The Role of the Educator in the Digital World ~ Stephen's Web

• The Role of the Educator in the Digital World ~ Stephen's Web
  Presentation by Stephen Downes which lists 23 roles and counting.  Interesting overview of the increasing complexity teaching in the digital age.
  tags: elpcurr fifthlearn

Eide Neurolearning Blog: Analogy as the Core of Cognition

• Eide Neurolearning Blog: Analogy as the Core of Cognition

  Good video of a Stanford Presidential lecture. "Hofstadter believes that analogy making is at the core of all cognition, and what is especially interesting is how frequently analogies seem to occur in everyday experiences and how complex the parallels can be when suddenly we have a flash of insight, "That's just like...(something else)"."

  tags: elpcrithnk

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