How can students use AI tools without letting AI do the thinking for them? Duke University’s Academic Resource Center developed an AI Toolkit that applies a “brain-first” framework to guide generative AI use in learning. This approach helps students use AI to support rather than shortcut their learning. Participants will experiment with example prompts for common learning challenges and consider how AI can reinforce essential cognitive work such as retrieval, interleaving, and metacognition. Participants will leave with adaptable examples that can be implemented in their own courses or learning support programs across diverse institutional contexts and disciplines (#effective-prompting, #metacognition, #AI-in-study-cycle).
