Does fidelity work in learning design? Too often I think it reminds me of IKEA. Recently went to IKEA and followed the path until we picked out a “big girl bed” for my youngest. It took me 3+ hours to follow those directions and build that bed. At the end of that time we had a bed and I felt a sense of accomplishment for finishing the task/project. My daughter was happy and I felt it was money well spent. Did I learn anything though? No. Do I now know how to build a bed? No. I do know how to follow directions. I was compliant during the process. But the only transfer that happened was realizing following directions makes a task like that easier. How often do our kids follow the directions with little learning or transfer to demonstrate on the other side of a task or learning experience? Now imagine if I had a robot/AI at home to follow the directions and build it for me…