Learning Leaders Podcast

Start with the verb, not the tool.If a new tool makes learning worse, drop it. If nothing changes, it is decoration. Nathan Hall, Teaching Faculty in Educational Technology and Pedagogy Coordinator at Douglas College, explains how to make technology serve pedagogy, with host Buena on the Learning Leaders Podcast. Nathan's rule is to begin with the learning outcome. Only then does a tool earn a place in the course. He describes how he tests that with a "one learning outcome, one tool, one month" pilot, and why he picks a tool only after he finds a gap in his class. Nathan also shares how AI is reshaping assessment, and why he points to assessment validity (an idea from Philip Dawson) over catching cheaters, and what students should understand about AI, including privacy and intellectual property.