The Snowflake Effect
Getting better at learning
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Getting better at getting better
Erik Duval
K.U.Leuven & ARIADNE
http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~erikd
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Thanks!
to the organizers
to Doug!

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http://www.slideshare.net/erik.duval
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learning as a root solution
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Écoliers_maliens.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Old_man_at_Ravangla_Market.jpg
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Bad problem:
scarcity

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Searchability
http://globe-info.org/
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http://portal.mace-project.eu/

Open
Educational
Resources
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Better problem:
abundance

> 3.000.000.000 images
facebook
> 10.000.000.000

> 80.000.000 videos
upload:
13 hours video/min

44.000 sites
20.000.000 users
1.900.000 courses
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>5000
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Solution:
massive hyper-personalization

The Snowflake Effect

nice bootstrapping, too!
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Learning?
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http://waynehodgins.typepad.com/
http://longslowchat.wordpress.com/
http://web.me.com/erikduval/Site/Podcast/Podcast.html
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Questions?
http://erikduval.wordpress.com/
http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~erikd
Thanks!
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