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Sharing My Twitter Moment titled 'Deep Learning Skills'

In this post I am sharing my Twitter Moment titled 'Deep Learning Skills'.

This twitter moment informs you about what are deep learning skills, why should learners acquire them and how can one design the content so that learners are equipped with these skills.
Links to related topics too provided.

The link to my Twitter Moment is given below.

https://lnkd.in/giyp8iS

Concept Mapping 4 Concepts of Nobel Prize in Physics

The following video informs about the ebook published by me and suggests the details such as experts review etc that readers can access before buying the book.

 

 

The links for all the details are given in description of the video in YouTube.

 

Concept Map Software Training to Enhance Critical Thinking of Learners

This video informs, how one can enhance the critical thinking of learners and trainees through concept mapping softwares.

Workshop / training can be arranged to improve the following:

1. Critical thinking
2. Collaboration
3. Communication

This video also informs how you can realize the same by contacting Advisor2u at https://advisor2u.com

 

My Video Resources for Learning & Digital Marketing

Today I am going to share the links for my YouTube channels titled

• Consultant 4 eLearning
• Consultant 4 Digital Marketing

Do visit my channels, watch the videos and if you like them do subscribe to the channels.

Assessments to Test Deep Learning Characteristics / Skills

In this blog post I shall explain how to assess the deep learning characteristics of learner taking up an online or training program. The deep learning characteristics of a learner in any course online or blended are:

The following tools would enable you to assess if the learners have acquired the deep learning characteristics.

 

 

 

Critical thinking skill is said to be exhibited by the person if he or she can utilize higher order thinking skills such as analysis, synthesis, problem recognition, problem solving etc (HOTS) in a real-life scenario.

Therefore, critical thinking can be
assessed by creating MCQs (involving analyzing and
interpreting data), Assignments

To read the complete article, please visit the following URL, as I have published the entire article on LinkedIn this time .

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/assessments-test-deep-learning-characteristics-skills-gururao 

 

 

Accelerated Learning (A.L.) and When to Use Them

According to ‘The Center for Accelerated Learning’, ‘A.L. is activity-based and learner-driven (ABLeD), taking interaction to the next level’. It encourages learners to discover and create their own knowledge through actual experiences and meaningful activities thus leading to greater learning.

In this case, the instructor becomes a facilitator of learning process and helps the learner in discovering and creating new knowledge to apply in real life scenarios.

Now that we know what is meant by accelerated learning let us see the 7 principles of accelerated learning.

They are:

• Learning involves whole mind and body
• It is creation and not consumption
• Collaboration enhances learning
• It takes place on various levels simultaneously
• It comes from actually performing
• It is enhanced by positive emotions
• Since the nervous system is more of an image than word processor, information in the form of images are absorbed instantly and automatically.

Accelerated learning techniques

You are now familiar with the principles of accelerated learning. Therefore, we can incorporate the 5 A.L.Techniques shown in the following figure in your course design so that the benefits of A.L. can be realized.

Benefits of accelerated learning

In A.L. programs, you meet less frequently but for longer duration. Weekend classes can come under this category. Therefore working professionals can learn without giving up their jobs. Teaching professionals can update their skills during summer holidays.

Long back (2000), after my Ph.D, specializing learning strategies, I had learnt computer skills related to educational technology during my summer holidays. It was a 6 months course of few hours duration. But I had spent more time during my summer holidays and mastered those skills in 1 ½ months and created interesting educational applications and published them in reputed international conferences too.

Since it encourages collaboration that involves interacting and sharing, it improves social skills.

It encourages creation of new knowledge and testing by actual performance. Hence paves way for innovation and improved performance.

As visual content will be preferred, just in time modules can be created to enhance performance of service professionals.

Since you learn anything at greater speed with assurance of mastering the content, it can be used wherever quick learning of concepts are required.

We can recall how we remember certain TV commercials where strong visuals coupled with music / audio produce positive emotions while we struggle to recollect list of some uninteresting data.

Have you undertaken any A.L. programs? Do you intend to take up any or design A.L. programs? Do share them in comment section.

 

The author is a Learning and Digital Marketing consultant and can be reached by visiting Advisor2u.

 

 

My ebook / paperpack @ Amazon

Hi viewers,

 

I just want to share this good news with you. I had till now made my ebook available in the form of PDF.

But now I've made it available on Amazon Kindle and also as paperback.

Title of the book : Comcept Mapping 4 Concepts of Nobel Prize in Physics : Superconductors & Related Achievements

 

For Indian viewers, Access the ebook here.

For global audience, click here.

 

For paperback version, click here.

Develop Online Courses Using Edynco

Today I came across an interesting tool ‘Edynco’ that helps you create ‘learning maps’ that in turn enables you to develop online courses.

Edynco is cloud based and hence the learning maps you’ve created from your browser can be accessed by your students using any device like iPad, iPhone or any other mobile device. You can publish your learning maps through your website or blog, LMS or on mobile devices.

It is integrated with special tools such as micro lecture recorder, quiz creator.

It also enables you to attach learning objects like video, quiz, micro lecture, image, weblink etc

A visit to their website will enable you to explore various features of Edynco.

BeHere App Acts as Teacher Using iBeacon

Let me just begin the article by saying what is iBeacon and then go on to mention the applications of it in Education.

According to Wikipedia, ‘iBeacon is the Apple Trademark for an indoor positioning system that Apple Inc. calls "a new class of low-powered, low-cost transmitters that can notify nearby iOS 7 devices of their presence." They can also be used by the Android operating system (limited to central-only). The technology enables an iOS device or other hardware to send push notifications to iOS devices in close proximity’

Next we’ll see how to get beacons! You can get beacons from

• Estimote
• Beekn
• You can also turn any of your Bluetooth 4.0 iPhone or iPad as a beacon with the free Beecon app from the App Store.

Now that you’ve realized, it is not difficult to get beacon and some iOS or Android devices, let us explore how it can be used in education.

 Using iBeacon transmitters, a new BeHere App,  automatically takes attendance as students enter the classroom, provided the students have installed the app in their compatible iOS devices. This enables the teacher to manage help requests from students and always be up-to-date with their progress.

You can watch the promo clip given below.

BeHere from Beelieve on Vimeo.

The following slideshow suggests 5 learning concepts by ‘LearnerLab’ that can be explored by educationists.

iBeacons - five learning concepts from LearnerLab

Hope you’ll explore the usage of beacon and come out with interesting applications!

Video of my presentation ’Social Media in Education’ at EdTech Summit

I had already blogged about my participation in EdTech Summit, New Delhi as Expert Speaker in Social Media in Education as ‘Social Media in Education @ Education Tech Summit’. I had also blogged about the post event report of the Summit  as ‘Post Event Report of Education Tech Summit’.

 You can now view my actual presentation through this video.

Do share your feedback in the comment section.