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I'm Mark. I taught over a thousand elementary school aged children during my 20s and I believe almost anything can be learned. Not only that, but it's fun! What's at the core of most games? It's acquiring and mastering a set of increasingly difficult skills. I've studied foreign languages on my own…

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    • Mar 6, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 10m AVG DURATION
    • 4 EPISODES
    • 1 SEASONS


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    S1E4 - Getting the most out of MOOCs

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2019 12:24


    Episode Notes In this episode Mark talks about the pluses and minuses of different MOOC platforms and how to choose the best one for your learning needs and goals. See: - Coursera - edX - Khan Academy - MIT Open Courseware

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    S1E3 - Spaced Repetition Systems

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2019 20:13


    Episode Notes In this episode Mark talks about the forgetting curve, flashcards, Leitner Boxes, Supermemo, Anki, Quizlet and how to use them to learn and remember languages, mathematics, programming languages, geography or pretty much anything. Links Want to remember everything you'll ever learn? Anki deck of 200k+ Jeopardy! questions & answers Roger Craig breaks Jeopardy! daily record

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    S1E2 - Engines vs Power-ups

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2019 5:23


    Episode Notes In this episode Mark talks about investing time (and money) into evergreen skills vs skills that won't be worth much in a few years.

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    S1E1 - An experiment

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2018 5:30


    Episode Notes Alchemist.Camp has been running for a year and it's time for a new experiment. In this episode, Mark gives a brief introduction and shares his motivations and plans for this podcast.

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