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)?