{"id":3542,"date":"2010-09-20T01:45:56","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T01:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=3542"},"modified":"2010-09-20T02:16:10","modified_gmt":"2010-09-20T02:16:10","slug":"education-an-internet-connection-and-autotelic-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=3542","title":{"rendered":"Education, an Internet Connection and Autotelic Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sugata Mitra\u00a0<\/strong>desribes this as\u00a0an example of a\u00a0self-organizing system, but\u00a0a more concrete way to look at it\u00a0is using technology, collaborative grouping and small doses of emotional-social reinforcement to facilitate <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Autotelic\">autotelicism<\/a> in students. The key cognitive info is between a third to two-thirds of the way into the video:<\/p>\n<p><!--copy and paste--><\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" width=\"446\" height=\"326\"><param name=\"width\" value=\"446\" \/><param name=\"height\" value=\"326\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talks\/dynamic\/SugataMitra_2010G-medium.flv&amp;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/SugataMitra-2010G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=432&amp;vh=240&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=949&amp;introDuration=15330&amp;adDuration=4000&amp;postAdDuration=830&amp;adKeys=talk=sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education;year=2010;theme=how_the_mind_works;theme=unconventional_explanations;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=a_taste_of_tedglobal_2010;theme=rethinking_poverty;event=TEDGlobal+2010;\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"pluginspace\" value=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"446\" height=\"326\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" flashvars=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talks\/dynamic\/SugataMitra_2010G-medium.flv&amp;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/SugataMitra-2010G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=432&amp;vh=240&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=949&amp;introDuration=15330&amp;adDuration=4000&amp;postAdDuration=830&amp;adKeys=talk=sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education;year=2010;theme=how_the_mind_works;theme=unconventional_explanations;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=a_taste_of_tedglobal_2010;theme=rethinking_poverty;event=TEDGlobal+2010;\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" wmode=\"transparent\" pluginspace=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" src=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p height=\"326\">The social component ( both student groups and the &#8220;granny cloud&#8221; of remote adult facilitators) is not a mere frill. Children, like adults,\u00a0are not Vulcans\u00a0The neuronal connections related to learning\u00a0content information tend to be strengthened by emotional and contextual associations.<\/p>\n<p height=\"326\"><strong>ADDENDUM:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p height=\"326\">More here from <strong>Stowe Boyd<\/strong> on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stoweboyd.com\/post\/1102531841\/cognitive-science-upends-conventional-wisdom-about\">the counterintuitive results of brain research about learning<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sugata Mitra\u00a0desribes this as\u00a0an example of a\u00a0self-organizing system, but\u00a0a more concrete way to look at it\u00a0is using technology, collaborative grouping and small doses of emotional-social reinforcement to facilitate autotelicism in students. 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