Tag: principles
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Seven principles of learning
This is a short summary of a post by Scott Young that itself summarises the learning principles presented in Why don’t students like school, by Daniel Willingham. I’ve added the book to my reading list based on Scott’s recommendation. Here are the principles from Scott’s post (with some of my own comments in italics): Factual…
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AI at Google: Our principles
Be socially beneficial Avoid creating or reinforcing unfair bias Be built and tested for safety Be accountable to people Incorporate privacy design principles Uphold high standards of scientific excellence Be made available for uses that accord with these principles Source: AI at Google: Our principles This list isn’t a bad start if you’re looking for…
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Psychology’s top 20 principles for enhancing teaching and learning
Every once in a while an article is published that you know is Important and that you should take Note of, and in this post I’m going to summarise a paper that I think fits into that category. It’s a recent publication in Mind, Brain and Education that attempts to summarise and explain the Top 20 principles of…
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I enjoyed reading (June)
The internet: Everything you ever need to know (John Naughton): A funny thing happened to us on the way to the future. The internet went from being something exotic to being boring utility, like mains electricity or running water – and we never really noticed. So we wound up being totally dependent on a system…
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Principles of good assessment
I attended an assessment and learning workshop today and while the presentations were informative, I just wanted to highlight the principles of good assessment taken from my faculty’s assessment policy. Since I don’t have a background in education, guidelines like these are incredibly useful when creating assessments for students. For me, just knowing about these…