Organise Embodied Hands-on and Cognitive Hands-on deliberately according to different learning objectives¶

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Description¶

The review recommends that design education organise the relationship between Embodied Hands-on and Cognitive Hands-on deliberately according to different learning objectives, rather than treating the forms as interchangeable or rejecting AI. Embodied Hands-on may more directly support real-world testing, while Cognitive Hands-on may strengthen comparison and judgement. The most urgent challenge is how process-oriented learning can be deliberately supported within human–AI collaborative workflows.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Students must remain involved in action, judgement, reflection, and refinement for the educational value of either form to be preserved

Constraints¶

• The framework underlying this recommendation is conceptual and not yet empirically tested

Target Learners¶

• design students in higher education

Target Learning Goals¶

• design judgement
• creative agency
• metacognitive awareness in human–AI collaboration

Affordances¶

• Embodied Cognitive Hands On Framework

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Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Yu J, Liu L and Zhu Q (2026). Is hands-on learning still necessary in the age of AI? A thematic review. Front. Psychol. 17:1897168. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1897168