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Hands-On Exercises Adopting the AI-Powered Mindset

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These exercises are designed to help you move from passive consumption to active, AI-assisted learning and creation. Each exercise follows the Explain → Retrieve → Refine loop. Exercise 1: From Guessing to Intentional Creation Goal Replace guess-based creation with structured thinking using AI as a partner. Task Think of something you’re currently working on (lesson, … Read more

The AI-Powered Mindset: From Guessing to Growing Smarter

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For years, most of us have been taught to learn and create the same way: consume more content, hope it sticks, and push harder when it doesn’t. Read another article. Watch another video. Take another course. The image above captures a powerful shift away from that exhausting cycle—and toward something far more effective: the AI-powered … Read more

AI shouldn’t replace teaching it should make teaching better

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AI-Assisted Learning Workbook #3 Teaching, Designing, and Leading Learning with AI Using AI to Create Better Learning Experiences (Without Losing the Human Element) How This Workbook Fits the Series This workbook focuses on learning design, not just personal learning. By the end, readers will know how to use AI to: This is about teaching better, … Read more

From Prompting to Independent Thinking

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📘 AI-Assisted Learning Workbook #2 From Prompting to Independent Thinking By Laurence “Lars” Svekis Who This Workbook Is For This workbook is for learners who: 📌 Core Shift:Workbook #1 = Learning with AIWorkbook #2 = Thinking independently with AI 🧠 Workbook Philosophy AI should sharpen judgment — not replace it. This workbook trains learners to: … Read more

AI Assisted Learning A Practical Workbook to Learn Any Topic Faster

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Learning something new shouldn’t feel overwhelming, slow, or frustrating — yet for many learners, it still does. We reread the same material.We watch videos twice.We get stuck, unsure what to do next. Generative AI changes this — not by replacing learning, but by transforming how we learn. That’s why I created the AI-Assisted Learning Quickstart … Read more

10 Advanced Exercises to Go Beyond the Workbook

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🧠 Vibe Learning Extension Pack 10 Advanced Exercises to Go Beyond the Workbook If you’ve worked through the Vibe Learning Workbook, you’ve already learned how to: Now it’s time to level up. This extension pack introduces advanced, real-world exercises designed to help you: These exercises assume you’ve completed (or understand) the core ideas in the … Read more

Vibe Learning WorkBook

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1 FOUNDATIONS: PERSONALIZED LEARNING Goal of Issue 1: Teach AI how you learn, and teach you how to control explanations. 🎯 Exercise 1 — Personal Learning Profile (FOUNDATIONAL) What the Learner Does You teach the AI who you are as a learner so it stops guessing. Prompt Ask me 12 questions to create my Personal … Read more

Vibe Learning Issue 20 Learning Exercises

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Becoming a Meta-Learner: Exercises 1–5 (Complete + Worked Examples) What these exercises build A meta-learner doesn’t just learn topics — they improve their learning process over time. These exercises turn your learning into a system that adapts to you. 🎯 Exercise 1 — Look Back (Pattern Mining) What the student does Pick 3 recent things … Read more

Learning How You Learn Best Becoming a Meta-Learner

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🌟 VIBE LEARNING — ISSUE #20 (ADVANCED) Becoming a Meta-Learner: Learning How You Learn Best The final skill that makes all other skills easier to acquire. 👋 Welcome to Issue #20 (Advanced) By now, you’ve learned how to: This final issue focuses on the skill behind all skills: Meta-learning — understanding, adapting, and improving your … Read more

Vibe Coding Playbooks for Real Growth Choose Your Path

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🚀 Vibe Coding — Issue #13 Choose Your Path: Vibe Coding Playbooks for Real Growth Beginner • Frontend • Learning • Leadership • Career Tracks By now, one thing should be clear: There is no single “right” way to use AI.What works depends on where you are and what you’re trying to improve. Issue #13 … Read more