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Heart Monitors and Moratoriums: Two Conversations About AI in Schools
I was part of two conversations recently that covered two extremes of what we are talking about when we discuss…
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100 Authentic Followers To Die For [new hyperlinked.us essay]
Hyperlinked is a collaborative book that Raaghav Pandya and I are writing at hyperlinked.us. Each chapter starts with something from…
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Designing in uncertainty: The Course I Love to Teach
I have been teaching a version of Education by Design for longer than I can remember. I designed it when…
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Galaxy on the Edge (of the Page): Kohei Sugiura’s design cosmos
I first heard the name Kohei Sugiura in a classroom at IDC, from my professor Kirti Trivedi (or KT which…
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Bridging Cultures: Two Weeks as a Fulbright Specialist in Brazil
There is a particular humility in being invited somewhere as “the TPACK guy.” TPACK is the framework that Matt Koehler…
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New Course—Education by Design: Learning With & About AI
Education by Design: Learning With & About AIDCI 691: Fall 2026 | Tuesdays 1:30 – 4:15, Tempe CampusInstructor: Punya Mishra…
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The Paragraph is the Interface: AI Metaphors Meet the Talmud
Danah Henriksen and I recently wrote a paper, currently in press, titled “The Mirror and the Black Box: AI Metaphors…
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Introducing Hyperlinked.us
Around a year ago (January 27, 2025) I got an email out of the blue from Raaghav Pandya, introducing himself…
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Using AI to address The Alignment Problem in doctoral dissertations
Note: This post was updated on April 20, 2026 with the addition of a third prompt and then on June…
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From HTML to GenAI: Re-visiting Three Early-Web Projects
I’ve been on a bit of a vibe-coding spree lately, building interactive simulations, educational tools, cultural experiments, all through conversation…
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The Freedom to Design: Repurposing Technology for Creative Teaching
I recently had the pleasure of joining Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood on the Fueling Creativity in Education…
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From the Archives: My First Paper on Design
Earlier today I had a Zoom call with a doctoral student interested in having me on her comprehensive examination committee.…
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F*** Nuance: A reflection on TPACK and theorizing
It is rare that one comes across an original journal article title that one HAS to click on and read.…
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Prompts vs. Principles: Contrasting OpenAI’s Study Mode to Real Educational AI
In which I examine OpenAI’s much-hyped “Study Mode” and contrast it with a couple of real research-based approaches. The differences…
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New Course—Education by Design: Synthesizing Learning Experiences with AI
Education by Design: Synthesizing Learning Experiences with AIDCI 691: Fall 2025 | Thursdays 9 – 11:45, Tempe CampusInstructor: Punya Mishra…
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In defense of tinkering
Summary: In which I explore why tinkering—messy, creative, often undervalued and overlooked—is not only a valid way to approach teaching,…
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Reflecting on a Semester of Discovery, Creativity and GenAI
This past spring semester I taught (with Nicole Oster and Lindsey McCaleb) a masters/doctoral seminar on Human Creativity x AI…
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The Stranger Who Changed My Life: A tribute to Bill Atkinson
Bill Atkinson was someone I had never met. But he changed my life. I learned of Bill’s passing a couple…
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Engineered for Attachment: The Hidden Psychology of AI Companions
Note: This post was co-authored with Melissa Warr and cross-posted on the Civics of Technology website as Artificial Intimacy: How…
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Designing for Creative Learning: New book chapter
I’m excited to share my recent work with colleagues Richard West, Jason McDonald, and Melissa Warr exploring how instructional designers…
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With Gratitude
About a month ago, I woke up to an unexpected email from Dr. Ravi Gudi, Dean of Alumni and Corporate…
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The Tale of Two Tech Teams: How Small Interactions Expose Our Values
A while back, I wrote about an email that made my heart stop—an auto-generated message declaring that an employee had…
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The Promise & Paradox of Creative AI: A Presentation
I’m excited to announce my upcoming presentation at the Second International Seminar on ‘Design Education in the Post-AI World’ taking…
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From Yawn to Yeah!: How I Got an AI to Stop Being So Darn Serious
As part of my class on Human Creativity x AI in Education, students were randomly assigned to Teams A through…
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Knowledge, Community & Care: Reimagining STEAM Education for Health Equity
One of the deepest pleasures of an academic life is when something you helped create, an idea, a framework, gets…
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New Course | Human Creativity x AI in Education: A Transdisciplinary Exploration by Design
DCI 691 (Spring 2025)Human Creativity x AI in Education: A Transdisciplinary Exploration by DesignInstructor Dr. Punya Mishra (punya[AT]asu.edu)Mondays 9 –…
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Working with constraints: Creativity through repurposing
Teaching is an inherently creative act, requiring educators to navigate constraints and find innovative ways to engage students. In our…
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“Tipping” the Scales: When Metaphors (Quite Literally) Blur Reality
Should we tip machines for the work they do for us? Does that question even make sense? What follows is…
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Me & We in AI
What does generative AI mean to me? And to us? These key questions were part of a special exhibit curated…
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The 5 Spaces Framework for Design in Education: The growth of an idea
The Five Spaces for Design in Education framework argues that design in education happens in 5 interrelated spaces: artifacts, processes,…