*Do you have an interest in how we can get better at learning and teaching technical subjects such as programming and Clojure? *
Me too! That's why I wrote a talk about it for *Clojure Remote 2017*, *The Value of Learning <https://youtu.be/aEh5VAfp79A>*. I want to thank this community for continuing to support my learning journey in Clojure and for piquing my interest in a host of other related topics as well, from philosophy to woodworking. This is truly a group with richly diverse and fascinating interests and backgrounds. You've changed my life for the better! At the end of the talk I reveal a free, open-source-centric online forum, discuss.thevalueoflearning.org, specifically dedicated to "learning about learning". We will be using Clojure, Datomic etc. to build open-source solutions related to helping people "learn about learning". If you don't have time to watch an hour long video, I'll give you the 30 second pitch. Learning is involved in every task or project we pursue. Therefore learning how to learn and teach might be among the most effective subjects on which to focus our time. I believe learning about learning is a lever long enough to move the world. That's why* I'm promoting the idea of the "Power Hour", which asks each of us to dedicate one hour each week, the first hour in fact, to studying the subject of learning or teaching.* If you like the idea of the "Power Hour" and want to get started, you might be interested in the most popular online course ever created, Learning How to Learn <https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn>, by Barbara Oakley. She mashes up technology from Hollywood, computer science, and learning science to make this *free 4 hour course* the most valuable educational course I've ever taken. At the Austin *Conj* in Dec 2016, I had the pleasure to meet Rich Hickey and ask his thoughts on learning. I won't risk butchering his words as my memory isn't perfect, but the gist of it was about the Socratic method. He said Clojure has a function which parallels the Socratic method. If I remember correctly that function is eduction <https://clojure.org/reference/transducers#_eduction>. If you watch the *The Value of Learning* video, keep an eye out for "inside out education" as the section of the talk which pays homage to my conversation with Rich. Ever forward... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
