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Very very little is known about the quality of teaching on college campuses. And everyone wants to keep it that way.
hollisrobbinsanecdotal.substack.com/p/teaching-q...
hollisrobbinsanecdotal.substack.com/p/teaching-q...
Teaching Quality
Higher Ed's Dirtiest Secret
hollisrobbinsanecdotal.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Very very little is known about the quality of teaching on college campuses. And everyone wants to keep it that way.
hollisrobbinsanecdotal.substack.com/p/teaching-q...
hollisrobbinsanecdotal.substack.com/p/teaching-q...
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So happy to have co-authored this piece about IQ and education with my great colleague, the cognitive scientist and education expert Daniel Willingham @dtwuva.bsky.social. Our goal is to take intelligence seriously without lapsing into essentialism.
Ask the Cognitive Scientist: What Do IQ Scores Mean?
www.aft.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
So happy to have co-authored this piece about IQ and education with my great colleague, the cognitive scientist and education expert Daniel Willingham @dtwuva.bsky.social. Our goal is to take intelligence seriously without lapsing into essentialism.
Well worth listening to. Will AI crush higher education?
Jimmy Alfonso Licon / The Uncommon Wisdom Podcast
@anecdotal.bsky.social & @bryan_caplan
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Jimmy Alfonso Licon / The Uncommon Wisdom Podcast
@anecdotal.bsky.social & @bryan_caplan
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Will AI crush higher education?
Hollis Robbins, Bryan Caplan, and I discuss AI, higher education, and the future
substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Well worth listening to. Will AI crush higher education?
Jimmy Alfonso Licon / The Uncommon Wisdom Podcast
@anecdotal.bsky.social & @bryan_caplan
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Jimmy Alfonso Licon / The Uncommon Wisdom Podcast
@anecdotal.bsky.social & @bryan_caplan
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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I spoke with @BigThink about why even the most experienced professionals need a coach — including surgeons. It’s one of the most under-utilized ways people improve.
Video: youtu.be/tW7ClAexgHI?...
Video: youtu.be/tW7ClAexgHI?...
How to break the hidden limits of expertise | Atul Gawande for Big Think+
YouTube video by Big Think
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I spoke with @BigThink about why even the most experienced professionals need a coach — including surgeons. It’s one of the most under-utilized ways people improve.
Video: youtu.be/tW7ClAexgHI?...
Video: youtu.be/tW7ClAexgHI?...
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I wrote about my knee injury and recent surgery, Oliver Sacks's "A Leg to Stand On", and how a zombie Calvinism continues to distort the American health care system:
open.substack.com/pub/kathrynp...
open.substack.com/pub/kathrynp...
"A Leg to Stand On"
Lessons in solidarity from knee surgery, physical therapy, and Oliver Sacks
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I wrote about my knee injury and recent surgery, Oliver Sacks's "A Leg to Stand On", and how a zombie Calvinism continues to distort the American health care system:
open.substack.com/pub/kathrynp...
open.substack.com/pub/kathrynp...
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I had access to Gemini 3. It is a very good, very fast model. It also demonstrates the change from chatbot to agent. www.oneusefulthing.org/p/three-year...
Three Years from GPT-3 to Gemini 3
From chatbots to agents
www.oneusefulthing.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I had access to Gemini 3. It is a very good, very fast model. It also demonstrates the change from chatbot to agent. www.oneusefulthing.org/p/three-year...
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November 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Can LLMs be personal tutors?
In theory yes; in practice there are some big challenges to overcome. I list four here.
In particular we have to get away from the idea that explanations = learning.
substack.nomoremarking.com/p/llm-tutors...
In theory yes; in practice there are some big challenges to overcome. I list four here.
In particular we have to get away from the idea that explanations = learning.
substack.nomoremarking.com/p/llm-tutors...
Can LLMs be personal tutors?
Four big challenges
substack.nomoremarking.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Can LLMs be personal tutors?
In theory yes; in practice there are some big challenges to overcome. I list four here.
In particular we have to get away from the idea that explanations = learning.
substack.nomoremarking.com/p/llm-tutors...
In theory yes; in practice there are some big challenges to overcome. I list four here.
In particular we have to get away from the idea that explanations = learning.
substack.nomoremarking.com/p/llm-tutors...
Le Québec affiche l’un des meilleurs niveaux de bien-être www.ledevoir.com/economie/932...
Le Québec affiche l’un des meilleurs niveaux de bien-être
Le contraste est particulièrement marqué lorsqu’on compare la province aux États-Unis.
www.ledevoir.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Le Québec affiche l’un des meilleurs niveaux de bien-être www.ledevoir.com/economie/932...
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Are we approaching a Turing Test for Teaching? A deep dive into the evidence on AI tutoring. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-algori...
November 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Are we approaching a Turing Test for Teaching? A deep dive into the evidence on AI tutoring. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-algori...
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There's a revolution in higher ed. Which side are you on?
Last Mile Education
The Syllabus Doesn't Matter
hollisrobbinsanecdotal.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
There's a revolution in higher ed. Which side are you on?
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Delighted to share another summary- a profoundly thought-provoking book.
A must-read for those interested in the the bigger picture of transforming learning.
Thanks to @P_A_Kirschner for his help with the summary.
Download summary and book here:
itsalearningcurve.education/cogsci-book-...
A must-read for those interested in the the bigger picture of transforming learning.
Thanks to @P_A_Kirschner for his help with the summary.
Download summary and book here:
itsalearningcurve.education/cogsci-book-...
October 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Delighted to share another summary- a profoundly thought-provoking book.
A must-read for those interested in the the bigger picture of transforming learning.
Thanks to @P_A_Kirschner for his help with the summary.
Download summary and book here:
itsalearningcurve.education/cogsci-book-...
A must-read for those interested in the the bigger picture of transforming learning.
Thanks to @P_A_Kirschner for his help with the summary.
Download summary and book here:
itsalearningcurve.education/cogsci-book-...
How Technology Is Making Us Stupid an interview with @daisychristo.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
New Podcast: Daisy Christodoulou on How Technology Is Making Us Stupid
Podcast Episode · The Ruffian · 2025-09-18 · 48m
podcasts.apple.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:22 AM
How Technology Is Making Us Stupid an interview with @daisychristo.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
“Students’ reluctance to perform controversial viewpoints in public settings may reflect a paradigm shift that meaningful engagement with controversial ideas requires privacy and reflection. AI may deliver all this far more fruitfully than the performative classroom discussions that FIRE champions”
Why on earth should most students go hear "speakers" these days when controversial ideas can be discussed safely from the privacy of the dorm room, with their AI chatbot. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
About FIRE’s Free Speech Rankings (opinion)
The methodology for measuring campus free speech ignores the changing ways students are engaging with controversial ideas—privately, and with the aid of AI, Hollis Robbins writes.
www.insidehighered.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
“Students’ reluctance to perform controversial viewpoints in public settings may reflect a paradigm shift that meaningful engagement with controversial ideas requires privacy and reflection. AI may deliver all this far more fruitfully than the performative classroom discussions that FIRE champions”
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*NEW* The day I do nothing is the day I get faster. The minute after you teach is when learning happens. Spacing isn’t a strategy; it’s a timetable. Protect the gap: quiet recap, sleep, early return. Cramming isn't rigour; it’s sabotage.
Harnessing the spacing effect to creating more efficient gaps
Why quiet intervals, sleep and early returns beat cramming in both training and teaching
open.substack.com
September 13, 2025 at 5:55 AM
*NEW* The day I do nothing is the day I get faster. The minute after you teach is when learning happens. Spacing isn’t a strategy; it’s a timetable. Protect the gap: quiet recap, sleep, early return. Cramming isn't rigour; it’s sabotage.
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Is Educational Research Facing Death, Resurrection, or Rebirth?
Around 140,000 papers on education are published each year – yet little changes in classrooms. AI promises a rebirth, but mostly magnifies old problems. wp.me/p2nWPo-5dn
Around 140,000 papers on education are published each year – yet little changes in classrooms. AI promises a rebirth, but mostly magnifies old problems. wp.me/p2nWPo-5dn
September 12, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Is Educational Research Facing Death, Resurrection, or Rebirth?
Around 140,000 papers on education are published each year – yet little changes in classrooms. AI promises a rebirth, but mostly magnifies old problems. wp.me/p2nWPo-5dn
Around 140,000 papers on education are published each year – yet little changes in classrooms. AI promises a rebirth, but mostly magnifies old problems. wp.me/p2nWPo-5dn
Education Doesn't Work 3.0
a comprehensive argument that education cannot close academic gaps
open.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Education Doesn't Work 3.0
a comprehensive argument that education cannot close academic gaps
open.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Can persistence and openness reduce inequality in schools? A little bit theeconomyofmeaning.com/2025/09/05/c...
Can persistence and openness reduce inequality in schools? A little bit
Delve into the connection between non-cognitive skills and educational inequality. Can personality traits shape school success?
theeconomyofmeaning.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Can persistence and openness reduce inequality in schools? A little bit theeconomyofmeaning.com/2025/09/05/c...
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I can imagine similar displays of sincerity in Russia and China.
How did we get here?
How did we get here?
Tech leaders heap praise on Trump during White House dinner | REUTERS
YouTube video by Reuters
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September 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I can imagine similar displays of sincerity in Russia and China.
How did we get here?
How did we get here?
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When you have walk-in advising, you don’t notice the loss of faculty mentors. When you have affinity groups, you don’t notice that all of your courses and assignments are beginning to look the same. hollisrobbinsanecdotal.substack.com/p/is-embraci...
Is embracing AI intellectual or anti-intellectual ?
Where does belonging belong?
hollisrobbinsanecdotal.substack.com
June 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
When you have walk-in advising, you don’t notice the loss of faculty mentors. When you have affinity groups, you don’t notice that all of your courses and assignments are beginning to look the same. hollisrobbinsanecdotal.substack.com/p/is-embraci...
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*NEW* Round-up of research on learning - latest evidence on phone bans, practice testing, belonging, digital reading, absenteeism, AI feedback, and more. ⬇️
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-resear...
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-resear...
August 30, 2025 at 7:13 AM
*NEW* Round-up of research on learning - latest evidence on phone bans, practice testing, belonging, digital reading, absenteeism, AI feedback, and more. ⬇️
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-resear...
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-resear...
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The exact wording of the prompt is not that important, it is the idea that you can use modern web-connected LLMs as solid first-pass fact checkers that is useful. As an author, I can choose to take or leave their advice, but it is helpful to have it.
August 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
The exact wording of the prompt is not that important, it is the idea that you can use modern web-connected LLMs as solid first-pass fact checkers that is useful. As an author, I can choose to take or leave their advice, but it is helpful to have it.
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A really useful prompt for writing: "review this for accuracy, look up any facts you may want to challenge or explore."
Even if not perfect, it is a good sanity check on your own work.
Works well with Claude 4.1, GPT-5 Thinking, and Grok 4. Weirdly, Gemini 2.5 Pro often won't do web searches.
Even if not perfect, it is a good sanity check on your own work.
Works well with Claude 4.1, GPT-5 Thinking, and Grok 4. Weirdly, Gemini 2.5 Pro often won't do web searches.
August 29, 2025 at 2:40 AM
A really useful prompt for writing: "review this for accuracy, look up any facts you may want to challenge or explore."
Even if not perfect, it is a good sanity check on your own work.
Works well with Claude 4.1, GPT-5 Thinking, and Grok 4. Weirdly, Gemini 2.5 Pro often won't do web searches.
Even if not perfect, it is a good sanity check on your own work.
Works well with Claude 4.1, GPT-5 Thinking, and Grok 4. Weirdly, Gemini 2.5 Pro often won't do web searches.