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Learn with AI without outsourcing your thinking

Use AI to study by trying first, retrieving information from memory and checking important claims against their sources.

BeginnerAbout 70 min6 lessons
Start course: AI for learning — test what you really understood

After the course

  • Make an attempt of your own before asking AI for a hint.
  • Create questions and flashcards from your material that stay grounded in it.
  • Check an important claim against its original source before relying on it.

Who it's for

For students and anyone learning something new who wants AI to support learning rather than do the work for them.

Before you start

Course content

  1. 01

    Try it yourself first

    Practise a sequence where your own attempt comes before a hint and feedback.

    1. Your attempt and a hint

      Try it yourself before asking for help, then ask for a hint only.

    Do now

    1. Your attempt and a hint

      Write your own answer to the guide exercise before opening the hint.

      Check when you're done You recorded your attempt before the hint and can name what was unclear.

  2. 02

    Retrieve from memory

    Create questions, flashcards and a practice exam from your material, then answer them yourself before checking.

    1. Questions from your own material

      Turn lecture notes into questions based only on the material.

    2. Flashcards

      Make flashcards from questions and answer them yourself before looking at the answer.

    3. Practice exam

      Take an open-ended practice exam on weak areas and compare your answers only at the end.

    Do now

    1. Questions from your own material

      Add your notes to the prompt and ask for questions based only on them.

      Check when you're done You can find the answer to each question in your notes.

    2. Flashcards

      Make the cards and answer each one before looking at the answer. Mark the cards you were unsure about.

      Check when you're done You know which cards you got right without help and which ones to review again.

    3. Practice exam

      Ask for open-ended questions based on your weakest cards and write your answers before getting feedback.

      Check when you're done You have recorded which areas still need work.

  3. 03

    Check the source

    Verify an important claim in your study material against its original source.

    1. Check a claim against its source

      Choose an important claim from your study material and check it against the original source.

    2. Check multiple claims

      Use the same structure to review several claims when there is a lot to check.

    Do now

    1. Check a claim against its source

      Do the guide exercise and classify the claim based on the source.

      Check when you're done You have classified the claim as supported, partially supported, contradicted or unverified.

    2. Check multiple claims

      Add the claims and sources to the prompt and ask for a checklist that you will review yourself.

      Check when you're done You have opened at least one source yourself rather than relying on the list alone.

Capstone: a study plan for one topic

Final assignment

Choose a topic you are studying now. Record your own attempt before getting AI help, create questions from your material, answer them yourself and check one important claim against its original source.

What to demonstrate

  • Your attempt before the hint and a comparison with your final answer.
  • Questions made from your material, with a note showing where each answer can be found.
  • A list of weak areas to review.
  • A source check and classification of one claim.

Check your work

  1. Did you record your own attempt before getting help and compare it with your final answer?
  2. Are your questions and answers based on your own material, and did you ask to mark anything the material cannot answer?
  3. Did you open the claim’s original source and classify the claim based on it?

Course skills