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An unsolicited forward to an unfinished book
Bill Tozier was generous enough to share an early draft of his book-in-progress, currently entitled Answer factories: The engineering of useful surprises. It’s a true joy, and I’m really looking forward to being able to read the “finished” work. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Computing, Education, Research, Science
Tagged artificial intelligence, Bill Tozier, book, Books, computer science, Computing, Education, evolutionary computation, genetic programming, knowledge, learning, Science, software development, students, teaching, textbook, tools, Writing
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Education is about interaction, not content
The scarcity of content through much of human history (remember when they used to chain books to shelves in libraries?) has allowed us to collectively confuse education with the delivery of content. It was about the lecture, in which rare … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Video
Tagged academic institutions, academy, assumptions, Books, business, college, content space, Education, experience, face-to-face, internet, knowledge, margaret edson, myth of scarcity of content, parents, school, students, Video
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