Month: August 2018

Tweet: Introduction to communities of practice

A community of practice is a group of people who share a craft or a profession. The idea was proposed by anthropologist Jean Lave and educational theorist Etienne Wenger in their 1991 book Situated Learning Introduction to communities of practice : Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion … Continue reading Tweet: Introduction to communities of practice

Tweet: Mathew Effect In Learning

Mathew Effect In #Learning: Initial Success or Failure And Classroom psychology ,✔️For unto everyone that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance; Matthew, XXV: 29)#MathewEffect #education https://t.co/r6qJbT4RuD— Kiran Johny (@johnywrites) August 30, 2018https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js The term Mathew effect was emerged from bible verses (Matthew, XXV: 29). “For unto everyone that hath shall be given, and he … Continue reading Tweet: Mathew Effect In Learning

Tweet : Studying with Distractions

Studying with Distractions : When distracted, people did better on the hard task, but when in silence, people did better on the easy task. @psydoccindyhttps://t.co/fcEf9QLai1#Learning #Focus #Distraction #ScienceOfLearning pic.twitter.com/F0tkeQoJDz— Kiran Johny (@johnywrites) August 29, 2018https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js In a study "A shield against distraction by Halin, N., Marsh, J. E., Hellman, A., Hellström, I., & Sörqvist, P. (2014) … Continue reading Tweet : Studying with Distractions

Tweet: Constructionism shares constructivism’s connotation of learning as ‘building knowledge structures

Links Situating Constructionism By Seymour Papert and Idit HarelPsychology - Constructionism Constructionism shares constructivism’s connotation of learning as ‘building knowledge structures’ irrespective of the circumstances of the learning. @paulobliksteinhttps://t.co/9iuGOiyVoM— Kiran Johny (@johnywrites) August 28, 2018https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qsiqetMlCghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEFfvzsvd_YThinking About Thinking About Seymourhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXDgJ6bHo8o   

Tweet: Behavioral Economics and workplace learning

Behavioral Econ and Learning: Learning leaders can use prospect theory to engage employees around learning and development by highlighting the potential pain of standing pat in their current situation rather than selling them on the potential benefits.https://t.co/u22B90KPZL— Kiran Johny (@johnywrites) August 29, 2018https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsWhile the above article focus on application of Behavioral economics in workplace there … Continue reading Tweet: Behavioral Economics and workplace learning

Tweet: When increasing distraction helps learning

Awesome read : One of the most counter-intuitive ideas. When increasing distraction helps learning: Distractor number and content interact in their effects on memory. By @katenuss https://t.co/qFS3gikMJi#Learning #Memory pic.twitter.com/m64au08u0m— Kiran Johny (@johnywrites) August 28, 2018https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsIf we go by popular self help advise on distraction and learning, we will be bombarded with negative information about distraction. … Continue reading Tweet: When increasing distraction helps learning

Tweet: Experiential Learning and Kolb’s four-stage cycle on learning.

Experiential Learning and a review on Kolb's four-stage cycle on learning. Learning occurs as a result of “transactions between the person and the environment.” #Education #Learning #ExperimentalLearning https://t.co/l0OlDoJw7w pic.twitter.com/eSzAjM7AD1 — Kiran Johny (@johnywrites) August 27, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZeAdN4FB5A

Tweet: Is the future of education learning by doing? #WorldEconomicForum

Is the future of education learning by doing? The idea of learning by doing is what is now called “experiential learning,” and though it’s demanding, it is also very effectivehttps://t.co/95SalCwd7U …#learning #Education #FutureOfLearning pic.twitter.com/ycEhX0wpqi— Kiran Johny (@johnywrites) August 26, 2018https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.jshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF63HHVbpQ8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtxx1FF7zrg  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_m0XFCFsQY

Tweet: Entrepreneurial Learning; A Narrative-Based Conceptual Model

Awesome read, In-depth insights on Entrepreneurial learningBy professor David Rae @warycat https://t.co/Q3o6xqK9xJ#startups #startupindia #Entrepreneurship pic.twitter.com/aUXh0GUi4Y— Kiran Johny (@johnywrites) August 26, 2018https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsThis article introduces a "Conceptual framework of entrepreneurial learning" (Triadic model). It includes major themes of:personal and social emergence,contextual learning, negotiated enterprise,and a group of following related sub-themes.

Tweet: Using contrast as a tool for learning

Contrast Thinking is a very effective learning method, It involves thinking with clarity, relativity, distinction and focus. Instead of learning one idea we will learn two ideas reinforcing each other. Viz A Pack of binaries.#Learning #Skill— Kiran Johny (@johnywrites) August 25, 2018https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js  Even when we were infants, comparative thinking is one of our first and … Continue reading Tweet: Using contrast as a tool for learning

Tweet: Learning the skills of Dynamic Stability

One of my favorite, Learning to learn fast: You Need Skills of Dynamic Stability @astroteller @dfjstevehttps://t.co/jC5p1u9tBE #skill #learning #dynamic #entrepreneurship #kerala #india #startup— Kiran Johny (@johnywrites) August 15, 2018https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsSkills of Dynamic Stability: A Google X PerspectiveLearning agility is the primary skill to unlocking your change proficiency and succeeding in a complex, unpredictable and constantly evolving … Continue reading Tweet: Learning the skills of Dynamic Stability

Tweet: Stability shuts down the learning centers of the brain.

  Yale Study, Stability shuts down the learning centers of the brain.https://t.co/qldBqInUF3— Kiran Johny (@johnywrites) August 14, 2018https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js   A study by Yale researchers(Daeyeol Lee, Bart Massi and Christopher H. Donahue) published in the journal Neuron has found that stability may shut down your brain's learning centers. In an initial experiment, monkeys were given choice between hitting … Continue reading Tweet: Stability shuts down the learning centers of the brain.

Tweet: Three important learning strategies.

Find Meaning , Meta-Cognition and Power Of Forgetting https://t.co/wdvtsnYy2G— Kiran Johny (@johnywrites) August 14, 2018https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js1) Find Meaning.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMENGvhDgYc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK_weTKXWl0 2) Meta-Cognition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0JolaQHk7Ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbbAoRrVL1A 3) Power Of Forgetting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=784djEmOC6Ihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNyZmSg92HI

Tweet: The hypercorrection effect

The hypercorrection effect :"Confidently held false memories will be corrected more often than other errors."https://t.co/02xiEjVeaT— Kiran Johny (@johnywrites) August 14, 2018https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Am updating this post with a newly added YouTube video which explains the concept very clearly .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3CPPNgJDTc