Generative AI and Creative Learning: Concerns, Opportunities, and Choices
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As each new wave of technology ripples through society, we need to decide if and how to integrate the technology into our learning environments. That was true with personal computers, then with the internet, and now with generative AI technologies. For each new technology, there are many different ways that we can integrate the technology into how we teach and learn. These choices are critically important: different choices can have very different outcomes and implications.How should we make these choices? I think we need to decide what type of learning and education we want for our children, our schools, and our societyâand then design new technologies and applications that align with our educational values and visions.What does that mean for the integration of new generative AI technologies such as ChatGPT into our learning environments?Â
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GenAI broadens forms of expression, strengthens creativity, and supports higher-order and critical thinking.
“which broadens forms of expression, strengthens creativity [4,5], and supports higher-order and critical thinking [6,7].”
From A Systematic Review of Generative AI in K–12: Mapping Goals, Activities, Roles, and Outcomes via the 3P Model (2025) · cites this paper as [5]
The Opportunities section says generative AI has the potential to support creative learning and help young people develop creativity, but only if it is designed and used intentionally. Supporting the Creative Learning Process gives an example of AI tools for expressing cultural identity. These passages support possible creative and expressive benefits, not the unqualified claim that GenAI already broadens expression and strengthens creativity; the separate thinking claim is attached to [6,7]. (LLM, conf=0.83)
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- Authors
- Resnick, M.
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- MIT Media Lab (US)
- Corresponding author
- Resnick, Mitchel
- Venue
- An MIT Exploration of Generative AI
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- 2024-03-27
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- 50
- References
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- 2026: 15 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 11
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- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Artificial Intelligence in Education
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Digital Education and Society
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Health Informatics › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Keywords
- generative AI, creative learning, ChatGPT, technology integration in education, educational values, educational vision, learning environment, generative AI in teaching
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