learning about learning and thinking about thinking

Learning About LearningAnd

Thinking About ThinkingBy

Dorai Thodla

We Live In a Complex World

Did You Know (video)?

What Does It Mean?

• We Need to Learn Better• We Need to Learn to Learn• We Need to Improve Thinking• We Need to Spend time Thinking about

Thinking• Learning and Thinking Tools

How People Learn(Deloitte Study)

Different Ways You Learn

Learning Styles Differ

Next Generation Learning Tools

• MIT Sketchboard (video)• Siftables (video)

Thinking

Why Do We Think?• Because we can’t help it• Reaction (to events)• To make a living• To solve problems• To help others• To generate ideas• To Create (products)• To Win• To Learn• To Improve• To gain Knowledge• Curiosity• Because it is Fun

Thinking and Problem Solving

Problem Solving

• What is 19 x 21• What is the last digit of 3 ^ 2002

• Role of knowledge?• Role of thinking?

Thinking and Intelligence

Multiple Intelligence – Howard Gardner

Verbal/Linguistic: This intelligence is related to words and language, both written and spoken, and dominates most Western educational systems .

Logical/Mathematical: Often called scientific thinking, this intelligence deals with inductive and deductive thinking/reasoning, numbers and the recognition of abstract patterns.

Visual/Spatial: This intelligence, which relies on the sense of sight and being able to visualise an object, includes the ability to create internal mental images and pictures.

Body/Kinesthetic: This intelligence is related to physical movement and the knowings and wisdom of the body, including the brain’s motor cortex, which controls body motion.

Musical/Rhythmic: This intelligence is based on the recognition of tonal patterns, including various environmental sounds and sensitivity to rhythm and beats.

Naturalist: This intelligence deals with the recognition, appreciation and understanding of the flora and fauna of the natural world.

Interpersonal: This intelligence operates primarily through person to person relationships and communication.

Intrapersonal: This intelligence relates to inner states of being, self-reflection, metacognition (thinking about thinking) and awareness of spiritual realities.

Thinking and Emotion

• Emotion affects thinking– Happiness– Sadness– Excitement– Pressure– Leisure– Purpose

Thinking and Attitude

Brick Layer Story

Thinking and Ideas

The outcome of thinking?

Ideas Trigger Ideas

Ideas Trigger Ideas(ex: MP3 Player)

Idea Pyramid

Actionable

Filtered Ideas

Lots of crazy ideas

Thinking about Ideas

Filter based on interests, goals, research

Free Thought.

No judging, no selection. Write all ideas down

Prototyping, Implementing, Testing

Thinking And Learning

Group Think

Thinking Tools

• Concept Maps• Argument Maps• Idea Logs• Wikis• Blogs• Portals• Annotation Servers

Idea Logs, Blogs, Wikis• Idea Logs

– A simple notebook or document to store your ideas– Private (selectively shared)

• Blogs– Blogs can be public or private– Share Ideas and get feedback– Claim territory

• Wikis– More powerful than simple documents or blogs– Interlinked Pages (hypertext)– Searchable– Sharable/Collaborative

Call for Action

• Keep an Idea Log (your secret)• Start a Blog (Thinking Aloud)• Keep a Wiki (Explore Ideas, Resources)• Try Tools (Web Marks, Annotations)• Map your Mind

A Few Things to Think About

• Do you know what you know?

• Do you know what you do not know?

• What is your TQ (thinking quotient)?

• What is your CTQ (collective thinking quotient)?