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Derek Hunt

Educational Developer, Teaching, Learning & Technology

Designer of digitally mediated learning at the University of Toronto.

Posts:

Sep 21

"It does no one any good in the long run if we produce better users of ChatGPT but worse critical thinkers." https://www.chronicle.com/article/ai-is-a-wicked-problem-thats-the-universitys-specialty

Sep 14

How to Design Around Cognitive Offloading - when AI harms learning, when it helps and how to design for the difference. When & how AI use harms learning - Cognitive offloading happens when AI gives feedback BEFORE the learner reflects. - Cognitive offloading happens when the task rewards only the o...Read more

Sep 9

"Can artificial intelligence actually help children learn? What we found supports neither the hype nor the panic. It points somewhere more interesting. Learning requires effort, but AI’s most impressive talent is eliminating effort. " https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-question-is...Read more

Aug 26

"while opinions are varied, students can see the value in AI but also mistrust it." - Survey of students registered with Accessibility Services 2026 - Tune into Teaching: Student Perspectives on GenAI from #UofT Accessibility Services. https://teaching.utoronto.ca/event/tune-into-teaching-student-...Read more

Aug 18

https://marketoonist.com/2026/08/the-ai-scarlet-letter.html