Describe the process
What is the student supposed to learn, and how do they get there?
About EAI
What does it mean to let AI support learning?
We have become good at describing what AI can do. But phrases like “AI can support students” or “students should keep thinking critically” don't tell a teacher what to do differently on Monday. That question led me to develop EAI.
Hans Visser
School leader and developer of EAI
Vice-principal at Emmauscollege in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. I also work as an AI adviser and speaker, focusing on AI, learning and educational design.
I start with what a student needs to learn, where they are in that process and which step they need to make sense of themselves. Only then do I examine what AI does at that point.
The same questions kept coming up in lessons, workshops and conversations with teachers. EAI grew from that work: a way to examine learning first, then decide when AI helps and when it takes over an action that matters.
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What EAI examines
A good result does not prove that someone has learned.
AI can produce a strong essay, explanation or recommendation. The result alone does not tell us which decisions someone made, what they understood or what they can now do independently.
Identify the stage
Where is the student in that learning process?
Find the meaningful action
Which step must the student make sense of themselves?
Examine AI's role
Does AI support, demonstrate or take over that step?
Check the evidence
What do we actually know about what the student can do independently?