Self-Directed Learning Material

or: How to write good learning material?

Speaker notes: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ZeeAJFZWrDyWneYy8W0jZcZgdwS0qG4FciwLdmjEypw
Notes from my fantastic audience: http://wp.me/p1R3y7-2EA (by @bryan) http://andrewspittle.com/2014/04/01/write-the-docs-robert-lehmann-self-directed-learning-material/ (by @andrewspittle)

Transcript

1. Self-Directed Learning Material or: How to write good learning material? Robert Lehmann robert@opentechschool.org
2. ed-tech amnesia Audrey Watters: "The Audrey Test": Or, What Should Every Techie Know About Education? http://hackeducation.com/2012/03/17/what-every-techie-should-know-about-education/
3. We don’t know shit. We don’t know shit. Disclaimer
4. I don’t know shit. I don’t know shit. Disclaimer
5. Bloom’s taxonomy Constructivism peer instruction project-based learning extrinsic motivation Common Core Self-Efficacy K-12 education failure narrative drama in education standardized testing I don’t know shit. I don’t know shit. Bloom’s taxonomy Constructivism peer instruction project-based learning extrinsic motivation Common Core Self-Efficacy K-12 education failure narrative drama in education standardized testing Disclaimer
6. I don’t know shit. I don’t know shit. Disclaimer
7. OpenTechSchool
8. programming workshops collaborative writing ◾ hands-on coaching
9. © 2010 by A. T. Bens, http://www.flickr.com/photos/atibens/4540901473/ collaborate
11. tutorials references © http://blogbr.ecglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/mortal-kombat-vs-street-fighter.jpg
12. In the end, we’re not building a slideshow, we’re teaching them Javascript. In the end, we’re not building a slideshow, we’re teaching them Javascript. © 2009 by Brant Wilson, http://lostandtaken.com/blog/2009/2/9/24-ripped-paper-textures-for-web-design.html — Tiffany Conroy about Javascript for Absolute Beginners
14. The with construct is the preferred way of reading and writing files. The with construct is the preferred way of reading and writing files. © 2009 by Brant Wilson, http://lostandtaken.com/blog/2009/2/9/24-ripped-paper-textures-for-web-design.html — Jonathan Whitmore on Data Processing with Python, #6
18. system images
19. © 2008 by Nic McPee, http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/2756494307/ write
21. small increments copy paste achieve it believe it
24. Draw a rectangle.
25. turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) Draw a rectangle.
26. Draw a rectangle. Draw three rectangles. turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90)
27. turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) Draw a rectangle. Draw three rectangles. turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90)
28. turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) Draw a rectangle. Draw three rectangles. Make the rectangles twice as large. turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90)
29. for i in range(3): for j in range(4): turtle.forward(50) turtle.right(90) Draw a rectangle. Draw three rectangles. Make the rectangles twice as large.
32. translate © 2009 by Elisabeth Skene, http://www.flickr.com/photos/skene/3874882162/
34. remember this talk:
35. one of the coolest successes we've had is getting translations from others … e.g, the Spanish translation … was given to us almost out of the blue one of the coolest successes we've had is getting translations from others … e.g, the Spanish translation … was given to us almost out of the blue © 2009 by Brant Wilson, http://lostandtaken.com/blog/2009/2/9/24-ripped-paper-textures-for-web-design.html — Matthew Iversen about using Transifex for Python for beginners
36. :role:'text' makes little Sphinx cry
37. مﮭﻓ
38. teach
39. © 2009 by Christy Jesse, http://walen.se/sprites/?level=picture&id=964
41. this is not a burning pear
43. http://opentechschool.github.io/⏎ slides/presentations/coaching/ thanks to Matthew Iversen, Tiffany Conroy, Fabian Fabian, and Andreas Hug for their input use Sphinx more of these events! don’t teach dogmatically goals & non-goals feel the pain coaching guidelines Robert Lehmann: Self-Directed Learning Material @rlehmann robertlehmann.de slides.opentechschool.org hands-on