Learning how to learn

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  • From Learning Design to Prompt Design: Principles That Transfer

    From Learning Design to Prompt Design: Principles That Transfer

    As a learning designer, I’ve worked with principles that help people absorb knowledge more effectively. In the past few years, as I’ve experimented with GenAI prompting in many ways, I’ve noticed that many of those same principles transfer surprisingly well.

    I mapped a few side by side, and the parallels are striking. For example, just as we scaffold learning for students, we can scaffold prompts for AI.

    Here’s a snapshot of the framework:

    The parallels are striking:

    • Clear objectives → Define prompt intent
    • Scaffolding → Break tasks into steps
    • Reduce cognitive load → Keep prompts simple
    • And more…

    Instructional design and prompt design share more than I expected.
    Which of these parallels resonates most with your work?

  • Language “Coincidences” between Chinese and English

    Over the years of leaving in the U.S., I came across several terms that I had thought only exist in Chinese. However it seems at least in American English, there are same expressions. They are (and hopefully I would be keeping adding to this list):

    • Going Number 1 and Number 2: growing up in China, I thought this was only my childhood “secret language” to tell which type of bathroom run you are going. But apparently, American kids have the same code language.
    • Lose face: this has been discussed before somewhere else on the Internet.
    • Pinky swear: Again, I thought this was only a unique swearing form used by Chinese kids. But obviously American kids use that too.
  • Instructional Designer to Watch

    Instructional Designer to Watch

    http://www.tracyparish.ca/portfolioTracyParish

  • Articulate Storyline Design I like

    Articulate Storyline Design I like

    bigHistory

    http://nuggethead.net/portfolio/#