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Why Pioneer Neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield Said the Mind Is More Than the Brain
By Jon Dron 9 March 2020 @ 1:15pmmindmatters.ai - I had not come across exactly this argument for mind-brain dualism before, though it resembles some going back to antiquity in its basic assumptions. It's an interesting idea, proposed by Wilder Penfield, a neurosurgeon working in the first half of... -
The makers of the game complaining about the people playing it
By Jon Dron 5 March 2020 @ 12:20pmwww.cbc.ca - ""I think as long as we have education, we're going to have people who are going to try and game the system and we just have to keep up with them," said Deb Eerkes, the university's director of student conduct and accountability. " (40 University... -
The Significance Behind Bell Lets Talk
By Jordynn Mar 31 January 2020 @ 8:55pm Comments (1)nationalpost.com - I have always been interested in the significance of the Bell Lets Talk movement and whether it is benificial or not. In honour of yesterday being Bell Lets Talk day I decided to do some searching into any negative aspects that this day carries. I... -
What is it to be Bayesian? The (pretty simple) math modelling behind a Big Data buzzword | Aeon...
By Jon Dron 24 January 2020 @ 11:52am Comments (4)aeon.co - This is a great little (16 minute) video that intuitively explains Bayesian probability from a variety of perspectives, but especially in visual (geometric) terms. Very useful for pretty much anyone - this is a critical thinking skill that applies... -
Is China really the educational powerhouse that the PISA rankings suggest? (tl;dr: not even close)
By Jon Dron 5 January 2020 @ 8:01pmen.jmdedu.com - Administered by the OECD, PISA is basically a set of tests, adapted to each country, that attempt to measure educational performance across a range of skills in order to rank educational systems around the world. The rankings really matter to many... -
Excellent news: Twitter Makes A Bet On Protocols Over Platforms.
By Jon Dron 11 December 2019 @ 12:05pmwww.techdirt.com - Well this is good news! Of course, the road to Hell is paved with good intentions and there is much that could go wrong in between plan and execution, but it seems that Twitter is recommitting itself to openness, standards, and the use of protocols... -
Social Media Has Not Destroyed a Generation - Scientific American
By Jon Dron 25 October 2019 @ 6:32pmwww.scientificamerican.com - Well this is not a surprise. It turns out that social media and cellphone use have little to no effect on the mental well-being of teenagers. And, having just hung out with more than 10,000 young people in Vancouver, I'd say that they seem to be... -
Causal understanding is not necessary for the improvement of culturally evolving technology...
By Jon Dron 3 October 2019 @ 10:16am Comments (1)www.nature.com - I've been struggling a bit with writing a chapter on how we should research technologies, especially soft technologies, in the light of their innate complexity, the difficulties of identifying relevant boundaries, their situated nature, the... -
Engaging undergraduate students in a co-curricular digital badging platform
By Michael McNorgan 2 August 2019 @ 7:58pmPosted to group: MSc IS Integration Essay - McNorganlink.springer.com - The authors suggest digital badges as a means to "enable and reward self-motivated learning." Using action research to guide the process, an experimental co-curricular badging system was developed as a means to encourage students and help them track... -
The Self
By Patrick Callaghan 22 July 2019 @ 5:32pmwww.delmarlearning.com - I have been reading on the self, more specifically the portion about our own self concepts. The self includes consciousness of physical charasteristics as well as one's inner character and emotional life. Daniels (2004) believes that the...
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I came across the same article and had shared with a few colleagues of mine. I do appreciate the awareness and attempt at bringing attention towards the stimga around MH. However, I do echo the concern about what it means when an organization like Bell is working with unpaid labour and depending on social media engagement. I would like to see a partnership with lets say Kidshelpphone, who really do need charitable funds to support their launch of text services for young people. Definitely a controversial article.
Thiriah Thangavel January 31, 2020 - 11:50pm
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I love the rap. I can sing it all day now. Having fun and Learn. Thanks, Sondra for sharing!
Samson Mihirette January 24, 2020 - 11:45pm
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Thanks, Samson and Sondra. Excellent educational song! It's what rap was invented for.
Jon Dron January 24, 2020 - 7:24pm
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Hi Dr. Anderson,
Seems like Adlerian psych., except without the identifying the obstacles.
Do you have any links to more info? Thx.
Deb
Deborah Bird February 1, 2020 - 11:08pm