Learning Futures

Games Entrepreneurship and AI in Education with Ethan Mollick

Episode Summary

Sean and Punya geek out over a recent interview between Punya, Danah Henriksen, and Ethan Mollick in which they talk all things games, entrepreneurship and of course AI in education.

Episode Notes

In this episode Sean and Punya sit in studio and talk about the recent interview Punya and Danah had with Ethan Mollick for their Tech Trends series in which they talk with Ethan on a wide range of topics covering creativity, games, entrepreneurship and his journey to being one of the most visible scholars openly experimenting with AI in his teaching in higher education. 

About our Guests:

Ethan Mollick
Ethan Mollick is an associate professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he studies and teaches innovation and entrepreneurship. He leads the Wharton Interactive - an effort to democratize education using games and simulations.

Danah Henriksen
Danah Henriksen is an associate professor at ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College whose work focuses on creativity, design thinking, and technology, as well as the relationship between creativity and mindfulness.

Links and Information:

• Learning Futures Podcast episode 8: Extended Reality with Dan Beaupre and Tom Schmidt [listen on SimpleCast - Apple Podcasts - Spotify]
• DALL-E 2, AI art platform
• ChatGPT, AI chatbot
• Midjourney, AI image generator
• TechTrends journal [publisher link]
• Warr, M., Mishra, P., Henriksen, D. et al (2023). A Chat about GPT3 (and Other Forms of Alien Intelligence) with Chris Dede. TechTrends.
• Ethan Mollick’s substack
• The Breakthrough Game, the game Ethan Mollick co-designed with award winning game designer Justin Gary
• Richardson, C., & Mishra, P., (2017). Learning Environments that Support Student Creativity: Developing the SCALE. Thinking Skills and Creativity. [link to summary pdf from Punya’s website]
• The Teaching Game and BlueSky Ventures Game on Wharton Interaction
• Gertler, P., & Chioda, L. (2017, April 12). Impact of Youth Entrepreneurship Education in Uganda. Innovations for Poverty Action.
• The Turing Test [Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy link]
• God of the gaps theological perspective [Wikipedia link]
• GPT-3, a language prediction model [link to list of models]
• Bing AI, from Microsoft
• Noy, S & Zhang, W (2023-working paper). Experimental Evidence on the Productivity Effects of Generative Artificial Intelligence. MIT. [link to pdf]
• Canvas, web-based learning management system
• Real Genius movie [IMDb link]
• Punya’s blog: ChatGPT3 is a *** artist
• Mollick, E. & Mollick, L. (2022). New Modes of Learning Enabled by AI Chatbots: Three Methods and Assignments. SSRN. [link to summary article]
• WebSTAR, web server application for the classic Mac OS [Wikipedia link] 
• The Spencer Foundation, foundation providing grants for research in education