Learning 101 reloaded: Revisiting the basics for the GenAI era

In this article, we delve into the transformative landscape of education amidst the disruptive advances of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), characterized by an unprecedented capacity to generate new information with tools such as ChatGPT. Building upon my previous publication in this magazine, “Learning 101: The Untaught Basics” (Qadir and Imran, 2015), I interrogate what has changed since then as well as how learners can harness the power of GenAI while avoiding its pitfalls and learn how to learn effectively using GenAI tools.