Betweenthe lines
Where we explore the intersection of technology, pedagogy, and learning design. Thoughts on how AI changes learning, what actually works in education, and building tools that help kids learn better. No buzzwords, just practical insights from someone building in this space.
You don't know what you know until you're tested
There are two kinds of assessment and almost no one is taught the difference between them.
The app is just a container
What if you had a friend in your whatsapp who happens to know everything and won't make you feel dumb for asking?
How vocabulary becomes a language, and what it takes to get there
A student named Isabella accidentally summarized 40 years of language acquisition research in one feature request
You can't game your way to a real education
Every tap, every chime, every small dopamine hit, the brain adapts to expect the next one on roughly the same schedule, and the window of tolerance for anything that doesn't deliver on that schedule starts to close.
How to study effectively for exams
Most "how to study" advice sucks because it tells you WHAT to do (flashcards! spaced repetition!) but not WHY it works or HOW to actually implement it.
Good test prepping IS good learning
Good test prep and good learning use the same mechanisms, but AI is disrupting the constraints that make both work. What assessment design might look like when "work alone from memory" is no longer an option?
AI tutors are solving the wrong problem
Guess what. The part of education that needs automating isn't the teaching.
The dependency trap
Are we building learning systems so good at removing friction that they're removing the struggle that actually builds thinking skills?
The invisible gap
In this post I explore the disconnect between AI's rapid advancement in business and its absence in our children's education.