Learning together - Sharing knowledge across teams

Learning Together Sharing knowledge across teams Tara Ojo

@tara_ojo Tara Ojo Technical Lead @tara_ojo

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@tara_ojo AGENDA 1. Learning at FutureLearn 2. Writing 3. Teaching
4. Collaboration

5 min Learning… At FutureLearn

@tara_ojo pedagogy noun the method and practice of teaching, learning
and assessment. LEARNING

@tara_ojo Telling stories Provoking conversation Celebrating progress LEARNING

LEARNING Assessing Browsing Case-based Collaborative Construction Conversation Cross-context Delivered Embodied
Game-based Inquiry-driven Networked Performative Problem-solving Reﬂective Simulation Conversation Collaborative Problem-solving Case-based Performative

@tara_ojo CASE-BASED COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATION PERFORMATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING

@tara_ojo Learning is crucial to this industry

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@tara_ojo Big O Notation React Hooks JavaScript execution contexts Line
management New JS array methods Hypernova Recursion Storybook webpack quirks Asset hosting Security Ruby AWS Data structures Infrastructure basics Setting good OKRs Searching algorithms Advanced webpack quirks React Native ESNext Databases Functional programming Docker Performance Testing React Hooks Writing good CSS GraphQL Rails

@tara_ojo Sharing knowledge is crucial to this industry

@tara_ojo Sharing Learning

5 min Learning through… Writing

@tara_ojo CASE-BASED

@tara_ojo Learn a thing Learn more about the thing Share
the thing Everyone learns about the thing Write about the thing LEARNING THROUGH WRITING

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@tara_ojo CASE-BASED

@tara_ojo LEARNING THROUGH WRITING Good things Can always be used
as a reference Easy to share with others Great for new starters Hard things Encouraging people to write Aiming at the right skill level

5 min Learning through… Teaching

@tara_ojo Learning hour an hour scheduled for a group of
people to learn something. LEARNING THROUGH TEACHING @tara_ojo PROBLEM-SOLVING PERFORMATIVE

@tara_ojo Learning hour: JavaScript Learning hour: JS: Classes Don’t choose
a broad topic LEARNING THROUGH TEACHING @tara_ojo

@tara_ojo Agenda: 1pm - talking 2pm - finish Agenda: 1pm
- intro 1:15pm - exercises 1:50pm - wrap up 2pm - finish Make them interactive LEARNING THROUGH TEACHING @tara_ojo

@tara_ojo Learning hour: JS: How to make a variable Learning
hour: JS: async / await Consider your audience LEARNING THROUGH TEACHING @tara_ojo

@tara_ojo LEARNING THROUGH TEACHING Learning hours JS: async/await Generative art
Hyperbolic crochet ES2015 Recursion

@tara_ojo LEARNING THROUGH TEACHING - LEARNING HOURS Hard things Not
always good for remote people Can take a lot of work to put together Aiming at the right skill level Good things Can be really fun Easier to learn through doing Get engineers working across teams @tara_ojo

@tara_ojo Tech lightning talks an informal hour of 5-10 minute
presentations on something learned. LEARNING THROUGH TEACHING @tara_ojo PERFORMATIVE

@tara_ojo LEARNING THROUGH TEACHING - TECH LIGHTNING TALKS Hard things
Topics aren’t always relevant Most people don’t like public speaking Good things Small preparation time You can get really creative @tara_ojo

@tara_ojo Show and tell informal event every 2 weeks to
share technical work or thoughts. LEARNING THROUGH TEACHING @tara_ojo CASE-BASED PERFORMATIVE

@tara_ojo LEARNING THROUGH TEACHING - SHOW AND TELL Hard things
Live demos… Good things See what other people are working on Understand other areas of our platform @tara_ojo

6 min Learning through… Collaboration

LEARNING THROUGH COLLABORATION Great for sharing knowledge Develops your interpersonal
skills Develops teaching skills Fewer coding mistakes Image © UK Black Tech COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATION

@tara_ojo LEARNING THROUGH COLLABORATION @tara_ojo COLLABORATIVE Team courses ﬁnd a
relevant online course and work through it as a team.

Talks we love show a recording of a great talk
you’ve seen at a conference/meet up. Image © Twitter @FrontEndLondon LEARNING THROUGH COLLABORATION COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATION

@tara_ojo LEARNING THROUGH COLLABORATION @tara_ojo

@tara_ojo Catch-ups LEARNING THROUGH COLLABORATION @tara_ojo COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATION

@tara_ojo LEARNING THROUGH COLLABORATION Hard things Smaller number of people
learning Can be diﬃcult to come to a consensus Good things Team can up-skill at the same time People can discuss speciﬁc problems @tara_ojo

5 min The end Almost…

@tara_ojo LEARNING TOGETHER https://about.futurelearn.com/blog/learning-at-work-2018

@tara_ojo LEARNING TOGETHER Writing Teaching Collaboration Documentation Learning hours Pairing
Blog posts (internal & external) Tech lightning talks Team courses Show and tell Talks we love Catch-ups

@tara_ojo LEARNING TOGETHER Everyone has a different way of learning

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Learning together - Sharing knowledge across teams

Learning together - Sharing knowledge across teams

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