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Concise E-Learning Template

Started this discussion. Last reply by Adam Bostock Apr 18, 2011. 1 Reply 0 Likes

Hi all. I would appreciate any feedback on the following: …Continue

Tags: concise, structure, e-learning

When AI Computers Get Smart: What's the purpose of teaching and learning?

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The Learning Process

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If the learning process was explicitly separated into the following aspects, would it improve the student success rate?ResearchMemoryUnderstandingIntelligenceThese are elaborated here:…Continue

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Information overload: Present it better

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It's probably right to say that we spend a lot of our time retrieving information off the Internet; and we suffer from information overload.Can the way we present information on the Internet (web and…Continue

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Adam Bostock replied to Stephanie Clarkson's discussion 'Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?'

Do schools kill creativity? Yes and no. No: More schools now seem to make a greater effort to encourage kids to use and develop their creative thinking skills. Yes: Traditional teaching drills into the student's head what…

May 3, 2011

Adam Bostock replied to Adam Bostock's discussion 'The Learning Process'

Hi Lee - I agree everyone has potential in some area. The intelligence step is testing their ability to apply their understanding of the topic - rather than testing their IQ. There's a brief example of that…

May 3, 2011

Lee Webster replied to Adam Bostock's discussion 'The Learning Process'

Like most of your headings all but one intelligence. My questions isn't everyone intellgent in one way or another? The word intelligence over the years has caused many aruements of who is and who is not. Every child is gifted,…

Apr 24, 2011

sophica replied to Adam Bostock's discussion 'The Learning Process'

Very great idea. The steps in learning process is very hierarchal and practical.

Apr 21, 2011

Adam Bostock replied to Adam Bostock's discussion 'Concise E-Learning Template'

You are welcome to apply this to your learning materials.

Apr 18, 2011

Concise E-Learning Template

Hi all. I would appreciate any feedback on the following: https://sites.google.com/site/electronicacademic/processes/theories-and-models-about-learning/points-for-e-learning/example-e-learning-template It's a simple template to make e-learning materials more concise and structured, and hopefully more effective. The aim is…See More

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Marco Gualotuna replied to Adam Bostock's discussion 'The Learning Process'

That is some of the roads to learning but well descrived.

Jan 5, 2011

Donna Murdoch replied to Adam Bostock's discussion 'The Learning Process'

Very much agreed that we need to pay attention to EQ - and social intelligence as well. The links seem very basic without links between them or what is required for them (which is different at every age.) And where do we fit things like Reflection?…

Nov 14, 2010

Adam Bostock replied to Shuchi Grover's discussion 'What are 21st Century Skills?'

Hi Christina Welcome to the forum. I'm guessing there's two parts to your question... The social skills for interaction online are similar to those offline, but they are adjusted to an online context, such etiquette was called…

Sep 27, 2010

tom abeles replied to Adam Bostock's discussion 'When AI Computers Get Smart: What's the purpose of teaching and learning?'

hi adam may I recommend Neal Stephenson's Sci/Fi novel, The Diamond Age, first copyright in 1995. Anticipates the netbook or iPad on steroids and cloud computing amongst other technologies and other interesting prescient ideas.Of course we are…

Sep 22, 2010

Adam Bostock replied to Adam Bostock's discussion 'When AI Computers Get Smart: What's the purpose of teaching and learning?'

Hi Tom It's good to see you're aware of the impending developments and where we are right now. So let's take your question "what is the purpose [of education] today?". What should we be doing in education now? I get the…

Sep 22, 2010

tom abeles replied to Adam Bostock's discussion 'When AI Computers Get Smart: What's the purpose of teaching and learning?'

Hi Adam Let me recommend Wallach and Colins, Moral Machines and PW Singer's Wired for War Basically, the high tech research universities are adding philosophers to their team of tech savvy researchers because these "fast adders"…

Sep 20, 2010

Adam Bostock replied to Shuchi Grover's discussion 'What are 21st Century Skills?'

Good point Tom. I agree that we do need to focus on the human aspects of our progress too. With such staggering technological innovation on the horizon we need to start asking, and answering, some pretty profound questions.

Sep 20, 2010

When AI Computers Get Smart: What's the purpose of teaching and learning?

Computers are getting more powerful, smarter, and already host most ofthe world's knowledge.They'll be a transition phase in this centurywhere some mental tasks will be delegated to the AI computer. Some of the mental skills that we're taught may no longer be required in a couple of decades.This has significant implications for the future role of teaching andlearning. As AI takes on more of our intellectual tasks we also have toask what will be the purpose of teaching and learning? How's that…See More

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See my other (slowly evolving) blog: The E-Learning Blog.

Collaborative Intelligence

Posted on March 30, 2010 at 4:04am 3 Comments 0 Likes

Hello virtual colleagues :-)

A while ago, whilst working on a social networking / learning project, I came across an interesting sounding term: Collaborative Intelligence [link to one of my pages].

It sounded an interesting concept and I contributed a few ideas (to the above page). However, the more I searched for concrete examples in… Continue

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