The Difference Between Linear and Exponential Thinking | In Their Own Words
As humans we evolved on this planet over the last hundreds of thousands of years in an environment that I would call local and linear. It was a local and linear environment because the only things that affected you as you were growing up on the plains of Africa was what was in a day’s walk. It was local to you. Today we’re living in a world that is exponential and global. To give a visualization of this, if I were to take 30 linear steps, it would be one, two, three, four, five. That’s the difference between our ability to project linearly and project exponentially. In Their Own Words is recorded in Big Think's studio. Image courtesy of Shutterstock.
INFOGRAPHIC: Best iOS Apps For Mobile Learning
The “problem” with having a smartphone is that there are simply too many apps to try out. Just as you’ve found 10 good apps to try, another 20 come along, demanding your time and attention. Suddenly, everything else in your life is put on hold, as you try out the latest new iOS game or the latest Android productivity app (ironic, I know). But which ones are the best in their respective categories? Which of the suggested apps have you tried? Infographic Source: www.onlineuniversities.com Image Source: Icons Splash Out Of Black Phone via Shutterstock
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5 Professional Development Tips for Open Educational Resources
Open Educational Resources | Feature 5 Professional Development Tips for Open Educational Resources Here are five ways to make sure your school's teachers are ready to use and embrace open educational resources. By Bridget McCrea11/01/12 Accustomed to using textbooks, pre-developed assessments, and other standard materials in their classrooms, today's college professors are using more open educational resources (OERs) than ever. With these re-usable, non-copyrighted, curriculum materials come a few key professional development challenges. Below are four professional development areas all higher education OER champions should pay attention to--and a few tips for working around the issues. Too Many Resources OER may be a new concept for some professors, but that doesn't mean there aren't enough resources to go around. To combat the problem, Cain said his department looks first at the individual instructor's needs and then seeks out appropriate OERs to match those requirements.
34 Remarkable and Surprising Things About The Future — Life Learning
34 Remarkable and Surprising Things About The Future I’ve been reading and thinking about the future a lot recently, and decided to spend a week “nerding out” at Singularity University, to satisfy my curiosity. It was a great event, featuring experts from across the entire spectrum of technology and innovation. In this post I’ll share the ideas I’ve been developing for some time — based on my own research as well as time at spent at SU — on how we should think about the future and the myriad opportunities it presents. I am extremely optimistic about our future being a world where powerful technologies solve some of our biggest challenges across a range of industries from medicine to transportation to energy and many others. This will result in a significantly better standard of living for all as well as many remarkable inventions, in the same way that we live significantly better and different lives than our great great grandparents did. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 14. 15.
Exploring connected versus/and networked learning
On a very wet, Australia day long weekend I’m hoping to explore some of the differences, similarities and connections between networked and connected learning. This is all part of my attempt to participate in #etmooc which is currently looking at “Connected Learning – Tools, Processes & Pedagogy”. Networked learning is the term I’m most familiar with and it appears to have a longer history. I’m wondering where connected learning has come from, why and what does it offer as a concept? #etmooc and Connected Learning #etmooc’s connected learning introduction is hosted in a Google doc. The “connected learning” term seems to derive from this infographic on connected learning and the folk who developed it. My vague recollection is that this work is coming from a newly announced collection of American academics and researchers. Networked learning . (the Wikipedia page adds Illich). Openness in the educational process. I wonder if a table can show the overlap here. References Ross, J. (2012).
Challenging the Notion of “21st Century Skills”
Thursday, September 27, 2012 We hear a lot these days about how students need to develop “21st century skills.” In an important article, Daniel Willingham and Andrew Rotherham take on the notion: “A growing number of business leaders, politicians, and educators are united around the idea that students need ’21st century skills’ to be successful today. It’s exciting to believe that we live in times that are so revolutionary that they demand new and different abilities. Critical thinking and problem solving, for example, have been components of human progress throughout history, from the development of early tools, to agricultural advancements, to the invention of vaccines, to land and sea exploration. What’s actually new is the extent to which changes in our economy and the world mean that collective and individual success depends on having such skills.
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