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Humans have fundamental ability and cognitive resources to learn new concepts and acquire new skills and knowledge, although this may not seem natural to most of us at first. The key is to understand how the brain works so we can harness its potential by developing and adopting learning techniques that are effective and more rewarding. In this episode of Bridging the Gaps, I speak with Dr Barbara Oakley about “Learning how to learn”. Dr. Oakley encourages learners to recognize that everyone learns differently. Recognizing the benefits and drawbacks of various learning approaches depending on a learner's natural brain functioning, she argues, is the first step in learning how to handle new information. Dr Barbara Oakley is a professor of Engineering at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. She is an inaugural “Innovation Instructor” at Coursera, an online course provider, where she co-taught one of the world's most popular massive open online course “Learning How to Learn”. Her work focuses on the complex relationship between neuroscience and social behavior. She has written many books including “Learning How to Learn: How to Succeed in School Without Spending All Your Time Studying; A Guide for Kids and Teens”. Her book “Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential” is also relevant to this discussion. We start the conversation by discussing Dr Oakley's education and professional journey, which led to her developing interest in “Learning how to learn”. We then discussed our present understanding that how learning occurs in the brain and how the brain acquires new knowledge. Dr Oakley explains why it is important to understand the working and functioning of the brain for developing and adopting effective learning techniques. She then explains a number of effective techniques for effective learning such as when to focus and when to take a break, she discusses significance of practice and being persistent. Dr Oakley then discusses in detail the effectiveness of Pomodoro technique. We then discuss the future of MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) and universities in the age of online teaching and learning. We also touch upon the possible impact of over-reliance on and excessive use of technology for online learning. Complement this discusion with "Growth Mindset: A Must Have Tool for Success with Professor Carol Dweck " available at: https://www.bridgingthegaps.ie/2015/01/growth-mindset-a-must-have-tool-for-success/ And then listen to "Education: What works and what does not, with Professor John Hattie" available at: https://www.bridgingthegaps.ie/2016/11/education-what-works-with-john-hattie/
My guest today is Zach Caceres. He is an experienced software engineer and focuses on modern web technologies. He is interested in education and ##StartupCities and initiated a couple of cool projects in the relevant areas. In today's episode, we discussed: Zach's unschooling experiences at a young age and his way of learning. Why choose to go back to university later on? Hilarious stories on the arbitrary bureaucracy of our modern education What's the essence of education? Case study of innovating education from within Guatemala's top university Sneak peek of The Intuitive Programmer project, learning how to learn What's community technology? What's Startup City? Stories on informal entrepreneurs and almost dead experience in Africa and South America. How does technology power up the city building and enhance people's living conditions? Brief introduction of Benjamin Blooms's two sigma problems What's 'The Great Fact' raised by Deirdre McCloskey What get you most excited about the future? Books and links mentioned in this episode: Zach's super cool website Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential Innovating Education from Within Guatemala's Top University Professor Barbara Oakley Polymath Michael Polanyi The Intuitive Programmer: Learning How to Learn Programming Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) Learning how to learn | Barbara Oakley | TEDxOaklandUniversity Focused vs. diffuse thinking: which is better for learning? Pathological Altruism The Start Of Startup Cities Culdesac Tempe: The first car-free neighborhood built from scratch in the US! CityDAO: Blockchain Cities IRL Informal Entrepreneurship Stealth of Nations by Robert Neuwirth City of God movie Amazing video shows 10-story high-rise built in a day Maybe the Coronavirus Was Lower-Hanging Fruit Benjamin Blooms's two sigma problems Khan Academy Duolingo Ad Astra Academy The Great Fact- the humongous increase in humans' standard of living that began about 200 years ago.
To solve problems, you must access and activate the neural networks in your brain. There's the task-positive network and the task-negative network. Task-positive is focused mode. And task-negative is diffused mode. You cannot use both at the same time. Instead, you move from one to the next to fully understand a problem and generate the best ideas to solve it. In episode 11 of The Incrementalist podcast, you will discover: The difference between the focused mode and the diffused mode of thinking The reasons you need both modes to learn new things and solve problems The limitations of the focused mode, e.g. Einstellung effect The limitations of the diffused mode, e.g. lack of deliberate practice Salvador Dali and Thomas Edison's use of micronaps (hypnagogia) to get unstuck and generate ideas How to activate each thinking mode and move from one mode to the other Why mind mapping is better than linear note taking for connecting ideas and seeing the big picture Resources cited: Barbara Oakley, Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential Daniel Levitin, Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload Dyan Williams, Mind Mapping: A Mental Tool for Generating Ideas and Solving Problems, ABA Law Practice Today Music by:Sebastian Brian MehrStay focused & diffused,Dyan WilliamsCheck out the book: The Incrementalist, A Simple Productivity System to Create Big Results in Small StepsVisit website: www.dyanwilliams.comSubscribe to productivity e-newsletter
How often do you hear that little voice in your head tell you that you aren't good enough? I know that I do not have to tell you that this is voice is full of sh*t. Negative self-talk can hinder your progress in life and hold you back from achieving your goals, Friends! Link To our Facebook Group Monetize Your Awesomeness: https://www.facebook.com/groups/450820916055773 This Reading 1. Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts: https://www.amazon.com/Get-Out-Your-Head-Stopping/dp/1601429649/ref=sr_1_6?crid=1R53UK703IHMG&dchild=1&keywords=positive+mindset&qid=1616023022&s=books&sprefix=Positive+%2Cstripbooks%2C182&sr=1-6=as2&tag=onamzchantefr-20 2.Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential: https://www.amazon.com/Mindshift-Obstacles-Learning-Discover-Potential/dp/1101982853/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=abundance+mindshift&qid=1616025414&sr=8-1=as2&tag=onamzchantefr-20 3.The Gratitude Journal: A Fresh New Start In 90 Days With Happiness, Self-Care & Balance: https://www.amazon.com/Gratitude-Journal-Fresh-Journals-Prompts-ebook/dp/B07L5XCMYD/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=gratitude+journal+for+adults&qid=1616024979&s=digital-text&sr=1-3=as2&tag=onamzchantefr-20 4. (Presale) Over The Top Living: Book.overthethetopliving.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chante-franco/support
In today's episode I'll review Mindshift, written by Dr. Barbara Oakley. Dr. Oakley teaches the world's most popular online course, Learning How to Learn. She also serves as professor of Engineering at Oakland University and is involved in multiple areas of research from STEM education, to engineering education, to learning practices. Throughout Mindshift, Dr. Oakley introduces us to people who have each experienced a Mindshift in their lives. From guitarists turned doctors, to white collar worker turned woodworker. Oakley herself struggled with math and science growing up, but through learning a language with the military she discovered learned techniques that can be leveraged for people interested in cultivating a positive attitude, learning more effectively, or growing in multiple areas of their lives.
Interview Notes, Resources, & LinksVisit Barbara's WebsiteFollow Barbara on Twitter @barbaraoakleyAbout Barbara Oakley, PhDBarbara Oakley, PhD is professor of engineering at Oakland University, and the creator of several wildly popular Coursera courses including Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential, and Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects. She's the author of Learning How to Learn How to Succeed in School Without Spending All Your Time Studying.
Dr. Barbara Oakley is an author, speaker, professor, engineer, and adventurer - take a look at her twitter page...she is “a female Indiana Jones.” Barbara is the author of numerous books two of which Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential (2017) and A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra) [2014] have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Barbara has a cool educational background… Ph.D. in Systems Engineering Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Bachelor of Arts in Slavic Languages and Literature A graduate of the United States Army Signal Officer Course, Fort Gordon, Georgia A graduate of the Defense Language Institute, Monterey, California But wait...there's so much more…. She worked as a Russian translator for several fishing seasons on Soviet fishing trawlers in the Bering Sea. Barbara wrote a book about this experience…it's called - Hair of the Dog: Tales from a Russian Trawler. Her current work focuses on the complex relationship between neuroscience and social behavior. Barbara is published in outlets as varied as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. Her research has been described as “revolutionary” in the Wall Street Journal. She and her husband have been married for 33 years and have two daughters and two adopted sons from Kosovo. So much to learn today. Even though her book, Learning How to Learn is meant for students, it should be read by parents, teachers, and school administrators. The information in her book is extremely valuable for helping kids to make learning easier and more successful. Connect with Barbara and Learn More: barbaraoakley.com Learning How to Learn: How to Succeed in School Without Spending All Your Time Studying https://twitter.com/barbaraoakley https://twitter.com/LHTL_MOOC https://www.facebook.com/LHTOL https://twitter.com/sejnowski Mindshift - 2017 A Mind for Numbers - 2014 Length - 59:09
Celisa Steele interviews Dr. Barbara Oakley, professor, speaker, and author of A Mind for Numbers : How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra), and Mindshift : Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential. Her wildly popular massive open online course (MOOC), Learning How to Learn. has attracted 2 million participants. Celisa talks with Barbara about why helping people learn about learning is so effective, the importance of creating better online materials, and tips for organizations who provide learning to create more value by focusing on these areas. Full show notes at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode104. Highlighted Resource – a Web page we’ve compiled that focuses specifically on massive open online courses and provides information that is useful for anyone considering using MOOCs in a professional development context. Related Episodes: Make It Stick with Peter C. Brown Exploring How We Learn with Dr. Monisha Pasupathi
Dr. Barbara Oakley co-teaches the world's most popular course, “Learning How to Learn,” which is a Massive Open Online Course (or MOOC) with over 2 million students. She is the New York Times bestselling author of Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential. Resources: * http://barbaraoakley.com/ – Website * @barb_oakley – Instagram * @barbaraoakley – Twitter * Buy her book, Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential Sponsored by: * LEADx.org – subscribe to become 1% better every single day Subscribe on iTunes to join our Ambassadors Club: Please click here to subscribe on iTunes, and leave a quick rating. Nothing matters more for bringing the podcast to the attention of others. After you subscribe and leave a review, send an email to info at leadx dot org to let us know, and we'll invite you into the private LEADx Ambassadors Group on Facebook. Group members are eligible for ridiculously good prizes each month, have special access to me and LEADx guests, discounts on live events, and of course it's a great forum for peer-learning and support. Share: And, by all means, if you know someone you think would benefit, please spread the word by using the share buttons below. — What is LEADx and The LEADx Show with Kevin Kruse? Imagine if you could have the world's best executive coaches and leadership mentors whispering into your ear every morning on your way to work. Every weekday, there will be a new episode of The LEADx Leadership Show with an interview from a different thought leadership or business expert. Many of these guests are thought leaders, famous authors or high-profile CEOs from innovative startup companies. Others are creatives, artists, entrepreneurs or corporate career leaders. They have all achieved extreme success and they are willing to share practical advice on how to advance your career and develop your leadership and management skills by offering daily career tips on time management, productivity, marketing, personal branding, communication, sales, leadership, team building, talent management and other personal development and career development topics. There will be a new episode waiting for you every day just in time for your morning commute, morning treadmill session or whatever else it is you do to start your day. LEADx isn't just the name of this new podcast, it's the name of a digital media and online learning company that is re-imagining professional development for millennials and career driven professionals looking to break into manager roles or excel in current leadership and management roles. If you're looking for management training or professional development that is delivered in a fun and engaging way, sign up for our daily newsletter at LEADx.org. It's packed with life hacks, daily career tips and leadership challenges that will turn you into a high potential leader in no time. What does LEADx stand for? We are exploring leadership. We are about NEXT GENERATION leadership. We believe that professional training and workplace education has not kept up with advances in digital media. Today's emerging leaders and management professionals just don't find 5 day workshops or eLearning modules to be very compelling. Today's talent is mobile and social. LEADx wants to help those that want to make an i...
In this two-part discussion, we welcome special guest Dr. Barbara Oakley, Professor of Engineering at Oakland University, to adapt some key topics from her record-setting Learning How to Learn and Mindshift Coursera courses and her new book (Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential) to self-taught web development students.
In this episode we discuss learning how to learn, meta learning, how Salvador Dali and Thomas Edison practiced the art of “sleeping without sleeping” to hack their neural systems, the concept of Chunking - what the neuroscience says about it and how you can use it to become a learning machine, why “following your passion” is not the right thing to focus, and much more with our guest Barbara Oakley. Barbara Oakley is an associate professor of engineering at Oakland University in Michigan. She has been described as the “female Indiana Jones” and her research adventures have taken her from Russian fishing boats to Antarctica. She has authored several books on topics ranging from genetics to neuroscience and has a recent book called Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Human Potential. We discuss: -How Barbara’s journey has taken her from the Army to Russian Trawlers in the Bering Sea, to an outpost in Antarctica -How Barbara went from a math-phobe to a professor of engineering (and what she learned along the way) -Are you afraid of math? Why math can seem to be intimidating (and it doesn’t have to be) -Why the emphasis on memorization as the sole basis of learning has sabotaged our efforts to learn -How the concept of deliberate practice and why it's so important to learning -How you can augment deliberate practice to become an even more effective learner -Meta learning and how you can "learn how to learn" -The concept of chunking - what the neuroscience says about it and how you can use it to become a learning machine -What learning an instrument can teach us about learning physics and math -How the brain learns - and the difference between “focused mode” and “diffused mode” -The “task positive network” and the “default mode network” within your brain -Why you can’t be in both the “focused mode” and the “diffused mode” at the same time -How Salvador Dali and Thomas Edison practiced the art of “sleeping without sleeping” to hack their neural systems and harness the benefits of both the “focused mode” and the “diffused mode" -How do we strike a balance between “focused attention” and “diffused attention”? -How you can harness learning limitations like ADHD or slow memory to your advantage -How the difference between a race car and a hiker illustrate the difference between divergent thinking styles and strategies -The curse of genius, why geniuses often jump to conclusi s, and have a hard time changing their minds when they are wrong -Illusions of competence and how they can short circuit our learning attempts -Is test anxiety real? Why do we feel anxious before a test? -Often limiting beliefs and excuses crop up when we haven’t done the work truly trying to learn something -How to test yourself and improve your knowledge and understanding of any topic -How you can think about math equations as a form of poetry to more deeply understand them -Why you should focus on distilling knowledge into the core elements and principles -Why you procrastinate (and the neuroscience behind what happens when you do) -The pomodoro technique and how it can help you conquer procrastination -Why “following your passion” is not the right thing to focus on -How testosterone impacts how women and men learn differently and why women often mistakenly don’t pursue analytical paths -Passions can lead you to dead ends in your career, you should focus on broadening your Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Barbara Oakley is a Professor of Engineering at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan and her work focuses on the complex relationship between neuroscience and social behavior. Her newest book Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential is available now and it reveals how we can overcome stereotypes and preconceived ideas about what is possible for us to learn and become. What you'll learn in this podcast: Why the imposter syndrome is actually a good thing How to change your worst traits to your best traits Tips on developing a learning lifestyle
Aired Wednesday, 12 April 2017, 2:00 PM ET Mindshift and The Reducetarian Solution Today’s Stars are Barbara Oakley and Brian Kateman Barbara explains how to is convinced that dramatic career changes and attitudes towards lifelong learning are a vital creative force, especially in an age when the pace of change is ever increasing. Brian points out How The Surprisingly Simple Act of Reducing The Amount of Meat in Your Diet Can Transform Your Health and The Planet. About the Guests: Barbara Oakley is a professor of engineering, writer, and instructor of the world’s largest online class, Learning How to Learn, with nearly 2 million registered students. Barb has adventured widely through her lifetime. She rose from the ranks of Private to Captain in the U.S. Army, during which time she was recognized as a Distinguished Military Scholar. She also worked as a communications expert at the South Pole Station in Antarctica, and has served as a Russian translator on board Soviet trawlers on the Bering Sea. Dr. Oakley is an elected Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. Her newest book, Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential, is emerging as a breakthrough standout for 2017. Her website is: www.barbaraoakley.com BRIAN KATEMAN is cofounder and president of the Reducetarian Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing meat consumption to create a healthy, sustainable, and compassionate world. A TEDx speaker and leading expert on food systems and behavioral change, he has appeared in hundreds of media outlets including Reuters, Wired, Los Angeles Times, Vogue, National Geographic, and The Atlantic. Kateman is an instructor in the Executive Education Program at the Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability at Columbia University. He lives in New York City, NY. Learn more at: www.reducetarian.org
The Real Deal with Jason Silverman featuring Barbara Oakley: Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential Welcome to this edition of THE REAL DEAL with Jason Silverman! Jason Silverman got a chance to catch up with author Barbara Oakley for a fun and truly eye opening conversation on how to overcome your obstacles… The post Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential with Dr.Barbara Oakley appeared first on Jason M. Silverman.
The Real Deal with Jason Silverman featuring Barbara Oakley: Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential Welcome to this edition of THE REAL DEAL with Jason Silverman! Jason Silverman got a chance to catch up with author Barbara Oakley for a fun and truly eye opening conversation on how to overcome your obstacles… The post Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential with Dr.Barbara Oakley appeared first on Jason M. Silverman.