--- title: "Supporting Original Thinking: Making AI a Partner in Learning" description: We will show how to use Originality insights to guide growth and how to design assignments that support and enhance real learning.  image: https://resources.packback.co/hubfs/Supporting%20Original%20Thinking%20-%20OnDemand%20(2).png --- [![Packback](https://resources.packback.co/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/Packback_May2021/images/logo_packback-full.png?width=900&name=logo_packback-full.png "Packback")](https://www.packback.co/) ✦ ON-DEMAND Webinar Series # Supporting Original Thinking: Making AI a Partner in Learning ![Packback and LEague](https://resources.packback.co/hubfs/Packback%20and%20LEague.png "Packback and LEague") 📣 On-Demand ## Register On-Demand **Students want to learn and produce work that is truly their own. But without structure, clarity, or confidence, AI becomes a shortcut instead of a learning partner.** **If we want students to use AI responsibly, we must design for it. Join this research-backed session co-hosted by The League for Innovation in the Community College to how we can reframe AI from a learning shortcut to a learning partner.** See how self-regulated learning skills help students plan, monitor, and reflect on their work, and why that reduces reliance on AI shortcuts. We will walkthrough a framework to design assignments that frame AI as a learning partner, not a shortcut. ### What You’ll Learn - Why students lean on AI shortcuts and how structure and reflection change that behavior - How to apply Zimmerman’s self-regulated learning cycle to support authentic work - Ways to help students document their thinking and show their process - How to use originality insights as feedback rather than discipline - How to design assignments where AI strengthens learning instead of replacing it - **⭐ Bonus for Live Attendees:** The Student Perspective on AI in Education Survey Reserve your spot and discover a new way to see and support the learning that happens between submission and success. ## Meet Your Hosts ![Craig Headshot](https://resources.packback.co/hs-fs/hubfs/Craig%20Headshot.jpg?width=150&height=150&name=Craig%20Headshot.jpg "Craig Headshot") **Dr. Craig Booth** Chief Technology Officer, Packback Dr. Booth is the Chief Technology Officer at Packback and a former computational astrophysicist with a PhD from Durham University. He has spent the last eight years building educational AI. He transitioned to EdTech after a decade as a research astrophysicist, bringing a deep background in high-performance computing and data to his work building responsible AI for the classroom. ![Barbara Kenny](https://resources.packback.co/hs-fs/hubfs/Barbara%20Kenny.jpg?width=150&height=150&name=Barbara%20Kenny.jpg "Barbara Kenny") **Barbara Kenny** Sr. AI Product Manager, Packback Barbara Kenny is a former educator of more than ten years who now serves as Senior Product Manager at Packback, where she designs student-centered, pedagogy-first learning experiences that use AI to enhance, rather than replace, student agency, curiosity, and critical thinking. 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