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Writing · 4 entries

Writing

Long-form essays, working papers, and field notes. The taxonomy below — Mental, Formal, Physical — follows the three-worlds ontology that runs through the work.

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2026 · 05 · 06

Introducing MEM: Multidimensional Education Mapping

MEM foregrounds world literacy, metacognitive regulation, and human agency as the control system for AI-mediated education.

Framework· 5 min read
2026 · 04 · 18

On the Three Worlds: an ontology for AI-mediated learning

The MEM framework distinguishes Mental, Formal, and Physical domains of educational reality. Generative AI lives natively in World 2, with consequences for how it ought to be taught with.

Theory· 2 min read
2026 · 03 · 22

Assessment after the assistant: a working defence of the viva

Written assignments are a leaky vessel. Oral defence, portfolio review, and process-based assessment recover what AI displaces — and they were better all along.

Assessment· 2 min read
2026 · 02 · 09

A school's first AI policy is the wrong document to write first

Policies harden too early. A staff-facing framework and a small set of tested classroom workflows generate the evidence a policy can later codify.

Practice· 2 min read
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