Learning: A developers perspective

Learning is important in making any ecosystem sustainable.

I introduced the Dreyfus model for skill acquisition to help the audience become self aware of their current skill level.
Then I built on that to introduce deliberate practice, which is a systematic, purposeful and feedback dependent kind of learning.

Transcript

1. LEARNING
   A developers perspective
   

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2. Opara Prosper
   GitHub Campus Expert @GitHub Education
   Open Knowledge Advocate @FreeCODEacdemy
   @opara_proser
   oparaprosper79@gmail.com
   

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3. What We’d Cover
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   This talk is not focused on “What learning is”,
   but touches the “how of learning” as a
   developer
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   We’d cover the Dreyfus model for skill
   acquisition
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   We’d build on that to discover what deliberate
   learning is
   

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4. Why Learn?
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   To remain relevant in the ecosystem you need
   to keep learning.
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   To be able to produce more than you consume.
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   To move from one skill level to another.
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   To actualize your goals for learning to code.
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   To become more valuable and make more
   money
   

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5. WHERE ARE YOU NOW?
   

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6. Dreyfus model
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   Novice
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   Advanced beginner
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   Competent
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   Proficient
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   Expert
   

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7. Novice
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   The novice has little/NO experience practicing
   the skill
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   Depends a lot on context free rules – Recipe’s
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   Don’t necessary want to learn, but more
   focused on achieving a goal
   

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8. Advanced Beginner
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   This guys have some experience practicing
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   They depend less on recipes but cannot
   troubleshoot
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   They don’t love a lot of thoery or going through
   the basics alot
   

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9. Competent
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   They have more experience practicing the skill
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   They can troubleshoot and leverage on past
   experience
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   Can take on novel(New) problems and figure
   them out, because they do not depend on
   recipes
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   The are resourceful and have initiative
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   They need SOME MORE EXPERIENCE
   

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10. Proficient
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    This guys are “advanced competent” because they
    have the some more experience.
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    They can self-correct – reflect on their mistakes,
    detect a fault and make corrections.
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    Instead of recipes, proficient practitioners work with
    maxims in the correct context.
    Maxim’s - are proverbial, fundamental truths that can
    be applied to the situation at hand.
    

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11. Experts
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    This guy’s are the BOSS
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    They work with intuition
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    They have a large database of experience they
    can draw from and apply in any given context.
    

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12. Differentiating Factor
    EXPERIENCE
    

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13. How to gain experience
    LEARN BY DOING
    (Deliberate Practicing)
    

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14. Deliberate Practice
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    Deliberate practice is PURPOSEFUL
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    Deliberate practice is SYSTEMATIC
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    Deliberate practice demands unbroken
    concentration
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    Deliberate practice thrives on FEEDBACK
    

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15. Unbroken Concentration
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    Have a fixed time each day for deliberate
    learning
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    Beware of Network Tools – Use them but avoid
    getting addicted
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    Avoid distraction from family & friends
    NB: It’s easier said than done, but dare to DO!
    Constant practice is the key...
    

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16. Recommended Resources
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    Pragmatic Thinking and learning by Andy Hunt
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    Deep work by Cal Newport
    

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17. THANK YOU!
    

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