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Online Talk Slides: Becoming Creative Super Learners at #Moodlemooc on 12 Feb (2014). View recorded session: http://bit.ly/1bMUVC1 Synopsis: Imagine if you could read a 200-page book in 20 minutes? In today’s disruptive information overloaded world driven increasingly by innovation, we are required more than ever to transform the way we learn and think in terms of speed and creativity. In this online session, we will explore some of the things that we can do to stimulate and empower our brains and senses to be more focused, learn faster, and think more creatively. The most important message is that our brains can be rewired to be ‘Creative Super Learners’ at any age.
Transcript of Becoming Creative Super Learners at #Moodlemooc
Zaid Ali Alsagoff
BECOMING CREATIVE
SUPER LEARNERS
http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-top-e-learning-mover-shaker-of-2013.html
http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2014/02/top-50-e-learning-super-heroes-on.html
Future Learning Methods?
Learn While Sleeping!
Massive Open Sleeping Courses!
Super Delta Brain Wave Learning!
Learning Chips!
Future Learning Methods?
Learning Pills!
Learning Implants & Super Learning Neurons!
http://www.zenlama.com/the-difinitive-guide-to-increasing-you-mind-power/
Gamma Brainwaves (40Hz or higher)The brainwave that is able to link and process information from all parts of the brain. It is the frequency that
brings with it the ability to process large amounts of information in relatively small amounts of time.
Five Categories of Brainwaves
Let’s First Do Some…
Video: http://youtu.be/KSwhpF9iJSsSuper Brain Yoga (research report: http://www.pranichealingontario.ca/SUPERBRAIN.pdfSuper Brain Yoga (SlideShare): http://www.slideshare.net/solarm_india/superbrain-yoga-7136961
Instructions: http://www.shridesk.com/post/2011/12/20/Thoppukaranam-Super-Brain-Yoga#.UorDXdJmgk0
SUPERBRAIN Yoga
…To ENERGIZE and ACTIVATE the brain by synchronizing ALPHA brain waves.
Learn to “De-Switch" Your Brain!
http://www.deswitch.com/
LEARNING READING
MEMORIZING
THINKING
CURATING TYPING
SPEAKING
COLLABORATING
BECOMING CREATIVE SUPER LEARNERS…
*Yellow (text): Will be explored in Episode III (Coming Soon)
LEADING
VISUALIZING
NOTE TAKING
http://www.statisticbrain.com/attention-span-statistics/
Human Vs. Goldfish
The average attention span for humans in 2000 = 12 seconds!
SECONDS
Average attention spans in 2013?
A Crash Course on How Our BRAIN LEARNS…1. EXERCISE - Exercise boosts brain power.
2. SURVIVAL - The brain is a survival organ.
3. WIRING - Every brain is wired differently.
4. ATTENTION - We don't pay attention to boring things.
5. SHORT-TERM MEMORY - Repeat to remember.
6. LONG-TERM MEMORY - Remember to repeat.
7. SLEEP - Sleep well, think well.
8. STRESS - Stressed brains don't learn the same way.
9. SENSORY INTEGRATION - Stimulate more of the senses.
10. VISION - Vision trumps all other senses.
11. GENDER - Male and female brains are different.
12. EXPLORATION - We are powerful and natural explorers.
http://www.brainrules.net/about-brain-rules
Dr. John Medina
Summary: http://sivers.org/book/BrainRules
…to Stimulate the Brain and Maximize the Students’ Potential.
Brain-Targeted Teaching: http://braintargetedteaching.org/Brain Rules: http://brainrules.net/
Explore Brain-Designed Learning…
John Medina
E N V I R O N M E N T
T R A N S F O R M AT I O N
Online F2F
Substitution Redefinition
- Zaid Ali Alsagoff
Training Support
TEST-Learning Framework
STUDENT
Motivation
Learning Styles
Technology Knowledge
TEACHER
KnowledgeTechnology
Motivation
x-Gogy
LEARNING
Modification
OERs MOOCs
LEARNING OUTCOME(S)
ASSESSMENT
CONTENT / ACTIVITIES
TOOLS
*F2F: Face-to-Face *MOOCs: Massive Open Online Courses*OERs: Open Educational Resources *X-Gogy: Peda/Andra/etc./gogies
http://www.slideshare.net/zaid/testlearning-framework
The Rate of Medical Knowledge is…
http://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/2020/index.html
“…doubling every three years currently and projected to be
doubling every
73 DAYS by 2020…”
http://www.nst.com.my/latest/national-library-conducts-survey-on-malaysian-reading-habit-next-year-1.385666
Is this True?
Malaysian Reading Habits?
19962 pages of a book a year.
20052 books a year.
20108 – 12 books a year.
*Western countries? At least 20 books a year.
- The National Library Malaysia
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/pisa-malaysia-up-in-maths-down-in-science-and-reading
PISA 2012: Malaysia?
Malaysia ranked 52nd overall out of the 65 OECD participating countries.
*OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
http://gpseducation.oecd.org/CountryProfile?primaryCountry=MYS&treshold=10&topic=PI
Girls Rock!
PISA 2012: Malaysia’s Reading Stats…
Average performance in reading of 15-year-olds is 398 points, compared to an average of 496 points in OECD countries.
Girls perform better than boys with a statistically significant difference of 40 points (OECD average: 38 points higher for girls).
Your Speed Reading Level?
http://www.noahlaith.com/tag/speed-reading-test/
*wpm: Words Per Minute
Reading fast empowers you with more time for deep reflection and exploring new frontiers of your domain.
Source: http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_releases_for_journalists/091011.html
Juggling has been shown to increase both GREY and WHITE MATTER in the brain!
Did You Know?
It empowers you to FOCUS BETTER, THINK FASTER and improve your PERIPHERAL VISION, which are critical for speed reading.
Speed Reading Tool?
8 More Speed Reading Tools: http://agbeat.com/tech-news/8-speed-reading-apps-can-slash-reading-time/
Acceleread: http://www.acceleread.com/
Speed Reading Tips?
12 Speed Reading Tips: http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-Speed-Reading
CURATING?
How do you FIND what you are looking for online?
Curating refers to the process of COLLECTING, ORGANIZING and SHARING resources relevant to a particular topic or area of interest.
Social Curation/Bookmarking Tools…
http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2011/01/buzzing-with-social-curation-tools.html
To Pull, Discover, Filter, Organize & Share!
To Collect, Organize, Cite, and Share
your Research Sources!
Social Citations/Referencing Tools...
Zotero: http://www.zotero.org/Citeulike: http://www.citeulike.org/Mendeley: http://www.mendeley.com/RefWorks: http://www.refworks.com/
End Note: http://endnote.com/
Typing Skills?
1. The faster you can type, the more time you will have to think and do.
2. Once you are capable of typing as fast as you think, you will think twice about using a pen again.
3. Good typing skills is a requirement to enjoy teaching and learning online.
Online Typing/Keyboard Training Tools: http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2009/08/is-boltelicious-keyboard-skills.html
What was I THINKING
again?
Chat
e-mails
Forums
Feedback
Assessment
Abbott and Costello 13 X 7 is 28: http://youtu.be/XnICFjDn97o
13 x 7 = 28Agree?
Is This You?
OPEN MINDED about other people’s views?
HONEST to yourself (or others) when you are wrong?
COURAGE and PASSION to take initiative and confront challenges?
AWARE of your own biases and preconceptions?
WELCOME CRITICISM from other people?
INDEPENDENT opinions and not afraid to disagree?
Thinking Tools empower us to use our minds more systematically and effectively to generate new ideas, solve problems, make decisions and be more innovative.
http://www.mycoted.com/Category:Creativity_Techniques
Hexagon Modelling
Fishbone Diagram
Five Ws and H
Disney Creativity StrategyF-R-E-E-Writing
Gap Analysis
Six Thinking Hats
Snowball Technique
SuperHeroesSystematic Inventive Thinking
Think Tank
Why Why Why
SWOT Analysis
TRIZ
Visual Brainstorming
Lateral Thinking
NLP
Delphi
Force-Field Analysis
Edward de Bono
“The six thinking hats is a method
for doing one sort of thinking at a time.”
Creative
Positive
Objective
Feelings
Negative
Process
Benefits of Using 6 Thinking Hats
Role-playing (Put the hat on, take the hat off, switch hats, and signal your thinking)
Encourage creative, parallel and lateral thinking
Improve communication
Speed up decision making
Avoid debate
Detaching the Ego
Occasional Use (Single Hat)
Sequence Use
White Hat - Objective
Facts, Figures, Data and Information
Questions:
What information do we have here?
What information is missing?
What information would we like to have?
How are we going to get the information?
Red Hat – Feelings
Feelings, Intuition, Emotions and Hunches
No need to justify the feelings. How do I feel about this right now?
Examples:
My gut-feeling is that this will not work.
I don't like the way this is being done.
This proposal is terrible.
My intuition tells me that prices will fall soon.
Black Hat - Negative
Caution, Difficulty, Judgment and Assessment
Questions:
Is this true?
Will it work?
What are the weaknesses?
What is wrong with it? Critical
ThinkingHat
Yellow Hat - Positive
Benefits, Feasibility and Optimism
Questions:
Why is this worth doing?
What are the benefits?
Why can it be done?
Why will it work?
Green Hat - Creative
Creative Ideas, Alternatives, Suggestions, and Proposals
Questions:
Are there any additional alternatives?
Could we do this in a different way?
Could there be another explanation?
What are some possible solutions and courses of action?
Creative Thinking
Hat
Blue Hat - Process
Sums up what is learned. Organization of thinking. Thinking about the thinking process (Reflection).
Examples:
Set the agenda.
Suggest the next steps.
Ask for other hats.
Ask for summaries, conclusions, and decisions.
Meta-Cognition Hat
Sequence Use – Seeking an Idea
White Gather available information.
Green Explore and generate alternatives.
Yellow Assess the benefits and feasibility of each alternative.
Black Assess the weaknesses of each alternative.
Green Further develop the most promising alternatives and make a
choice.
Blue Summarize and assess what has been achieved so far.
Black Make the final judgment on the chosen alternative.
Red Find out the feelings on the outcome.
Sequence Use – Reacting to a Presented Idea
Red Find out the existing feelings about the idea.
Yellow Find out the benefits in the idea.
Black Point out the weaknesses, problems and dangers in the
idea.
Green See if the idea can be modified to strengthen the yellow-
hat benefits and to overcome the black-hat problems.
White See if available information can help in modifying the idea
to make it more acceptable.
Green Develop the final suggestion.
Black Judge the final suggestion.
Red Find out the feeling on the outcome.
Sequence Use – Short Sequences
Yellow/Black/Red: Quick assessment (idea)
White/Green: Generate ideas
Black/Green: Improve an existing idea
Blue/Green: Summarize & suggest alternatives
Blue/Yellow: Any benefits? (e.g. the idea)
Etc…
“...Be open-minded and creative about the sequence use, too!”
MEMORIZING
THINKING
SPEAKING
COLLABORATING
…Will be Explored in Episode III!
*Yellow (text): Will be explored in Episode III (Coming Soon)
LEADING
VISUALIZING
NOTE TAKING
“Our brains can be rewired to become ‘Creative Super Learners’ at any age.”
- Zaid Ali Alsagoff
http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/
Have a ZaidLearn!
Finally, You Might Want To…
Zaid Ali AlsagoffE-Learning Manager
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