Interviews with Learning Scientists

"Can 10,000 hours of practice make you an expert?"

Hello everybody. Welcome to the Fall 2015 semester Learning Sciences course Diigo group. We have now 46 members in our group. I am looking forward to our conversation here on Diigo this semester. Students from prior semesters are welcome to join our conversation here.

Oh, thank you!!! Being with you is the biggest motivation for me indeed :)

Benefits of mediation. We experienced this a bit in class last week, good to see that it has some effects :)

This is a valuable discussion for our class tomorrow. Let's bring the question to class. Is it early to bring neuroscience findings into classrooms?

"Surprisingly, as little as 30 minutes of difference can have a major impact on mood and attentiveness," Honestly, I witness this with my classes that start early in the day. I see better performance in my afternoon classes, here we go, that's what neuroscience tells .)

This is interesting. I am curious however, how they integrate research findings of neuroscience into the training.

Betül, this is a great resource, I will definitely use it in my professional work. Thank you for sharing.

this is a thought provocative article on the flaws of our current education system. Similar critique is held on higher education. You might find these projects interesting:

Radical education projects: http://sociologicalimagination.org/a-work-in-progress

This is interesting. So we need a challenge. We will cover similar research findings at Neuroscience week. Thanks for sharing.

Here is an example how technology used to make learning math experience fun.

Great example. Could you play this in class today?

For our motivation discussion next week. 

Yes, I agree repetition and passive demonstration may not have as much impact as active exploration. I recommend using these approaches for factual learning or things that require recall. But, for deep learning, other approaches such as problem based learning offer much better results.

SRI International research examines many of the topics we cover in class on learning sciences. Worth to check.

Here are the Ignites from last year's class.

Hello everyone. I'd like to welcome the EDS-542 students of Fall 2014 semester to our Diigo group. With last year's course community, we had a very productive Diigo interaction and I hope to continue doing that this semester. I am also happy to bring these two groups together, as I believe knowledge grows when we share. Wish you all a productive semester.