home.social

#learningbs — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #learningbs, aggregated by home.social.

  1. #LearningBS, Volume 3:

    - The idea that #learning needs to #entertain the learners - as expressed by fads like #gamification, VR/AR, explanatory videos, bite-size learning, and most #elearning.

    - The idea that learning should be chiefly about knowledge (which only helps with solving complicated problems), and the pursuit of the vague notion of #competence. We should aim at #mastery + #knowledge!

    #education #pedagogy #qomenius #edtech #learningscience #highered #corporatelearning #training

  2. #LearningBS, Volume 2:

    - The notion that attention spans are decreasing, and that thus #MicroLearning, #BiteSizeLearning etc. are in order. It's true that #media is changing, but the nature of #knowledge acquisition and disciplined #practice (for achieving #mastery) is not

    - The notion that #talent or "being gifted" exists. Such ideas are opposed to #learningscience, and as sticky as belief in gods

    #learning #education #pedagogy #edtech #learningdesign #highered #corporatelearning #didactics