Obsessed With Learning

EXTRA EXTRA, LISTEN ALL ABOUT IT! Fake news is the headline of today’s episode, and the content we go into covers the human brain and heuristics, the history of false information, and of course, fake news. Get it hot off the press!   Twitter: @cassidygagnon   Reddit: r/obsessedwithlearning   Edited by: Sydney Fleming-White   References News Use Across Social Media Platforms 2016 by Jeffrey Gottfried and Elisa Shearer of Pew Research Centre The Long and Brutal History of Fake News by Jacob Soll of Politico Magazine INFORMATION DISORDER: Toward an interdisciplinary framework for research and policy making by Claire Wardel and Hossein Derakhshan One year on, we’re still not recognizing the complexity of information disorder online by Claire Wardel and Hossein Derakhshan of First Draft News History's Greatest Lies by William Weir

Today on OWL, we look at one of the most often talked about and least understood terms in education: pedagogy. Join Cassidy as we discuss the origins of pedagogy, how it has been implemented in different parts of the world, how it is used today in the classroom and in educational discussion. We also learn as well that taxing beards sometimes has the opposite effect of what you want, and some background information on one of progressive rocks most famous songs.   Twitter: @cassidygagnon   Reddit: r/obsessedwithlearning   Edited by: Marie Williams-Gagnon & Sydney Fleming-White   References Still no pedagogy? by Robert Alexander  Comfortably Numb: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd by Mark Blake Greek Sexuality by Kenneth Dover Why no pedagogy in England? by Brian Simon  Researching Teaching - edited by John Loughran, featuring Max van Manen (Chapter 2) and Ian Mitchell (Chapter 4)

On this first episode of Obsessed With Learning, we take a look at the backbone of learning: memory. This first part of three in discussing the large field of memory goes into long-term memory, the fundamentals of memory study, its roots in Ancient Greece with various philosophers, forgetting, and strategies to use your memory more effectively.    Twitter: @cassidygagnon   Reddit: r/obsessedwithlearning   Edited by: Marie Williams-Gagnon & Sydney Fleming-White   References The Oxford Handbook of Memory - edited by E. Tulving and F. Craik Human Memory (2ed) by Neath, I., & Surprenant, A. M. Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer Phaedrus by Plato - translated by Benjamin Jowett De Oratore by Cicero - translated by Sutton & Rackham Homer's Odyssey recited in ancient Greek by F.J.A. Pockley - provided by Simon Pockley

Obsessed With Learning (OWL) is a podcast focused on learning about learning. Join Cassidy Gagnon as he observes and explores topics that we face today as learners, whilst using the lenses of psychology, history, culture, pedagogy, and adult education. And remember: live and let learn.   Music by Moroza Knozova from Fugue   Twitter: @cassidygagnon   Reddit: r/obsessedwithlearning