Is AI - combined with more smartphone use, social media, pandemic and other disruptions - reducing our ability to learn?

From page 13 "The threat of cognitive offloading is particularly acute amid already declining learning outcomes. Even before the introduction of mass commercial AI tools (2022) the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) data showed substantial declines in student performance in mathematics, reading and science since the early 2010s (Figure

5). 

Adults are not immune: the OECD’s 2024 Survey of Adult Skills found literacy declining in 11 countries and falling among tertiary-educated adults in thirteen. These trends reflect a complex interplay of factors, including increased smartphone use, social media, pandemic and other disruptions. 

Against this backdrop, AI may exacerbate existing weaknesses by reducing opportunities for active cognitive engagement rather than being the primary cause of these declines."

Source: WEF "Shaping the Future of Learning: Education Readiness for the Age of AI" page 13

5mon 30sec clip - Out of Africa (Archeological Evidence of Human Migration)

2min 25sec #haylevels clip - Climate Change - Ed Hawkins

Text from youtube "Professor of Climate Science lists the evidence from nature that tells us our planet is facing global warming."

10 useful links (no. 13) - reddit comments, facebook, newsfeed, social media, impact evidence & more

links to the previous 12 lists are at the foot of this post

almost every reddit comment as a single massive download - found via @boingboing

type drummer - found via kickstarter email

a field guide to the solar system - found via mentalfloss

Facebook's latest News Feed change lets you pick who you see first - found via ministrycommunicators

How-to guide to using web automation tools to collate impact evidence from social media - found via @DrHelenKara

social media data collection tools - curated by Deen Freelon and found via Wasim Ahmed and and #NSMNSS

social media research resources - found via Sue York and #NSMNSS

your personal vegetable growing cheat sheet - found via mental floss

disciplekit - discipleship resources reviewed

Connecting Churches and Communities Through Listening - found via @ChichesterDio


Previous 10 Useful Links posts 

No.'s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12