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Vibe Learning — Issue #15 Learn Anything Faster The Science of Deliberate Practice in the AI Era Everyone wants to learn faster. Learn a language. Master programming. Become better at writing. Develop leadership skills. Understand AI. But here’s the surprising truth: Learning faster isn’t about spending more time. It’s about spending time differently. Why Most … Read more
Vibe Learning — Issue #14 Learning Faster Than Ever: Build Your Personal AI Learning System Most people don’t have a learning problem. They have a learning system problem. They want to learn. They buy books. Watch YouTube videos. Enroll in courses. Save articles. Subscribe to newsletters. And yet… Months later, very little has changed. Not … Read more
The End of Passive Learning For most of human history, learning was passive. You listened. You watched. You read. You memorized. And if you were lucky, you understood. That model made sense when information was scarce. But today? Information is everywhere. Answers are everywhere. Explanations are everywhere. And because of that, something fundamental is changing: … Read more
For decades, classrooms were built around content delivery. Teachers delivered information.Students consumed it.Assignments measured recall. Technology mostly acted as a support tool. A projector.A website.A learning platform. But AI changes something much bigger. It doesn’t just assist learning. It starts becoming the interface to learning itself. And that changes everything. The Classroom Is Becoming Conversational … Read more
For years, online education has followed a familiar formula. Record videos.Build slides.Add quizzes.Upload content.Repeat. But AI may completely disrupt the idea of what a “course” even is. Not gradually. Fundamentally. We are moving into a world where information itself is no longer scarce. AI can already: This changes the economics of teaching. Because historically, instructors … Read more
There’s something fascinating happening right now in education. Not because AI can answer questions.Not because AI can generate code.And not because AI can automate parts of teaching. The real shift is this: For the first time, instructors can create cinematic learning experiences without needing a Hollywood budget. Recently, I experimented with this idea by creating … Read more
Vibe Teaching — Issue #11 Designing AI-Powered Assessments (When AI Can Do the Work) Let’s address the elephant in the room. AI can now: • write essays• solve problems• generate code• explain concepts• create projects So what does it mean to assess learning anymore? If AI can produce the answer… What are we actually measuring? … Read more
Vibe Teaching — Issue #10 Building Student Independence with AI There’s a subtle danger in AI-powered learning. Students can become faster… …but also more dependent. The Hidden Dependency Problem AI makes everything easier: • answers come instantly• explanations are clear• problems get solved quickly But over time, something starts to happen. Students begin to rely … Read more
Vibe Teaching — Issue #9 Teaching Critical Thinking in the Age of AI Students have never had better answers. And that’s exactly the problem. When Answers Are Everywhere, Thinking Becomes Rare Today, students can ask AI almost anything: “Explain this…”“Solve this…”“Write this…” And within seconds, they get a response. Accurate.Well-structured.Confident. But here’s the danger: If … Read more
Vibe Teaching — Issue #8 AI Feedback Loops: Teaching That Adapts in Real Time One of the biggest limitations in traditional teaching is simple: Feedback comes too late. A student completes an assignment.Days later, they receive feedback.By then, the moment to learn has passed. The thinking is gone.The confusion is forgotten.The opportunity is lost. AI … Read more