Learning on Super Powers.pdf

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大家好，我叫遂仁！
Daai6 gaa1 hou2, ngo5 giu3 Sören (seoi6jan4)!
Dàjiā hǎo, wǒ jiào Sörén (Suìrén)!

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!‫סרן‬ ‫שמי‬ ,‫שלום‬
Schalom, schämi Sören
Привіт, мене звати Sören (Сорен)!

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Reun den seeger
Sören
Heia dokker, æ heite Søren
Hei, mitt navn er Søren

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Hi, my name is
Sören
Bonjour, je m‘appelle Sœren (sœur -n-)
(“Sir N“, but soften the “S“ like a “Z“)

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Just another
perl7 hacker;
# nay, not yet;

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Just another
raku hacker;
# or a dabbler

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I‘m Trying Hard
to Understand
the World

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Tell me the way
to the
Opera!?

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Practice,
practice,
practice!

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1: Motivation
2: Overview
3: Super Powers

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Talk Structure:
Introduction 1 … 17
1: Motivation 18 … 122
2: Overview 123 … 219
3: Super Powers 220 … 418
for Learning

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Where do we learn?
Learning Platforms
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In the Cloud
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On every browser
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On your phone

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As a Child at School
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All kinds of pressure
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Little or no control over your learning
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You were still learning how to learn
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Few experiences to connect with your
learning matter

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Now
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No pressure
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Full control on your learning
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You know (a bit) how to learn,
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Few experiences to connect new stuff
with, you are much better at that now

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Feeling fine
Whatever you do:
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Things work a little better when you
are feeling good.

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Feeling fine
Whatever you do:
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are feeling good.
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[ I always forget why this slide is here.
There’s a reason for that. You’ll see. ]

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Feeling fine
Whatever you do:
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are feeling good.

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My Motivation
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Motivation (Humanities)
means
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Dopamine! (Natural Science)

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My Motivation
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Under Pressure at Work
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Coronavirus
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Under Pressure at Home:
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Lockdown
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Home-Schooling

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My Motivation:
1 Pressure @ Work
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Need for New Skills

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My Motivation:
1 Pressure @ Work
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Need for New Skills
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Growing Security Needs

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My Motivation:
1 Pressure @ Work
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Need for New Skills
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No Training on many specific subject
matters that are needed

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My Motivation:
1 Pressure @ Work
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Need for New Skills
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No Training on many specific subject
matters that are needed
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Mobbing

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My Motivation:
1 Pressure @ Work

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My Motivation:
1 Pressure @ Work: new Skills
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Cloud Architecture & Cybersecurity
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Containers, Docker, Kubernetes
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IaC & Multi-Cloud Solutions
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Data Science ...in the Cloud
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Data Engineering, Databases, Data
Warehouses, Data Pipelines...
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Microsoft Teams Voice Admin

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My Motivation:
2 Coronavirus
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Understand !$%&/@ Epidemics

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My Motivation:
2 Coronavirus
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Understand blessed Epidemics
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Have proof of knowledge: – need
Certification

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My Motivation:
2 Coronavirus
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Understand Epidemics
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Proof of knowledge: Certification
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Learn to Calm Sceptics

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My Motivation:
2 Coronavirus
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Calm Sceptics
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Lead Arguments along correct lines

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My Motivation:
2 Coronavirus
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Calm Sceptics
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Lead Arguments along correct lines
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Manage my own mood towards true
happiness despite people dying

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My Motivation:
3 Lockdown + Home Schooling
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Overwhelm

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My Motivation:
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Overwhelm
(more on dealing with Overwhelm
maybe a Lightning talk later)

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My Motivation:
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Overwhelm
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Pedagogy: Teaching Skills

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My Motivation:
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Overwhelm
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Pedagogy: Teaching Skills
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Big Holes in my
general knowledge from school

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Further Motivation
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More Dopamine!

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Further Motivation
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More Dopamine!
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On that note: Find someone who is
already motivated.

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Further Motivation
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More Dopamine!
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already motivated.
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So you don‘t need to be!

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Further Motivation
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More Dopamine!
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already motivated.
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So you don‘t need to be!
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Noooooo! Forget that.

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Further Motivation
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More Dopamine!
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already motivated.
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There‘s a thing called
„motivation contagion“

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Further Motivation
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Find someone who is already
motivated.
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There‘s a thing called
„motivation contagion“
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Learning together reduces Stress.

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What would be
your Motivation?

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Your Motivation?
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Self-Confidence
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Manage your Happines
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Proof of knowlege: Certificates
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Become an Expert at something
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Discover Alternatives
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Learn from the Best
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…?

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Motivation: Self Confidence
Self-Confidence:
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I think I know what I know
– but is that true?
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Self-Confidence Boost
through learning success

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Motivation: Manage Happiness
3 Types of Goals,
All under your control:
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Long term goals
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Middle-Range goals
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Short-term Goals

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Long term goals: attain a job in a
different or higher sphere of work, or
get a degree from Uni

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Middle-Range goals: finish a term, a
learning programme, or a
microcredential

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Middle-Range goals: finish a term, a
learning programme, or a
microcredential
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Short-term Goals like solving a puzzle,
passing a test, finishing up a course

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Motivation: Proof/Certification
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I know stuff and can do things.

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Who‘d believe it?

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Who‘d believe it?
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I might get a chance at proving myself

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Who‘d believe it?
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I might get a chance at proving myself
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… or not, people are always so busy.

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Who‘d believe it?
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A Certificate about finishing a course
or passing a test or an exam puts it on
paper / PDF / the website of the
institution,
providing signed written proof.

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Who‘d believe it?
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A Certificate about finishing a course
or passing a test or an exam puts it on
paper / PDF / the website of the
institution,
providing signed written proof.

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Motivation: Become an Expert
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Really? An expert?
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What do you mean, an expert?
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In something I already know?
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In things completely new even?

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Say an expert knows their subject
matter much better than any non-
expert ;-)

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An expert knows their subject matter
much better than any non-expert.
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They‘d know all the ins and outs of it.

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There will be those who remember
how the first prototypes were cast
and the whole journey of a product.

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There will be those who remember
how the first prototypes were cast
and the whole journey of a product.
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That‘s a very special kind of expert.

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That‘s a very special kind of expert.
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Let‘s go with the kind of expert, that
knows nearly everything useful for
the moment.

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the moment.
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That kind of expert.

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the moment.
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That kind of expert.
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It takes about a full week of
immersion with a subject matter, to
get there.

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It takes about a full week of
immersion with a subject matter, to
get there:
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All you do is acquire and work with
the subject matter
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Try out everything you can think of
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Understand the relations, find them
out, note them down, make them
yours.

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Having Become an Expert
Remember, there are different types
of experts:

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of experts:
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Experience: They have seen and
suffered it all

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of experts:
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suffered it all
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Know-How: They know all about one
subject-matter

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of experts:
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suffered it all
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Know-How: They know all about one
subject-matter
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You fit in the second category, at first

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Motivation:
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Discover concepts that differ to the
ones you know

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Motivation:
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ones you know
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Look for starkly different or dissenting
views on a subject matter you already
know

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ones you know
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Look for differing views on a subject
matter you already know
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Synthesise with your knowledge,
make the alternatives your own, too
Motivation:

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Motivation: Learn from the Best
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Take a class with the famous masters!

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Take a class with the famous masters,
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Take a class with the very scientists
who researched / discovered
… X ...

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A class with the very scientists who
researched / discovered / developed
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Apache Hadoop

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Apache Hadoop
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The BionTech COVID-19 Vaccine

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Apache Hadoop
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Fast Genomic Sequencing

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Apache Hadoop
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COVID-19, SARS & MERS

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Take a class with the people who
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Apache Hadoop
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Sustainable Development

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Take a class with the people who
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Apache Hadoop
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Modern Robotics

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Take a class with the masters of...
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Apache Hadoop
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Modern Robotics
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The Science of Happiness

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Get a Degree
-or-
get Certified at a
School of Renown

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UC Berkeley

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UC Berkeley … or Berklee (Boston)

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Cambridge University

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Harvard University

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UC Berkeley, Berklee, Cambridge
University
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Harvard University
(that‘s in t‘other Cambridge, MA, USA)

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University
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Harvard University
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Kungliga Tekniska högskolan (KTH)

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University
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Harvard University
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The Linux Foundation

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University
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Harvard University
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University of Michigan

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Harvard University
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MIT

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Harvard University
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MIT (the other Cambridge, MA, again)

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Harvard University
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MIT
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RWTH Aachen

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Cambridge, Harvard, KTH
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Linux Foundation, Michigan
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MIT, RWTH Aachen
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TU Delft

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MIT, RWTH Aachen
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TU Delft
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University of Edinburgh

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MIT, RWTH Aachen
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TU Delft
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University of Leeds

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MIT, RWTH Aachen
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TU Delft
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University of Leeds
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University of London

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MIT, RWTH Aachen, TU Delft
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University of Leeds
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University of London
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University of Hong Kong

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MIT, RWTH Aachen, TU Delft
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Universities of … Edinburgh, Leeds,
London, Hong Kong
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...etc.

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Features
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Gamification
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Article / Text
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Audio: Podcast
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Video
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Discussion Boards
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Tests
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Interactive Exercise
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Homework
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A project

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Gamification (2/9 Correct!)
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Many platforms reward you through a
game-like progress-scheme, showing
you how you get along

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You may get nice green or blue OK- or
Correct- markers for every good
answer

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You may get nice Green or blue OK- or
Correct- markers for every good
answer
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Other learners may vote on your
postings or hand out grades on the
homework you publish

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In summary, you will be rewarded for
your continued participation and for
your achievements

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You completed
this paragraph
and score
another 4 points.

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Your Score: 9/9
Well Done!

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Feature: Article / Text
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There will be articles, text to read
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There may also be external articles,
texts to read…

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texts to read (you may even want to
go looking for more – it is worth it)

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texts to read (you may want to look
for more)
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You may use a Text-2-Speech plugin in
your Browser to have it read to you.

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There may also be external articles, texts
to read (you may want to look for more)
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You may use a Text-2-Speech plugin in
your Browser to have it read to you.
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Don‘t worry, there is a „Super Power“ in
the second half of the talk on how to
read Texts.

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Feature: Audio
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Audio, Podcasts may be embedded
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There may be external links to more
Audio or Podcasts

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Feature: Audio
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Audio or Podcasts
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Adjust the speed if you like

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Feature: Audio
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Audio or Podcasts
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There often is a transcript that you
could additionally read, or read
instead of listening

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Feature: Audio
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If you have trouble understanding the
speaker, you may run a text2speech
over the transcript :-)

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Feature: Video
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Videos are often embedded
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Videos
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There often is a transcript that you
could additionally read, or read
instead of listening

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Feature: Video
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Same as with Audio:
If you have trouble understanding the
speaker, you may run a text2speech
over the transcript :-)

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Feature: Discussion Boards
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Most courses have discussion boards

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Introductions
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Usually, there is an introductions
board or a discussion thread for
introductions
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Writing your own introduction is
considered polite and the thing to do
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If you find other introductions you
want to comment, you may be starting
a conversation and find new contacts

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In some edX-courses, discussions are
quite central to the course

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In some edX courses, discussions are
quite central to the course
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In most FutureLearn courses,
everything may be commented and
discussions are the heart of the
course

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Discussion Boards are absolutely
great to reinforce your learning
through recall

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through recall
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Tell your fellow learners what goes on
in your mind when learning

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through recall
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Tell your fellow learners what goes on
in your mind when learning
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You‘ll benefit the most, but others
might as well

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Thanks for
Speaking your
Mind!

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Feature: Tests
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Of course, there will be tests
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Most tests are for your learning only
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Sometimes, some of the tests go into
a grade
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There may also be so-called exams,
that may be similar to the other tests,
or all different
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It all depends on the learning platform
and on the course

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Feature: Graded Homework
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There may be graded homework, too
Grades may be given by either, or a
combination of:
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You may be asked to give yourself a
grade
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Fellow students may give you grades
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Professors/facilitators may give
grades

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Feat: Interactive Exercises
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Some courses have embedded or
external interactive exercises
Those may be
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games you play
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Puzzles you solve
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Questions-and-answers you participate
in
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Maps to fill out
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...

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Feature: Homework
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There may be homework
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Sometimes as an article in the
discussion groups
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Sometimes as an uploaded document
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Sometimes it may be graded (see
above)

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Feature: A Project
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You create a new piece of work with
what you have learned

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Feature: A Project
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This is more the exception than the
rule, but there are some who do it,
like the WBG courses

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Feature: A Project
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Depending on the kind of course, you
may either be encouraged or required
to present it in the course

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Feature: A Project
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Depending on the kind of course, you
may either be encouraged or required
to present it in the course
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Depending on the grading structure,
your grade may benefit or even
depend on professors or fellow
students to give you a grade on it

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Study
Programmes
& Degrees

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Programmes & Degrees
There are quite a few options like
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Academic Credential Programme
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FutureLearn Award / edX Xseries
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FutureLearn Programme
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Microbachelor → Bachelor
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Micromasters → Masters
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Professional Certificate

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Academic Credential
Programme
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You‘ll get Academic Credential Points
that you can use to progress in you
studies at Uni

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FutureLearn Award /
edX Xseries Certificate
This basically certifies that you have
passed a study programme, that is a
number of courses; certifying you have
extensive knowledge of the subject
matter
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FutureLearn Programme
I think this is similar to the above, I still
have to find out

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Micromasters & Masters
Micromasters signifies a term / Semester of
Masters studies in a subject matter. They
come at around € 1000 +/- a few hundred €.
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Some schools may allow you to collect several
Micromasters to qualify for a Masters diploma
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You may also study for a Masters diploma in a
fully online Masters study programme. Those
tend to be expensive up in the 10s of
thousands of $/€

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Microbachelor & Bachelor
Microbachelor → Bachelor
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I think this is similar to the Micromasters and Masters
studies. Microbachelor programmes are at a few hundred
EUR and thus may be an alternative to attending Uni
directly.
However, it seems there are only a select handfull Unis who
will allow you to collect Microbachelor certificates for the
full Bachelor.
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You may also study for a Bachelor diploma in a fully online
Bachelor study programme. Those tend to be more
expensive up in the thousands of $/€

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Professional Certificate
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This is understood as you being fit for
work in the subject matter being
certified

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Learning Platforms
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FutureLearn
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edX
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OpenEdX
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*Class101
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Coursera
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LinkedIn Learning
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Microsoft Learning
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CyberTraining365
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Udemy
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...

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Learning Platforms: etc...
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CyberTraining365:
Prepaid, very in-depth geeky topics,
presented by real geeks
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Udemy:
Wide variability of free and costy
classes, done by basically anyone

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Platform: Microsoft Learning
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All free
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mostly articles
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some Videos
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some online Labs and „Lab-lets“

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Platform: LinkedIn Learning
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Subscription: ~€ 27 / month, including
all courses & certificates
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Ultra-brief courses, < 1 hour to very
few hours
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Watching videos throughout

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Platform: Coursera
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1 course is always free
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Subscription looms when you want
more than one course: ~€ 30 / month,
including another course & certificate
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Articles and Videos
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Discussion Groups exist but really do
not work well at all

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Platform: *Class101
For Language learning
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Lots of free gimmics
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Mostly Articles, Audio and Interactive
Exercises
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Basic subscription at € 4 / month
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Maximum subscription including a
personal language trainer at ~€ 22 /
month

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Platform: edX & OpenEdX
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Founded by MIT & Harvard University

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MIT & Harvard Online Course
Certificates through edX are worth the
same as On-Campus Certificates

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Both MIT & Harvard accept each
other‘s Certificates in full

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Platform: edX
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Both MIT & Harvard accept each
other‘s Certificates in full
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A handfull more Unis have since joined
rank to cross-accept at least some of
them as well. That‘s usually mentioned
on the courses, and sometimes on the
Certificates, too.

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Platform: edX
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Most edX courses are free for the
expected time needed to complete the
course. Sometimes longer
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After that, the course will be closed to
you, unless you buy a ‘seat in the
course with Certificate’ in time
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Exams, Certificates from $5 … ca. $750
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Videos, Articles, Tests, Discussion
boards

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Platform: edX
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Quintessentially, the Speaker thinks
this is among the best.
With 2 exceptions:
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Time-constraints to be adhered.
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Certificates (or keeping the original
course material) cost €€ for every
single course.

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Platform: edX
Programming courses

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Platform: edX
Kubernetes courses

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Platform: edX
Happiness courses

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Platform: OpenEdX
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Similar to edX but under the flag of
some other organisation

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Platform: FutureLearn
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A British/Commonwealth-lead
platform, but prices are in €

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A British-lead international platform,
but prices are in €
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Discussions are at the heart of
FutureLearn Courses

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A British/Commonwealth-lead
platform, but prices are in €
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Discussions are at the heart of
FutureLearn Courses
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All „small courses“ free for a time
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Certificates cost extra, ~€ 30

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Certificates cost extra, ~€ 30
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A Flatrate for „small courses“
certificates is at € 240 for the first and
€ 159 for the following year(s)
In Winter months, there is a rebate: €
159 for the first year, too

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Teachers and people in Teacher
Training
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may waive all fees and still get
certified
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will get CPD-Credits for Teacher
Training where there are no Academic
Credits for non-Teaching students

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At the time being, this is
the Speaker‘s favourite platform

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Programming & Coding Courses

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Earth Observation Courses (Hi
Paul!)

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Paul!)

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Paul!)

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Paul!)

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X Weeks * Y hours
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Most courses offer
a kind of formula, saying
X weeks, Y hours

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X Weeks * Y hours
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Most courses offer a kind of formula,
saying X weeks, Y hours
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Multiply them, say 3 weeks, 2 hours,
that is 3 * 2 makes 6
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6 hours of your life time in order to
pass that course

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X Weeks * Y hours
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Multiply them, say 3 weeks, 2 hours,
that is 3 * 2 makes 6
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6 hours of your life time in order to
pass that course
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Better roughly double that time

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X Weeks * Y hours
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If you learn with external sources,
that will need even more additional
time (but it is rewarding)

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X Weeks * Y hours
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If you learn with external sources,
that will need even more additional
time (but it is rewarding)
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If you chat in the discussion forums,
that also needs extra time (and is also
rewarding)

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Super Powers for Learning
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20 Minutes Unit
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Calm, To Do List
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Structuring, Plan
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Calendar, WOOP!
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Structured Reading
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Long-Term-Goal
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Regularity - Habits
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Journal, Blog, or talk
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WHY? Certificate?
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Good Grades?
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Command the subject
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Contacts
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Text2Speech, Translators
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The Big Picture
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Instant Long Term Memory
Storage Techniques
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Use Subconscious & Move
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Procrastination-Protection
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Light-Hearted Recap
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Good Night‘s Sleep
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Practice & Retrospect
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Exercise (bodily)
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Start now!

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20 Minutes-Unit
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Ideal time to start and finish a small
task

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20 Minutes-Unit
task:
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Spacing things out over several days
helps committing them to memory

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20 Minutes-Unit
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task
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Spacing things out over several days
helps committing them to memory
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„Pomodoro“ / „
Tomato“ – Egg timer

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20 Minutes-Unit
task.
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If you plan for several of them
consequently, make sure to take
breaks in-between

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20 Minutes-Unit
task.
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If you plan for several of them
consequently, make sure to take
breaks in-between
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Time spent in breaks may at times
turn out to be more productive for the
learning result, than the allotted time
of the learning units.

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20 Minutes-Unit
Things that are doable with effort
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...lead to a Tonic (expected) Dopamine
Burst

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20 Minutes-Unit
Things that are doable with effort
...lead to a Tonic (expected) Dopamine
Burst
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Think about Positive Consequences
and
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Reframe

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Calm: To Do List (aka Swap)
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If thoughts about other tasks and tolls
keep you from concentrating,
write a to do list that you will pick up
again once the learning is done.

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Calm
You keep full control on everything
that is part of your learning process:
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Whenever I want
●
Wherever I want
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The Way I want it

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Calm
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Whenever, Wherever & The Way I
want it
●
Do tests and exams only when you
feel you are ready.

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Calm
●
Whenever, Wherever & The Way I
want it
●
Do tests and exams only when you
feel you are ready.
●
You will usually pass them, then.

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Structuring: Plan
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Plan and
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Use a Calendar

240
Structuring: Plan
Plan:
●
Partition bigger learning units into
smaller ones, that match the 20
Minutes unit or the like.
and
●
Use a Calendar ... to fix the smaller
units where they fit in nicely.

242
Structuring: Plan
Plan:
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Plan with
a Long-Term Goal

243
Structuring: Plan & LT Goal
Plan:
●
Plan with
a Long-Term Goal
●
Having a higher and Long-Term Goal
makes people a little happier!

244
Structuring: Plan & LT Goal
Plan:
●
Plan with
a Long-Term Goal
●
Having a higher and Long-Term Goal
makes people a little happier.
●
From that long term goal, partition
the journey into achievable chunks.

245
Structuring: Plan & WOOP
Plan:
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Plan ahead for the obstacles you can
foresee...

248
foresee, using WOOP:
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Wish
●
Outcome
●
Obstacle
●
Plan

249
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Wish: Your Plan so far is what you
wish.

250
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Wish: Your Plan so far
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Outcome: The reward imagined if your
Wish is successful

251
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●
Outcome: Reward if Wish succeeds
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Obstacle: What you think may get in
the way

252
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●
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Obstacle: What may stop you
●
Plan: Contingency Plan that deals with
the Obstacle

253
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●
●
●
Plan: Plan defeating Obstacle(s
WOOP is a Mental Programme Recipe

254
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●
●
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Plan: Plan defeating Obstacle(s)
The funny thing about WOOP is this:
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The First day you do it, it is simple work.
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The Second day it already happens by itself.

255
The funny thing about WOOP is this:
●
The First day you do it, it is simple work.
●
The Second day it already happens by itself.
Thinking ahead and having contingency plans
matters quite a bit:
●
Students doing WOOP outperform non-WOOP-ers by
60% in tests and exams, according to a study.

256
WOOP-ers Do so
much better!

259
Structured Reading: How to
Read a Text, Kung Fu Style
Do this:
●
Preview: Look at everything, imagine
the text as a painting.

260
●
●
See a summary? Look at it, only
skimming it.

261
●
●
skimming it.
●
Look at charts, diagrams or pictures.

262
●
●
skimming it.
●
●
Gather headlines, sub-heandings and
captions.

263
●
●
skimming it.
●
●
captions.
●
Look at the shape of the paragraphs.

264
●
Preview: Look at everything, imagine the text
as a painting.
●
See a summary? Look at it, only skimming it.
●
●
captions.
●
Don‘t worry if this takes you a couple of
minutes. That‘s fine.

265
●
Preview: Look at everything, imagine the text
as a painting.
●
See a summary? Look at it, only skimming it.
●
●
Gather headlines, sub-heandings and captions.
●
Don‘t worry if this takes you a couple of
minutes. That‘s fine.
●
Now put the text away, unread.

266
Recall:
●
What do you remember about it?

267
Recall:
●
What do you remember about it?
●
When you‘re done, find the text again
and see if you remembered o.K.

268
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Is there a Summary at the end or
beginning?
●
Read that one first!

269
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Is there a Summary at the end or
beginning?
●
Read that one first!
●
Then reflect on it:
●
What do you expect from the text you
will be reading?

270
●
Now read (all) the Headline(s).

271
●
●
Reflect on them.

272
●
●
Reflect on them.
If there was a Summary and you have
done a reflection on it:
●
Do the Headlines match your
expectations after having read the
Summary?

273
●
●
Reflect on it/them.
●
What do you expect from the text you
will be reading now you know the
headline(s)?

274
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If the text is lengthy, repeat the Put-
the-text-away,-then-Recall practice as
often as needed.

275
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If the text is lengthy, repeat the
Put-the-text-away,-then-Recall
practice as often as needed.
●
This will anchor the text in your
memory significantly better than
several Read-Throughs.

276
●
After having read all of the text, what
did it say?

277
●
did it say?
●
Did it meet your expectations?

278
●
did it say? Did it meet your
expectations?
●
Is there another text that you
recently‘ve read, that corresponds to
the message in this text?

279
●
Underline important passages in the
text, or highlight them.
●
Annotate the text with your thoughts
and questions about what is being
said.

282
Regular Practice & Habits
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Think back to the Time you need to
Learn

283
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Learn
●
Imagine a Practice...

284
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Learn
●
Imagine a Practice, maybe like this:
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5 or 6 days a week, 20 minutes each
day

285
●
●
day
●
If you keep it up, it will mean almost 2
hours of learning every week!

286
●
●
day
●
If you keep it up, it will mean almost 2
hours of learning every week.
●
Thinking back to the 10 hours
example: in only 5 weeks you will be
done learning on that course.

287
●
Habits start to work after you repeat
something for at least 21 (some say
28) days.
●
Once you have acquired a new habit,
it starts working effortlessly...

288
●
Habits start to work after you repeat
something for at least 21 (some say
28) days.
●
Once you have acquired a new habit,
it starts working effortlessly all by it
self,
without thinking about it, at
seemingly no cost.

289
Well Done
Acquiring a New
Good Habit!

291
Journal, Blog, or
Talk about it!

292
Journal, Blog, or Talk About It
●
Write down your plans and goals

293
●
●
Re-evaluate your goals often:
Is this still the right thing to do?

294
●
●
Re-evaluate your goals often
●
Talk about the things you think are
extraordinary

295
●
●
●
extraordinary
●
Talk about your progress and
misappointments, too

296
●
●
●
extraordinary
●
Talk about your progress and
misappointments, too
●
Tell about successes and
achievements

297
●
Writing or talking about things you
have learned is a recall technique

298
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Writing or talking about things you
have learned is a recall technique
●
Explaining them to others helps you
see how well you have understood
them yourself

300
WHY?
●
Why do you do learn in a course?

301
WHY?
●
●
Decide, why you want / need or why
you do not want / need some things

302
WHY?
●
●
you do not want / need some things
●
That helps make a better learning
plan.

303
WHY?
you do not want / need some things:
●
Do you want to master the subject
matter?
●
Do you need a Certificate?
●
Do you need to find new contacts for
the subject matter?
●
Or more than one of those?

305
Command the subject matter
Want to command the subject matter:
●
Participate in everything in the course

306
●
●
Play with the things you learn as
much as possible

307
●
●
much as possible
●
Research the subject matter outside
of the course and try to find things
that matter, but aren‘t in the course

308
●
●
much as possible
●
Research the subject matter outside
of the course and try to find things
that matter, but aren‘t in the course
●
After finishing the course, look for
another course on the subject matter

311
Need A Certificate
●
Carefully read the rules and maybe
grading rules what you need to do to
get a Certificate
●
Do you need good grades as well?
●
Then you cannot skip too many big
parts of the course. Otherwise, make
sure you do just enough to pass.

312
Need A Certificate
Though not always, Certificates often
come at extra costs:
●
If you need many of them, a Learning
Platform with a subscription scheme
may save money

313
Need A Certificate
●
If you need many of them, a Learning
Platform with a subscription scheme
may save money
●
If you still can‘t pay, you can apply for
reduced fees (90-95% off at edX)

314
Need A Certificate
...
●
If that‘s still too much, make a
screenshot of the progress page of
the finished course...

315
Need A Certificate
...
●
If that‘s still too much, make a
screenshot of the progress page of
the finished course.
●
That is basically a certificate, all
that‘s missing is the School Logo and
the signature of the Professor.

317
Need No Certificate!
●
Then feel free to do as you like with
the material offered in the course :-)

319
Looking for New Contacts
Looking for New Contacts, use the
discussion forums

320
discussion forums:
●
Write an introduction in the
introductions section of the course

321
discussion forums:
●
●
Comment on other people‘s
introductions if they look promising

322
discussion forums:
●
●
Comment on other people‘s
introductions if they look promising
●
Continue participating in the
discussions

323
...
●
Continue participating in the
discussions
●
Where possible, offer your contact
details in LinkedIn or Xing, but...
●
Be careful, to not break the code of
conduct, as this is often not allowed:
Look for the people on external sites
in that case

325
Have Texts Read To You
●
When your eyes are tiring … or
●
Simultaneaously while you read

326
Have Texts Read To You
●
When your eyes are tiring … or
●
Simultaneaously while you read
Use a Screen Reader as a Browser
Plugin:
●
Read Aloud
●
Talkie
●
TTS – Text to Speach

328
Translator Programmes
●
Do skip long foreign language texts
that might help you on,
rather have them translated in a blink
●
Deepl, Google Translate, ...
●
Dictionaries: LEO.org, Dict.cc etc.
●
Browser Plugins like „
Translator &
Text-to-Speech (TTS)“

330
Vocabulary Traning Apps
●
I found it helpful to use Vocabulary
Training Apps on my phone, that
encourage me to train and re-train my
vocabulary every day, 365 days a week
●
”Anki“ / “AnkiMobileFlashcards” (how
to remember anything), „Phase 6“,
etc.
●
Once you get used to it, it will take
you less than 10 mins a day

333
Have & Keep The Big Picture
●
To get an Overview of the matter, just
skim over the material
●
There often is an introductory video,
but do not think it is sufficient

335
Remember for a Long Time
Keep learned matters for a long time
Retrieval Practice:
●
Think about what you have learned

336
Retrieval Practice:
●
●
Do something new with the newly
learned things

337
Retrieval Practice:
●
●
Do something new with it
●
Discuss the newly learned material

338
Retrieval Practice:
●
●
Discuss the newly learned material:
●
...in the course‘s discussion forums

339
Retrieval Practice:
●
●
Discuss the newly learned material:
●
...in the course‘s discussion forums
●
...with ,real‘ people outside the course

340
●
●
●
Discuss the newly learned material in
the course‘s discussion forums &
with ,real‘ people outside the course
●
Use what you have learned in your
next personal or work project(s)

341
●
●
●
discussion forums & with ,real‘ people
●
Use it in a project/s
●
Sleep well, 8-9 hrs, nearly every night

342
●
●
●
discussion forums & with ,real‘ people
●
Use it in a project/s
●
Sleep well, 8-9 hrs, nearly every night
●
Memory techniques to store directly
in Long-term memory

343
Long-Term
Memory storage
Techniques

344
Long-Term Memory Techniques
A handful of Techniques allow you to
store newly learned things directly
into Long-Term Memory

345
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Acronyms

346
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Acronyms ...like „WOOP“

347
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Acronyms
●
Mnemonic Sentences

348
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Acronyms
●
Mnemonic Sentences
●
Imagine abstract ideas as tangible
pictures

349
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Acronyms
●
Mnemonic Sentences
●
pictures:
●
Find metaphors

350
●
Acronyms
●
Mnemonic Sentences
●
pictures:
●
Metaphors
●
Envoy-Technique or Mind Palace

351
●
Acronyms
●
Mnemonic Sentences
●
pictures:
●
Metaphors
●
Envoy-Technique or Mind Palace
●
Paint real pictures for abstract ideas,
as in MindMaps, and memorise them

352
●
Acronyms
●
Mnemonic Sentences
●
pictures: Metaphors / Envoy-Technique
or Mind Palace / Paint and memorise
real pictures, as in MindMaps
●
Interleave with other (learning) tasks

353
●
Acronyms, Mnemonic Sentences
●
pictures...
●
●
Internalise (code crack) it

354
●
●
pictures...
●
●
●
Retrieve practice (see above)

355
●
●
pictures...
●
●
●
Retrieve practice (see above)
●
Space it out (see above) with a
calendar

356
Use your
Subconscious
Mind

357
Use your Subconscious Mind
These ideas are not at the top of the
list on effectivity, according to recent
studies on learning.
Anyway, I like to do them.

358
Have texts you have already read
read to you, while you‘re ...
●
looking at pictures

359
●
looking at pictures
●
listening to music

360
●
looking at pictures
●
listening to music
●
doing household chores

361
●
looking at pictures
●
listening to music
●
●
doing something else

362
●
looking at pictures
●
listening to music
●
●
●
lying in bed about to fall asleep

363
●
looking at pictures
●
listening to music
●
●
●
lying in bed about to fall asleep
(hypnosis)

365
Move around
Do not sit still, move around…
●
Learning works better when you move
around while learning

366
Procrastination
Protection

367
Procrastination Protection
●
In addition to the WOOP (p233)
method ...

368
Procrastination Protection
●
In addition to the WOOP (p 243)
method,
●
Carefully choose a 2nd & 3rd Course
for Procrastination Protection

370
Light-hearted Recap
●
But lightly, free of pressure…

371
Light-hearted Recap
●
●
Right before going to bed,
●
Recap, read your notes

372
Light-hearted Recap
●
●
●
●
or send your mind on a journey
remembering

373
Light-hearted Recap
●
●
●
●
or send your mind on a journey
remembering
●
That way, sleep may work its wonders
to the maximum.

377
●
Less than 7 hours of night‘s sleep
… leads to …
●
Trouble remembering things
●
Quickly jumping to inconsiderate
decisions, worse economic decisions
●
Stress in personal relations
●
Less success

378
●
Regular 8 to 9 hours of night‘s sleep
… accomplishes …
●
Better Learning
●
Smarter economic decisions
●
Better personal relations
●
More success

379
The obvious suggestion:
●
Go to bed / out of bed at fixed times
●
7 days-a-week always the same rythm
●
Regular 8 to 9 hours of sleep

380
●
Go to bed / out of bed at fixed times
●
7 days-a-week always the same rythm
●
Regular 8 to 9 hours of sleep

384
Practice
If there are practical things to it,
●
Practice them often

385
Practice
If there are practical things to it,
●
Practice them often
●
And again and again and again...

387
Retrospect
●
Time and again review what you are
doing,
●
How it is going, and
●
Is it still the right thing to do?
●
Do you hit obstacles? → WOOP (p 243)

389
Exercise!
●
Bodily Exercise helps
●
Your Brain needs proteins to
strengthen connections between
ideas / information that are only
generated when you exercise your
body.

391
Start Now!
●
There‘s no time like the present!

392
Start Now!
And don‘t worry:
●
if you find the course actually isn‘t
right for you, you are at liberty to quit
any time ...and
●
find another course!

393
Start Now!
●
Among other things:
●
Paywalls keep going up:
●
Once free courses now cost money
and Prices keep rising
●
Having registered for a course usually
protects from all that
(but beware edX‘s time limits!)

394
Start Now!
●
This is what you do:

395
Start Now!
●
●
Walk the first few steps in the course

396
Start Now!
●
●
●
Get a feeling for the course

397
Start Now!
●
●
●
●
„Meet“ the educators

398
Start Now!
●
●
●
●
„Meet“ the educators
●
Conquer the discussion forums:
Introduce yourself and comment on
intriguing posts by others

400
In Essence
●
Spread Learning out over time, into
small units, 20 minutes or so

401
In Essence
●
Spread Learning out over time, ~20
minute units
●
Make learning a habit, learn regularly.

402
In Essence
●
minute units
●
Make it a habit, learn regularly
●
Calm, fix your goals, know them

403
In Essence
●
minute units
●
●
●
Review your goals often

404
In Essence
●
minute units
●
●
●
●
Manage worries and outside pressures

405
In Essence
●
minute units
●
●
●
●

406
In Essence
●
Journal, Blog, or Talk about your effort

407
In Essence
●
Journal, Blog, or Talk
●
Let Technology support you

408
In Essence
●
●
●
Use Memory Techniques

409
In Essence
●
●
●
●

410
In Essence
●
●
●
●
●
Repeat & Recall, care for Good Sleep

411
In Essence
●
Spread Learning out over time, ~20 minute units
●
●
●
●
●
Journal, Blog, or Talk about your effort
●
●
Memory Techniques & Subconscious
●
Repeat & Recall, care for Good Sleep
●
Exercise, and Start Now!

414
唔該！多謝！謝謝！ Дякую! Kiitos!
感謝！ Tofdi! teşekkür ederim!
Takk! Dziękuję! Спасибо! !‫תודה‬

415
Image Credit
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Books – Key Readings on Global Education - Pixabay
●
Boris‘ Burrow by Daily Mail 2021-02-14
●
Bruce Lee Stencil CC BY 2.0 Giga Paitchadze -
originally posted to Flickr as Bruce Lee - Bruce Lee
wall painting. Tbilisi, Georgia
●
Cambridge, Massachusetts by TerrMys on reddit
●
Library - by Zach Plank on Unsplash
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Social Media – Rawpixel Ltd -istockphoto
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Starry Sky by Paul Gilmore on Unsplash
●
Thank you – flickr photo by woodleywonderworks
shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license

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Ideas Credit
●
Starting with Maybe Aristotle, it is
hard to figure out who to give credit
to, as I, like most of us, am a dwarf
standing on the shoulders of Giants.
●
Some of the „Recall“ & „Structured
Reading“ ideas (and their scientific
justification) are thanks Barbara
Oakley & Olav Schewe and their
Course „Learning Like A Pro“ on edX.

417
Cartoon Credit
●
Dilbert by Scott Adams
●
Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz

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Author
Sören Laird Sörries
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Frankfurt.pm
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3 children, 2 cats
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Looking for employment 2023-03-01
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