HeyJaredDr Phil's Learning Research Digest
The latest research on how humans learn, translated into easy-to-apply course design practices, every month (plus some classics from the archive).
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The Learning Research Digest vol. 44 (opens the original)
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👋 Hello, fellow Learning Scientists!Welcome to the September 2026 edition of the Learning Research Digest.Last month, we landed on one big idea: AI supports learning best when the human learner keeps ownership of the thinking.This month, the research dives deeper into what “keeping ownership of the thinking” actually means and looks like in practice. 🔥 Hot Off the Research Press This Month:Two experiments challenge the age-old assumption that more time and effort means more learning. The task th
The Learning Research Digest vol. 43 (opens the original)
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👋 Hello, fellow Learning Scientists!Welcome to the July 2026 edition of the Learning Research Digest.For three editions we’ve been circling one question: when AI becomes part of a learning experience, what determines whether it builds capability or erodes it?Last month, Strömberg (2026) showed that most learners, left to their own devices, use AI in ways that weaken their learning — while a smaller group uses the same technology in ways that deepen it. What we didn’t know was whether that split
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