LinkLog: Future of Learning
This is from a blog about Stephen Downes seminar in Malaysia on how to use Web 2.0 tools for learning. It has great links to lots of useful resources for both learners and teachers too. I especially...
View ArticleWhy, How and Why Not?
As children, we are always questioning people. As we grow older, we question less and less and accept more. Corinne Miller, suggests that this may be because of the perception that asking questions is...
View ArticleLinkLog: Software
This blog is such a wonderful source of information. Here are just a few of the posts: How a beautiful idea becomes a Frankenstein system is a must read for every software developer. Here is a small...
View ArticleThe Mismatch Problem
I was watching this video of Malcolm Gladwell’s talk over the weekend and enjoyed every minute of it. Malcolm has the uncanny ability to look at problems in new ways. He was talking about the...
View ArticleGood Reads: An Element of Beauty in Learning
There is an element of beauty versus duty in learning most things. When the task is all duty, you may do it, but you may never like it. Indeed, you may come to hate it and stop altogether when the...
View ArticleUnderstanding Expertise
Have you watched an expert at work? You can sense a level of comfort and fluency. I often watch expert programmers code, debug, fix problems in software. I get the same sense watching painting shows...
View ArticleThree Courses Every Engineering Institution Should Consider Adding
In addition to teaching core engineering subjects, I think we need to add three (may be optional) courses. 1. Entrepreneurship 2. Learning and Thinking 3. Innovation The idea is to give students an...
View ArticleLinkLog: A for Apps
This is a learning trend to watch. Here is an article from Fast Company titled A for Apps. When the Singer sisters were just 6 months old, they already preferred cell phones to almost any other toy,...
View ArticleLearnLog: 30 Million Word Gap and Why You Should Talk to Your Kids a Lot
From Support children’s learning by talking with them over a book Almost two decades ago, in 1995, Hart & Risley published the results of a landmark study [1] that linked success in school at age...
View ArticleSome Great Advice – Focus on High Leverage Activities
From a fragment of a discussion on Quora - What’s the single most valuable lesson you’ve learned in your professional life? (there are over 228 answers). This one from Edmond Lau was one of my...
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