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Learning in Public
One Rule to Rule Them All:
Gift Egwuenu
Frontend Consultant at Passionate People
CODELAND CONF 2021
September 24th, Online
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a front-end developer and
tech content creator.
Get to know me
Gift Egwuenu,
Gift Egwuenu,
I'm
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The case for learning and need
to stay up to date.
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Learning Techniques
Feyman's Technique, Spaced Repetition,
Learning In Public.
Learning In Public
The What, Why, and How.
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HOW DO YOU STAY UP
TO DATE IN TECH?
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Image credit: The Washington Post
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Learning
Techniques
Everyone has different ways of learning that
works for them, figuring the best technique is key
in finding an efficient way to learn new things.
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Image credit: nesslabs.com
The Real Truth About Learning Anything
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Exploring Learning Techniques
Feynman's Technique
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The Feynman's
Technique
In this technique, you explain a concept
you're learning to yourself in a simple way to
find gaps in your knowledge.
Choose a subject to study
Pretend to explain it to a child
Identify gaps in your
explanation and return to the
source
Simplify your explanation
and create a story.
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Guided and Unguided
Learning
Guided learning follows a path (tutorials, courses, video), on the
other hand, Unguided learning stems from learning from different
resources(docs, building from scratch) without a known path.
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Spaced Repetition
Leitner System In action
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ncase.me/remember
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The one Rule to Rule all of them
Learning in Public
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The fastest way to learn,
build your career.
and
grow,
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Learn In Public Essay
Shawn SWYX Wang
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Kent C. Dodds Thoughts on Learning
Josh Comeau On How to Learn Quickly
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Write Blogs and Tutorials
Speak at Meetup /
Conference
Ask and Answers Questions on
Stackoverflow or Reddit
Videos on Twitch /
Youtube
Start a newsletter
Making Zines,
Sketchnotes, Cartoons
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Let's see some examples
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Learning In Public on Twitter
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Programming Zines - Julia Evans
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Sketchnotes by @Nitya: Cloud Skills
Visualized
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Learn with Jason Sessions
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Youtube Videos on My Channel
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Why it works?
There's a proven success rate from actively learning in public.
The 1% Rule
The Cunningham's Law
Build Connections
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“The impulse to keep to yourself what you have
learned is not only shameful, it is destructive.
Anything you do not give freely and abundantly
becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find
ashes.”
—Annie Dillard
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Share Your
Trade Secrets
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Learn,
Then Teach
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Story
#learninpublic
My
Completed
#100daysofcode
Codenewbie Blog
More Challenge
Speaking and Event
Organizing
YouTube,
Newsletter
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@lauragift_
Thank you!
If you have any questions,
Please leave a comment on my CodeLand post.