This document contrasts deep learning, which is slow, patient, cumulative and focused, with superficial or surface learning, which is quick, intermittent and aimed at brief awareness rather than mastery. Deep learning involves reading texts thoroughly and practicing with feedback, while surface learning involves briefly scrolling websites without concentration. Deep learning leads to mastery and results, while surface learning prioritizes theory over action.

1. Deep Learning vs Superficial (Surface) Learning
TimeEffort
Sustained
Intermittent
On-off, episodic
Slow, patient, cumulative, deep vs
Quick, skim, surface learning
Reading from printed or digital formatted text vs
Scrolling websites
Concentrated
Focused
Deliberate (practice with feedback)
Mastery vs (superficial) Awareness
Action (results) orientation
Practice vs Theory
(digital) Products and Output from (random vs deliberate planning)
Workplace vs Book
Poh-Sun Goh
1st draft on 3 November 2017 @ 0650am