Active Thinking Topic 88 - Microlearning - The Best Way to Get Smart August 4 & 6 2024 Recommended viewing: Luis Von Ahn (26 Oct 2023) "How to Make Learning as Addictive as Social Media" TEDTalks @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6FORpg0KVo Talking Points 1. Wanted: clickbait professors. Why is a collection of TikTok length video shorts easier to absorb mentally (for most people) than, say, a doctoral dissertation? Is this puzzle a deal breaker, or an opportunity? 2. If short content is easier to teach and learn than long content, what are some of the new demands which are placed upon creators? 3. How would you go about teaching the theory and content of your own profession to a stranger off the street using no more than a collection of very short videos? 4. It is traditional wisdom, and also true, that the best way to learn anything is to teach it. Imagine you are starting a Youtube channel. What content niche would you choose? How would you go about creating, organizing and presenting it? 5. Do you sometimes have a good creative idea an unexpected moment? How do you keep track of such ideas and put them together into something valuable? 6. We live in a complex world. On the face of it, that kind of complexity cannot really be conveyed in very short videos or short texts. Is this true? 7. School, college and university programs have traditionally tried to teach and examine content in courses which take several years. What are some drawbacks of this approach. 8. What would be the benefit of "micro-credentialing" learners? 9. Supposing there is a large collection of micro-skill teaching/learning videos in a particular topic area. How can they be given coherence overall so that a learner emerges feeling that they do now have an advanced understanding of the broad topic? 10. One result of the 'big subject' / 'long course' model of teaching & learning has been the development of huge institutions which become billion dollar marketing machines. Now the ease of creating micro content on Youtube for every topic imaginable has led to tens of thousands of micro entrepreneurs and millions of informal viewers/learners. Are we seeing the end of macro education and macro qualifications? Extra reading/viewing eLearning Partners (24 Feb 2022) "How Do You Create Microlearning (from scratch)?" Youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqnQ9u74B4U [Thor, comment: very useful] Ben Cooper ( 31 Aug 2021 ) "Marginal Gains - The Microlearning for Teachers" Youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWhiSvJdihk [Thor, comment: I wish this had been around when I was training as a teacher .. ] Sharp Cookie (25 Apr 2023 ) "Microlearning Examples: When to use it & When NOT to use it!" Youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-n_Tc_n-tk Luis Von Ahn (26 Oct 2023) "How to Make Learning as Addictive as Social Media" TEDTalks @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6FORpg0KVo [Quote: "When technologist Luis von Ahn was building the popular language-learning platform Duolingo, he faced a big problem: Could an app designed to teach you something ever compete with addictive platforms like Instagram and TikTok? He explains how Duolingo harnesses the psychological techniques of social media and mobile games to get you excited to learn — all while spreading access to education across the world."] Richard Feynman (27 August 2020) "There's no such thing as a MIRACLE - Richard Feynman advice to students https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAX27XRHMH8 [Feynman was a Nobel Prize winning mathematician and physicist who always rejected any suggestion that he had above average IQ or special gifts. The essential ingredients, he said, were deep interest in a topic, breaking it down, and learning by explaining the details back to others in a clear way. This became known as The Feynman Method and is followed by many" famous individuals]. bri does things (2023) "How to remember literally anything you learn with ChatGPT" @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NpdQqMxz3w => 1. Spaced Repetition - Scheduling Revision & Creating Summaries 2. Feynman Technique - For Learning or Reviewing a Topic and Teaching It in Simple Terms ref. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NpdQqMxz3w 3. Challenge Your Comprehension and Reinforce Your Memory ref. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NpdQqMxz3w 4. ChatGPT Fictional Character 5. Elaborative Interrogation - Understand the Why Behind Facts 6. Narrative Creation - Turn Information Into A Short Story 7. The Memory Palace [ A Memory Palace locates individual facts you want to remember as 'items' in a familiar location, e.g. areas of your kitchen]. Han Zhango (27 Aug 2023) "The math study tip they are NOT telling you - Ivy League math major". @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5KNKsA8YpI [recommended] Benjamin Keep (20 Oct 2022) "What Study Gurus Get Wrong About Learning". Study Tips and Tricks @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW7Fp9Mtq1Y Thor May (2007) "Fractional Language Learning". Asian EFL Journal Quarterly Vol. 9, No.4, December 2007; presentation : Global Congress English International Language Conference, Korea University, Seoul, May 26, 2007. Online @ http://thormay.net/lxesl/fractional_lx.html [Quote: Abstract : Many users of a second language, especially English, have little productive mastery of the language. Rather, some requirement in their life forces them to use limited subroutines (maybe quite small and formulaic) which are effectively encapsulated as special elements within L1. This paper proposes that fractional language learning is a valid objective for large numbers of users, and briefly examines some of the contexts in which it has a pragmatic application. It notes that much fractional language learning occurs outside of formal educational environments, and then goes on to consider how both the classroom teaching and evaluation can be adapted to give proper recognition to student achievements on a fractional scale. The paper suggests that this kind of graduated recognition is in fact likely to enhance outcomes across the full spectrum of language teaching, and can be consciously incorporated into curriculum design."] Lindsay Does Languages (24 Jun 2024) "Microlearning: How to Make Anything Feel As Easy as Duolingo" Youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTZT4FD4VhQ Vihan Chelliah (9 November 2020) "Marginal Gains Theory | Why Successful People Seek 1% Improvement Everyday" Youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUttbcVanw4 [ Quote: "The Marginal Gains Theory or the 1% principle is an improvement technique that was popularized by Dave Brailsford, the former performance director of the British Cycling team. The Theory of Marginal Gains puts forth the idea the successful people seek 1% improvement every day, which ultimately compounds into a significant improvement. The 1% rule is the key to how successful people think because striving to get 1% better everyday can allow for steady constant improvement per day. For anyone who is seeking to improve 1% per day, it’s important to bear in mind that the 1% factor also applies to decrease in performance because the cumulation of several mistakes can also add up".] Dr. Nidhi Sachdeva (16 May 2024) "How to design effective microlearning aligned with the science of learning". 7taps Microlearning @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQOapaJnxzE ----------------- Microlearning - The Best Way to Get Smart (c) Thor May 2024
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