Solving the Meta Problem An Initiative to Leverage Collective Intelligence to improve Teaching/Learning

Our Inspiration/Guidance Came From Doug’s Ideas on: Augmenting Human Intellect Collective IQ and Improving Improvement A Deloitte Study on: How People Learn Paulson and Terry Anderson Seven Freedoms of Learning Peter Norvig: Teach Yourself Programming in 10 Years Oliver Steel The Software Food Pyramid The students @ NTTF, Chennai

Doug’s Ideas on:

Augmenting Human Intellect

Collective IQ and

Improving Improvement

A Deloitte Study on:

How People Learn

Paulson and Terry Anderson

Seven Freedoms of Learning

Peter Norvig:

Teach Yourself Programming in 10 Years

Oliver Steel

The Software Food Pyramid

The students @ NTTF, Chennai

How People Learn (from a Deloitte Study)

Seven Freedoms of Learning

Bootstrapping Learning Community Started with a Social Network on Ning Built A Simple DKR of software resources using a wiki Adopted a Blended Learning Model Started Bootstrapping Model for Students as Teachers Tools – Social Network, Wiki, Blog, Discussion Forums Human System – Face-to-face interactions, Coaching, Soft-skills

Started with a Social Network on Ning

Built A Simple DKR of software resources using a wiki

Adopted a Blended Learning Model

Started Bootstrapping Model for Students as Teachers

Tools – Social Network, Wiki, Blog, Discussion Forums

Human System – Face-to-face interactions, Coaching, Soft-skills

What We Found In some cultures, people are : Shy to talk about their achievements Not sure how to share learning Poor communication Skills (writing, presenting) Need to teach them Techniques for sharing information/knowledge How to Structuring Information and Knowledge How to perform Structured Argumentation How to think in terms of Meta Problems Challenges, Recognition, Rewards work We need to make learning more fun, more social

In some cultures, people are :

Shy to talk about their achievements

Not sure how to share learning

Poor communication Skills (writing, presenting)

Need to teach them

Techniques for sharing information/knowledge

How to Structuring Information and Knowledge

How to perform Structured Argumentation

How to think in terms of Meta Problems

Challenges, Recognition, Rewards work

We need to make learning more fun, more social

Research Areas What is the Co-Evolution Model for Improving Teaching and Learning? How do you build Improvement Communities from current Social Networks? What does a meta community look like for Teaching/Learning? How do we leverage OpenContent, OpenData, Semantic Technologies to build Improvement Communities? How do we contextualize content for specific use? How do we build Scalable, Manageable, Global Scale Learning Communities ? How do we leverage Collective Intelligence of Students and Teachers?

What is the Co-Evolution Model for Improving Teaching and Learning?

How do you build Improvement Communities from current Social Networks?

What does a meta community look like for Teaching/Learning?

How do we leverage OpenContent, OpenData, Semantic Technologies to build Improvement Communities?

How do we contextualize content for specific use?

How do we build Scalable, Manageable, Global Scale Learning Communities ?

How do we leverage Collective Intelligence of Students and Teachers?

We Have a Lot to Do This is just the beginning