How AI Shapes My Learning: A Reflection on Its Impact and Future Potential

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1. How I use AI

I used ChatGPT as a structural and creative writing aid for a group blog. Our group brainstormed and came up with preliminary ideas about the challenges Chinese students face while adapting to a student-centred learning culture first. We then utilized ChatGPT to generate in-depth explanations and examples, which helped me to construct the main arguments. ChatGPT was also used to suggest different outlines, allowing me to choose a logical flow that made my writing clearer and more persuasive. In addition, ChatGPT helped me to improve my language by suggesting alternative words and sentence structures, helping me to maintain a balance between academic and accessible. As Holmes, Bialik, and Fadel (2019) noted, AI can also be used as a supporting peer to improve the quality of written communication, especially for non-native English speakers like me.


2. The value AI brings

The value of AI goes far beyond scholarly work. In daily life, AI technology has become an indispensable tool for enhancing productivity, learning, and even simplifying everyday decisions. For example, AI-based tools like Grammarly and DeepL help me translate and compose emails, reports, and social media posts more efficiently by automatically correcting real-time translation and providing grammar suggestions (Bond et al., 2019). In addition, organisational applications such as AI-powered Google Calendar allow us to manage tasks, deadlines, and projects effectively, improving our ability to manage time.

The link 👉 Grammarly

The link 👉 DeepL

The link 👉 Google Calendar


AI enables personal development and lifelong learning. Platforms like Duolingo implement AI code to personalize language learning journeys, while Spotify's AI recommendations have expanded my knowledge of music from diverse cultures. Selwyn (2019) states that AI can greatly improve the user experience through adjusting content to changing needs and desires.

The link 👉 Duolingo

The link 👉 Spotify


AI is also involved in entertainment and leisure. Recommendation systems on websites such as Netflix and YouTube help us discover new content that is appropriate for our own tastes, enhancing our leisure time and making it more personalized. In general, AI has improved the overall quality of my personal and academic life by making things more efficient, learning more focused, and experiences more personalized.

The link 👉 Netflix

The link 👉 YouTube


3. How I will use AI differently in the future

In the future, I intend to apply AI not just for efficiency but also for stimulating critical thinking and creativity. Instead of completely depending on AI to ease labor or provide ideas, I intend to apply it to challenge my assumptions by asking it to give me opposing opinions, alternative perspectives, or a critical critique of what I'm writing. As Luckin (2018) suggests, AI should not be treated as an ordinary automation tool but as a tool for augmenting human intelligence and facilitating deeper thinking.


In the meantime, I have become more aware that although the AI provides us with immense convenience and efficiency, it has crucial constraints. In my experience with AI, I've had numerous instances where I met AI that provided me with erroneous advice or false information, and this has allowed me to realize that it cannot be relied upon blindly. I've begun to consider AI as a co-participant in enabling deep thinking, rather than as a replacement for human critical thinking. On future projects, I will leverage AI more thoughtfully - not simply accepting its output, but using it as a starting point for my own analysis and imagination. The true worth lies not merely in the tech itself, but in how as a user, I add critical thinking and discernment to its fullest extent. In the future, I shall maintain my head clear and thoughtful while using AI so that my own knowledge, experience and judgment guide the process at all times.


Finally, I also plan to try out new applications of AI, such as applying AI to help create visual content, rehearse conversation via simulation, or come up with creative projects. Through interacting with AI as an active partner rather than just a passive device, I hope to realize its fullest potential to improve academic performance and personal growth.


AI Acknowledgement Statement

I have utilized ChatGPT to assist with data organization and language optimization in preparing this blog. All the content generated has been carefully read, reviewed and edited by me to improve the accuracy, coherence and relevance of the information. The opinions, design principles and analysis in the blog are my own knowledge and independent thinking to maintain the originality and academic integrity of the work as a whole.


References

Bond, M., Zawacki-Richter, O. & Nichols, M. (2019). Revisiting five decades of educational technology research: A content and authorship analysis of the British Journal of Educational Technology. British Journal of Educational Technology, 50(1), pp. 12–63. DOI: 10.1111/bjet.12730.


Holmes, W., Bialik, M. and Fadel, C. (2019). Artificial Intelligence in Education: Promises and Implications for Teaching and Learning. 1st ed. Boston: Center for Curriculum Redesign.


Luckin, R. (2018). Machine Learning and Human Intelligence: The Future of Education for the 21st Century. London: UCL IOE Press.


Selwyn, N. (2019). Should Robots Replace Teachers? AI and the Future of Education. Cambridge: Polity Press.

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