Connectionist Theory of Learning
“From these, Thorndike proposed several “laws” concerning the bonds between stimuli and responses, which he labeled the Connectionism Theory of Learning. Though Thorndike’s work appears quite similar to Ivan Pavlov’s 1902 law of reinforcement, the two studies appear to be a case of simultaneous independent discovery. Pavlov (1928) himse [...]
Social Fashion Monsters by Anna Corta...
ART-OPOLOGY: Social Fashion Monsters.
Social fashion monsters by Anna Cortada
Updated 11 hours ago
“My idea for the collection comes from the observation of the world and the search for inspiration in parallel realities which may help us to combine the world of dreams and the social, political and economical chaos that surr [...]
“The Painting” – ne...
Ramo loves Claire, but he is an Alldunn, and she is a Halfie, and their romance is forbidden in the world of “Le Tableau,” a French animated film now released in English as “The Painting.”
The children’s-story premise is that these people live in a painting, which the artist left unfinished. (In Claire’s case, her face has not been colored i [...]
TED Radio Hour: The Creative Process ...
TED Radio Hour: The Creative Process : NPR.
Thomas Edison once said, “Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.” In this episode, we take a closer look at where that 1 percent comes from.
The Creative Process
“Is it an original idea? Or is it something where you’re literally a creative collagist? Y [...]
From Mother To Daughter On ‘Hav...
Anne-Marie Slaughter had been the director of policy planning for the State Department for two years — commuting from Princeton, N.J., where her family lived, to Washington, D.C., where the job was — when she realized something had to give.
“It was a fabulous job, but at the end of two years I simply had to recognize that I needed to b [...]
Exaptation, Uncertainty and Technolog...
Can the dynamics of exaptation enhance our understanding of creativity and innovation?
We propose a cross-disciplinary discussion of three propositions:
Exaptation is critical in the emergence of new niches in ecology, economics, institutions, technological systems, and ideas.
History shows that innovation and serendipity are linked. Serendip [...]
Education Week: Why We Need ‘Translat...
Why We Need ‘Translational’ Research
Putting Clinical Findings to Work in Classrooms
Those of us who conduct educational research have a new paradigm to guide our work, if we choose to use it. Like other research initiatives, such as evidence-based practice, this model finds its genesis in the medical sciences, and is coined “translational re [...]
Creating the Best Workplace on Earth ...
Suppose you want to design the best company on earth to work for. What would it be like? For three years we’ve been investigating this question by asking hundreds of executives in surveys and in seminars all over the world to describe their ideal organization. This mission arose from our research into the relationship between authenticity an [...]
Solo Workers Bond at Shared Workspace...
Whitney Tingle, a New York entrepreneur, once had the common fantasy of ditching the 9-to-5 world, starting her own business and working in the serenity of her home. It did not quite work out as planned.
A year after cofounding Sakara Life, an organic-meal delivery company, she discovered that “there was no beginning or end to work,” said Ms. [...]
Where good ideas come from | ogilvydo...
Steven Johnson, cited as one of the ‘Top Ten brains of the digital future’ and well-known author, was interviewed at the Economist’s ‘Innovation Forum 2013′. He observes that we should stop chasing sudden epiphanies but rather work on our slow hunches.
At the recent Economist “Innovation Forum 2013″ event, held in Berkeley, California, Tom St [...]
Bright Young Things | ogilvydo.com
As entertainment, media and technology business models continue to evolve, many young content creators are eschewing the traditional “school, college, career” route and taking it upon themselves to forge their own paths.
A popular theme in modern, western storytelling is the plight of the millennial. Lena Dunham’s divisive Brooklyn saga ‘Gir [...]
The Forum of Young Global Leaders | W...
The World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders Class of 2013Every year the World Economic Forum reviews thousands of nominations to find the most accomplished and inspiring young leaders to join the Forum of Young Global Leaders. Every year the task gets even harder, as the volume of outstanding nominations increases due to the growin [...]
So You Think You’re Creative?
We’re always talking about creativity, but what do we mean? Can we find creativity, can we measure it, can we encourage it? Kurt talks with professor and author Gary Marcus (Guitar Zero) about what science tells us about creativity. A researcher shoves jazz musicians into an fMRI machine and has them improvise; an intrepid reporter gets [...]
A/r/Tography from Encyclopedia of Cur...
A/r/tography is a form of practice-based research that is steeped in the practices of artists, researchers, and educators. Using the understanding of currere (curriculum as verb instead of a noun) as a basis for this work, the practices are viewed as active, contextually situated, and creative while recognizing that subjectivity transforms ob [...]
Philographics: Big ideas in simple sh...
Philographics: Big ideas in simple shapes by Genis Carreras — Kickstarter.
Philographics is all about explaining big ideas in simple shapes. I started the project 2 years ago with the intention to merge the world of philosophy and graphic design, and it has since received some internet popularity. In the beginning it was a set 24 posters, ex [...]
Are you a connector?
Are you a connector?
In Chapter Two, I talk about the central role that three personality types–that I call Connectors, Mavens, and Salesmen– play in social epidemics. In this excerpt, I describe a simple test that anyone can take to tell whether they fall into the first of those categories, the Connector.What makes someone a Conn [...]
Putting Kids’ Creativity To The...
More Than 50 Years Of Putting Kids’ Creativity To The Test : NPR.
This is the second in a three-part series about the intersection of education and the arts.
Let’s start with a question from a standardized test: “How would the world be different if we all had a third eye in the back of our heads?”
It’s not a typi [...]
Teachers – Will We Ever Learn?
By JAL MEHTA
Published: April 12, 2013 470 Comments
IN April 1983, a federal commission warned in a famous report, “A Nation at Risk,” that American education was a “rising tide of mediocrity.” The alarm it sounded about declining competitiveness touched off a tidal wave of reforms: state standards, charter schools, alternative teacher-certif [...]
Obama to Unveil Initiative to Map the...
Obama to Unveil Initiative to Map the Human Brain
By JOHN MARKOFF and JAMES GORMAN
Published: April 2, 2013
President Obama on Tuesday will announce a broad new research initiative, starting with $100 million in 2014, to invent and refine new technologies to understand the human brain, senior administration officials said Monday.
Cori Bargman [...]
Cornell NYC Tech, Planned for Rooseve...
Building a Better Tech School
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
Published: April 12, 2013
IF all the hopes and hype are warranted, a nondescript third-floor loft in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan offers a glimpse of the future, for New York City and for Cornell University. In truth, it doesn’t look like much — just cubicles and meeting rooms in sp [...]
