygaautyfkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrscmevu422ghttps://bsky.app/profile/carlaaerts.bsky.social/post/3lrd5lvc5jc2sReflections on a Keynote and the measure of it. #paradigmshift #assessment #keynote #reflection #genai #ai #learners #futures #education11 Jun 2025 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:fflm3jdru7tsirygaautyfkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrd5lvc5jc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/carlaaerts.bsky.social/post/3lralpvvdmk2oJust finished my keynote a the e-AA conference and it seems to have been well-received. Thank you @ntoka.dev #ai #assessment #tech #dialogue #paradigmshift [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jun 2025 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:fflm3jdru7tsirygaautyfkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lralpvvdmk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/carlaaerts.bsky.social/post/3lr5xmjxzxs2rThe cracks in the reasoning capability claim or (over-)promise. Interesting research by Apple that exposes reasoning in these models may not be quite what it seems... #llms #genai #reasoning #claim #accuracy #neuralnetworks https://www.linkedin.com/posts/carlaaerts_apple-study-exposes-deep-cracks-in-llms-activity-7337757298884296704-_iHW?utm_source=share09 Jun 2025 08:30 +0000at://did:plc:fflm3jdru7tsirygaautyfkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr5xmjxzxs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlaaerts.bsky.social/post/3lr4hd26uf22rPodcast on joining the dots in #education and #learning in the age of #ai Great fun talking to Al Kingsley and Matt Jessop https://www.linkedin.com/posts/carlaaerts_another-episode-of-the-joining-the-dots-activity-7337469987168641024-hIII?utm_source=share08 Jun 2025 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:fflm3jdru7tsirygaautyfkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr4hd26uf22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlaaerts.bsky.social/post/3lr363anjvk2rThis Brain Discovery Could Unlock AI’s Ability to See the Future. Reinforcement learning and rewards not just a question of instant gratification. #dopamine #reward #reinforcement #algorithm #planning #ai08 Jun 2025 05:48 +0000at://did:plc:fflm3jdru7tsirygaautyfkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr363anjvk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlaaerts.bsky.social/post/3lqgcj5m53k2lWe Are Free to Change the World: A Lesson in Love and Disobedience. If you are going to read one book this year, this should be the one. A Lesson for our time like no other. #book #philosopher #totalitarianism #freedom #humanity #thinking #questioning https://www.trainofthought.me/p/we-are-free-to-change-the-world?r=5jngt4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false30 May 2025 22:41 +0000at://did:plc:fflm3jdru7tsirygaautyfkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqgcj5m53k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlaaerts.bsky.social/post/3lpel22pgu22xOver the past 2 days, I discussed the Education Futures with a great bunch of people in Cambridge - DEFI, beneficial to institutional & policy thinking. For a start we should consider weak (and not so weak) signals AI is already revealing engage in #anticipatory #thinking. #learning #ai #futures17 May 2025 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:fflm3jdru7tsirygaautyfkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpel22pgu22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlaaerts.bsky.social/post/3louzznh3c222A while back I posted this article on The Use of AI for Better Education: a response to Rebecca Wintrhop's Davos take-aways. Rebecca is co-author of the Disengaged Teen and Leads the Centre for Universal Education @brookings.edu #genai #neuroplasticity #cognitive #manipulation rb.gy/hu7jze11 May 2025 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:fflm3jdru7tsirygaautyfkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3louzznh3c222https://bsky.app/profile/carlaaerts.bsky.social/post/3loqcgjbnfk26New substack post on @weinberger.org in conversation with Prof K. Werbach and some take-aways and my interpretation of them. Not representing the podcast. My thoughts in response to Accountable AI: Deeper Implications. shorturl.at/pBHhU #ml #genai #implications #thinking #shaping #human #learning https://shorturl.at/pBHhU09 May 2025 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:fflm3jdru7tsirygaautyfkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3loqcgjbnfk26https://bsky.app/profile/carlaaerts.bsky.social/post/3loj7tmn6as24The AI generation: Balancing technology and socialization in education. Fascinating session with variety of perspectives for reflection. https://www.brookings.edu/events/the-ai-generation-balancing-technology-and-socialization-in-education/?b=1 @brookings.edu #ai #companions #anthropomorphication #mentalhealth #relationships06 May 2025 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:fflm3jdru7tsirygaautyfkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3loj7tmn6as24https://bsky.app/profile/carlaaerts.bsky.social/post/3lo4ey423ms2y@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social heard your discussion with that wonderful Mr Stewart on the trans debate. Unbelievable the bandwidth this is taking up. But thank you for the response to it during The Rest is Politics. Some common sense prevailing. #trans #policy #debate #polarisation01 May 2025 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:fflm3jdru7tsirygaautyfkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo4ey423ms2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlaaerts.bsky.social/post/3lo3zrgszsc2hI went into a bit of a mental and philosphical perusal, being somewhat intrigued by 'reality' and how we perceive it. Wrote a very short essay on my perusals. For those interested. #philosophy #genAi #metaphysics #ancientgreeks #dialogue #modernphilosophers #thinking #ontology shorturl.at/G765f01 May 2025 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:fflm3jdru7tsirygaautyfkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo3zrgszsc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlaaerts.bsky.social/post/3lnzkpu2aq22eArticle on AI and its WEIRD impact on education on Substack. #ai #genai #weird #learning #teaching #education30 Apr 2025 10:13 +0000at://did:plc:fflm3jdru7tsirygaautyfkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnzkpu2aq22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/carlaaerts.bsky.social/post/3lnngvlmyn22jMy Substack post on The Art of the Question resulted from discussions in New Brunswick that led to some further thinking, on the importance of questioning in the age of AI. #GenAI #education #policy #questioning #reasoning #thought https://open.substack.com/pub/trainofthought/p/the-art-of-the-question?r=5jngt4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true25 Apr 2025 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:fflm3jdru7tsirygaautyfkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnngvlmyn22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/carlaaerts.bsky.social/post/3lkxcvyeask2rSpent a few days in New Brunswick talking to politicians, policy makers, education leadership and educators. Francophone and Anglophone. Some findings and afterthoughts. #GenAI #AI #education #learning #teaching #policy #firstnations https://www.linkedin.com/posts/carlaaerts_new-brunswick-ai-summit-afterthoughts-activity-7308901833995964416-E64N?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAAD73UABhC-ekIJ5GAyW0eUITdpLOlCvgPE22 Mar 2025 08:32 +0000at://did:plc:fflm3jdru7tsirygaautyfkr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkxcvyeask2r