Even if you know well where all the information is, nothing is more important than interpretation. Interpreting information to understand a problem, pattern or trend is one of the best skills you learn as a student. Most students rely on solved exercises in their...
But it’s not our genes which change. It’s our memes. I agree with psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in his book on Creativity that “ Creativity is the cultural equivalent of the process of genetic changes that result in biological evolution. (…)...
When I look at how much companies like Apple invest in Augmented Reality, I think about the next step in human evolution. This morning I woke up thinking about transhumanism and the possibility of two factions: cyborgs and ”learnorgs”. Cyborg is an organism with both...
We live in the Age of Self-Experimentation. Learning online can be part of that lifelong journey. But… … it doesn’t replace how you can learn at the University. It’s not so much a matter of content as it is of guidance. We live in a culture...
We can criticize the model used for teaching at Universities and conclude it is inadequate to face today’s challenges, but how much it depends on the University? People criticize the ”lecture model” and endorse the empowerment of learning back to students. I...
