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Hi Peter, Thanks for sending this along. It will be interesting to see how/if this thinking about learning and apprenticeship can/will be used in developing online learning...and MOOCs. -Ian _________________________ W. Ian O'Byrne, Ph.D. wiobyrne.com University of New Haven Department of Education *"Feet on the Ground and Eyes to the Sky"* 300 Boston Post Road West Haven, CT 06516 (203) 479-4272 On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 10:55 AM, <ERIC.RAMBERG@spps.org> wrote: > Yes Michael, I like the thought but unfortunately google is stuck just > like Kleenex, band-aids, kool-aid, etc. have in american english. Curious > if those are used internationally or not. > > eric > -----xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu wrote: ----- > To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu> > From: Larry Purss ** > Sent by: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu > Date: 06/18/2013 09:39AM > Subject: Re: [xmca] > whats-the-most-natural-way-to-learn-it-might-surprise-you/ > > > Michael, > I smiled when I read *I'm trying to stop using Google as a verb*. > > Seems that THIS transformation, as the development of a new *meaning*, is > an example of learning as shared understandings. > larry > > > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 5:07 AM, Glassman, Michael <glassman.13@osu.edu > >wrote: > > > Interesting but so incredibly individualized. Willingham seems to leave > > out the most obvious and I would say most common way we learn to get a > cup > > of coffee. We ask somebody, "Hey, where can I get a cup of coffee?" And > > usually the person, even a stranger will stop to tell you and probably > give > > you directions. If they see you later they might ask you how you liked > > your cup of coffee. Today, we actually type "Where can I get a good cup > of > > coffee near.... in Paris" into your browser (I am trying to stop using > > Google as a verb). Possibilities pop up with a review. You choose one, > > you go to the coffee shop, you drink the coffee and are perhaps so > > impressed or unimpressed you write a review. Or perhaps you use the > > Netflix model, you go on a site called NetCoffee and type in Paris and > > NetCoffee comes back with some suggestions based on the opinions of > people > > who like the same type of coffee you like (hey if anybody does that I > get a > > piece of the action!!). But I almost always like the movies Netflix > > recommends based on my history and how other people with similar > histories > > like it - and I trust is more than my brother. We have to expand our > > horizons I think about how people learn and what learning means. > > > > Michael > > ________________________________________ > > From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] on > behalf > > of Martin Kramer [mkramer65@gmail.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 7:09 AM > > To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity > > Subject: Re: [xmca] > > whats-the-most-natural-way-to-learn-it-might-surprise-you/ > > > > Thanks for pointing us there, giving a demonstration of what's covered > > there! > > Martin > > > > Von meinem iPhone gesendet > > > > Am 18.06.2013 um 12:04 schrieb Peter Smagorinsky <smago@uga.edu>: > > > > > > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/06/17/whats-the-most-natural-way-to-learn-it-might-surprise-you/ > > > > > > The author, Daniel Willingham, is a straight-up cognitive > > psychologist-interesting to see him essentially promoting a > > cultural-historical perspective in this essay. p > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________ > > > _____ > > > xmca mailing list > > > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > > > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > __________________________________________ > > _____ > > xmca mailing list > > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > > > > > __________________________________________ > > _____ > > xmca mailing list > > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > > __________________________________________ > _____ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > __________________________________________ > _____ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca