{"id":63910,"date":"2018-06-09T12:36:27","date_gmt":"2018-06-09T16:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=63910"},"modified":"2018-06-09T13:07:43","modified_gmt":"2018-06-09T17:07:43","slug":"the-learning-scientists-check-them-out-for-some-excellent-posters-podcasts-blog-postings-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2018\/06\/09\/the-learning-scientists-check-them-out-for-some-excellent-posters-podcasts-blog-postings-more\/","title":{"rendered":"The Learning Scientists: Check them out for some excellent posters, podcasts, blog postings &#038; more!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">I just found out about the work going out at<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/learningscientists.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>LearningScientists.org. <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">I was very impressed after my initial review of their materials! What I really appreciate about their work is that they are serious in identifying some highly effective means of how we learn best &#8212; pouring over a great deal of research in order to do so. But they don&#8217;t leave things there. They help translate that research into things that teachers can then try out in the classroom. This type of practical, concrete help is excellent and needed!<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Daniel Willingham and some of his colleagues take research and help teachers apply it as well<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Another person who does this quite well is Pooja Agarwal, an Assistant Professor, Cognitive Scientist, &amp; former K-12 Teacher. Pooja is teaming up with Patrice Bain to write a forthcoming book entitled,<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retrievalpractice.org\/powerfulteaching\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning!<\/a>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #800000;\">She founded and operates the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retrievalpractice.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RetrievalPractice.org site.<\/a><span style=\"color: #800000;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/learningscientists.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>LearningScientists.org<\/strong><\/a> website <em>(emphasis DSC):<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">We are cognitive psychological scientists interested in research on education. Our main research focus is on the science of learning. (Hence, &#8220;The Learning Scientists&#8221;!)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Our\u00a0Vision\u00a0is to make scientific research on learning more accessible to students, teachers,\u00a0and other educators.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Click the button below to learn more about us. You can also check out our social media pages:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/acethattest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AceThatTest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/learningscientists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, &amp;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/learningscientists.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">They have a solid <a href=\"http:\/\/www.learningscientists.org\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>blog<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.learningscientists.org\/podcast-episodes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>podcast<\/strong><\/a>, and some valuable<\/span><strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.learningscientists.org\/downloadable-materials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">downloadable content<\/a><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learningscientists.org\/podcast-episodes\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-63911\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/LearningScientistsPodcast-869x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/LearningScientistsPodcast-869x1024.jpg 869w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/LearningScientistsPodcast-127x150.jpg 127w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/LearningScientistsPodcast-768x905.jpg 768w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/LearningScientistsPodcast.jpg 884w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 869px) 100vw, 869px\" \/><\/a><\/strong> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learningscientists.org\/learning-scientists-podcast\/2018\/4\/18\/episode-17-for-parents-interested-in-student-learning-part-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63916 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Parents-LearningScientists.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"414\" height=\"616\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learningscientists.org\/downloadable-materials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-63921 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/6Strategies4EffectiveLearning2018-757x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/6Strategies4EffectiveLearning2018-757x1024.jpg 757w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/6Strategies4EffectiveLearning2018-111x150.jpg 111w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/6Strategies4EffectiveLearning2018-768x1039.jpg 768w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/6Strategies4EffectiveLearning2018.jpg 896w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">In the downloadable content area, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.learningscientists.org\/posters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the posters that they&#8217;ve created (or ones like them)<\/a> should be posted at every single facility where learning occurs &#8212; K-12 schools, community colleges, colleges, universities, libraries of all kinds, tutoring centers, etc. <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">It may be that such posters &#8212; and others like them that <strong>encourage the development of metacognitive skills of our students<\/strong> &#8212; are out there. I just haven&#8217;t run into them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">For example, <\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">here&#8217;s<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> a poster on learning how to study using spaced practice:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learningscientists.org\/posters\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-63912\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SpacedPractice-762x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SpacedPractice-762x1024.jpg 762w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SpacedPractice-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SpacedPractice-768x1032.jpg 768w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SpacedPractice.jpg 1154w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Anyway, there&#8217;s some great work out there at\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/learningscientists.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>LearningScientists.org<\/strong><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Also relevant here, see:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/qbi.uq.edu.au\/brain\/learning-memory\/science-based-tips-improve-learning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Science-based tips to improve learning<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from\u00a0qbi.uq.edu.au<br \/>\n<em>Use these six tips to help improve the power of your brain.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"Learning_tips_infographic_UQ-QBI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63940 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Learning_tips_infographic_UQ-QBI-452x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"452\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Learning_tips_infographic_UQ-QBI-452x1024.png 452w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Learning_tips_infographic_UQ-QBI-66x150.png 66w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Learning_tips_infographic_UQ-QBI-768x1741.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From DSC: I just found out about the work going out at LearningScientists.org. I was very impressed after my initial review of their materials! What I really appreciate about their work is that they are serious in identifying some highly effective means of how we learn best &#8212; pouring over a great deal of research [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[322,115,302,200,72,343,347,533,71,545,3,373,419,46,102,7,223,15,78,468,62,173,196,217,393,66,89,50,188,195,38,321,214,445],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjunct-faculty","category-colleges","category-community-colleges","category-corporate-universities","category-daniel-s-christian","category-education","category-education-reform","category-experimentation","category-faculty-staff","category-heutagogy","category-higher-education","category-homeschoolinghomeschoolers","category-ideas-teaching","category-k-12-related","category-learning","category-learning-ecosystem","category-learning-theories","category-lifelong-learning","category-memory","category-metacognition-metacognitive-skills","category-online-learning","category-pedagogy","category-productivity-tips-and-tricks","category-research","category-student-teachingteacher-education","category-student-related","category-teachers","category-teaching-learning","category-teaching-online","category-tools","category-uk","category-united-states","category-universities","category-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63910"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63941,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63910\/revisions\/63941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}