Learning is one of my passions. I have been in some form of school non-stop since kindergarten ;) I love to learn, whether it is learning how to sing, how to play beat saber at expert+ level, or how to develop optimal [XR] user interfaces. In teaching I have had a broad set of experiences from Introduction to programming to Algorithms and datastructures and Research skills (Curiosity).
Some of the topics and questions I have started to dive into in this digital gardenDigital garden
A digital garden is a type of web presence which is somewhere in-between a tweet and a blog, in terms of the amount of structure and finality of the contents (see [[note stages]]). Like a garden, i...:
- How do you become an expertExpert
As a relatively young [[research line]] in the group on relatively young topics such as XR and persuasive technology, an interesting question is: When can we call ourselves experts in these fields?...? - How can a learning communityLearning community
A [[learning]] community is where different people come together to learn and develop on a specific topic. This can be a key factor in continuous learning and developing your [[expert]]ise.
(This ... help us in life-long learning? - What are key concepts in learning (and teaching) that are important to understand? Such as threshold conceptThreshold concept
A threshold concept is like "a portal, opening up a new and previously inaccessible way of thinking about something. It represents a transformed way of understanding, or interpreting, or viewing so...s, scaffolding, but also the productivity-related Pareto principle.
I can thoroughly recommend the books by Barbara Oakley on this, specifically:
- A Mind for Numbers, for learners (related to Learning how to Learn on Coursera – Thanks Almer Tigelaar, for pointing me towards that one!)
- Uncommon Sense Teaching, for teachers
They are both very thorough, concrete and hands-on.