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Networked Learning
This lesson describes how we can use Slime Mold to describe Networked Learning and apply that description to Classroom structure.
Brains are quantum pattern recognition engines.
I have come to believe, and current research supports me on this, that our brains are quantum pattern recognition engines. Researchers have known that our brains are pattern recognition engines for as long as I've studying this. But, the current evolution of our...
A Stable Political System can be achieved using Quantum Communication
This lesson suggests that we can create stable Political systems though Quantum Communication.
Ritual Model of Communication – 2023
The ritual model of communication is a communications theory proposed by James W. Carey.
A ritual view of communication holds that we communicate not just to pass information, but more importantly, as a way to connect with others in order to maintain our communities. Updated Sept 2023.
12 Lessons From Some Great Presentators
Embrace the Anxiety A fear of public speaking is not just common; it is innate. Our ancestors had to be accepted into social groups in order to survive, instead of standing out and being alone (and then possibly being a predator’s dinner!). We have to acknowledge our...
Knowledge Models: Their History and Future
The History of Knowledge Models and a description of the current model the Network Model and/or the Fractal Model.
Fractal Model of Communication
The Fractal Model of Communication is the latest obvious evolution of communication Models that began with Aristotle and Shannon. Fractal Model assumes Communication is complex and dynamic, and follows fractal patterns. (Update Sept. 2023)
Successful Communities are built on Continuous Improvement, Collective Responsibility, and Goal Alignment.
This lesson describes why Successful Communities are “Learning Communities.” And describes why a commitment to continuous improvement, the development of collective responsibility, and focusing on goal alignment are so important in building a successful learning community.
Communication Models – Past and Future
This lesson, “Communication Models- Past and Future” provides the necessary background to help us develop Communication “Best Practices” for our 21st Century Hyper-Connected Digital World. (Updated August 2023)
Three Communication Models
A lesson describing the evolution of communication models from a one-way linear model of Aristotle and Claude Shannon, to the Interaction and transactional model of Schramm and Berlo, to the new Iterative Fractal Model.
Double-Helix Communication Model
The Double-Helix Communication Model is a new “Fractal” based communication model that sees communication as iterative.
Bad Things Conservatives Say About Trump
List of bad things Conservatives say about Trump.
The Right Tool Can Make A Difficult Problem Easy
I was watching a Photoshop Tutorial and the Instructor said, "I don't have to go to the trouble of selecting those whites and masking them or deleting them. I can just use a blend mode to do that and that's a key concept. Sometimes what...
Communication Models List
A comprehensive list of all the communications models we use to make better decisions and improve our lives. Updated Sept 2023.
21st Century Learning Organizations
A discussion of “Learning Organizations” and how to create them.
First Principles: The Building Blocks of True Knowledge
First-principles thinking is one of the best ways to reverse-engineer complicated problems and unleash creative possibility.
Sometimes called “reasoning from first principles,” the idea is to break down complicated problems into basic elements and then reassemble them from the ground up. It’s one of the best ways to learn to think for yourself, unlock your creative potential, and move from linear to non-linear results.
Being Critical is Not Thinking Critically
The presentation of the TIDAL Approach to Decision Making. The TIDAL approach is designed to mitigate the perceptual limitations caused by the way our brain works. Selective perception, confirmation bias, motivated reasoning, and cultural/linguistic biases are real things that affect our decision-making.
The Social Dilemma Transcript – Main Arguments
Using The Social Dilemma Transcript this lesson tries to understand the influences Social Media has on the community and what should we do about it. This lesson attempts to catalog the evidence presented and validate the main arguments. Updated Oct, 2023
History of Health Misinformation
This lesson on the History of Health Misinformation provides evidence that Health Misinformation has been with us from our beginning.
Evidence of Trump’s Christian Support
This lesson provides Evidence of Trump’s Christian Support. It’s a facegroup that makes it clear that it supports Trump, almost like Jesus himself.
Critical Thinking Advice in the Bible
This lesson offers the Critical Thinking Advice in the Bible as a way to help bridge the gap between Scriptures and Logic.
5 Media Literacy Questions
This lesson details the 5 Media Literacy Questions we need to ask every time we consume information to ensure we learn the most from it. Who created this message? Which techniques are used to attract my attention? How might different people interpret this message? Which lifestyles, values, and points of view are represented — or missing? Why is this message being sent? Updated Dec. 2023
Types of Logical Fallacies
This is a list of Logical Fallacies. This list is an evergreen list that will help the Learner value the argument.
21st Century Skills to Master
This lesson describes the 21st Century Skills to Master in order to thrive today in our hyper-connected digital World.
Lifelong Learning
Lifelong learning is needed because we cannot learn the skills needed for tomorrow in the static classrooms of today.
Reinforcement Learning
Reinforcement Learning We examine the formation of signaling conventions in a framework of a multi-agent reinforcement learning model. Introducing a population renewal algorithm, which in the presence of superlinear reinforcement, considerably enhances formation of...
Use Media Literacy to Understand a Fox News Story about Obama
This lesson on Using Media Literacy to Understand a Fox News Story about the Obama’s will help us better perceive information from Fox News.
Focus on Intent
This Lesson help you learn the skills needed to “Focus on Intent” in communicating. In almost all cases every party to the communication has a different intent in the communication.
The effectiveness of the communication is directly tied to the extent the “intentions” of all the parties aline.
Atlantis Decision Making Method
How to Make Better Decisions Better Decisions come better information, and better information comes from better communication. Ultimately all decisions are information dependent. https://www.youtube.com/embed/GiPe1OiKQuk Some of your decisions will be so routine that...
Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency Act S-4066
Watch Introduction VideoAbout This Course This course offers lessons to help your child improve their interpersonal relationships by improving their ability to listen. Course Summary Improve your child's Listening communication skills. Informative lesson plans, fun...
Understanding the “Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency Act”
Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency ActAbout This Course This course offers lessons to help your child improve their interpersonal relationships by improving their ability to listen. Course Summary Improve your child's Listening communication skills....
The Future of Education is Streamed Media
In the past, I used to buy music on vinyl records. I would put them on a "turntable" and play them. Now I buy music subscription services and stream my music. In the past, I used to buy news from newspapers and magazines. Now I buy news subscription services and...
How to Be an Active Listener
Active listening is a way of listening that involves full attention to what is being said for the primary purpose of understanding the speaker. And, understanding the speaker is fundamental to getting what you want. Active listening is an important skill set for many...
Facebook Didn’t Seem To Care I Was Being Sexually Harassed Until I Decided To Write About It | HuffPost
While his genius may be largely uncontested, Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of Facebook is badly adrift from reality. He paints the social media behemoth he founded in 2004 as a tool “to bring the world closer together,” but in many ways, it has become an indispensable...
Abbreviated pundit roundup: Trump’s history of lying, Conway’s defensiveness and more
On the topic of Kellyanne Conway’s reaction to CNN’s question about her husband’s anti-Trump tweets, Michael Tomasky calls her a “conservative snowflake”: [C]ome on. It was a totally reasonable and legitimate question, as Bash told my colleague Matt Wilstein Monday ....
The Misinformation Effect
The Misinformation Effect and False Memories The misinformation effect refers to the tendency for post-event information to interfere with the memory of the original event. Researchers have shown that the introduction of even relatively subtle information following an...
Self Assessment Survey
This lesson is another Self Assessment Survey intended to help us discover our communication strengths and weaknesses.
Conservative’s Defense of Amy Coney Barrett’s Religion
Conservative's Defense of Amy Coney Barrett's Religion The post below provides evidence of selective perception. Specifically, the evidence of Selective Perception is the Conservative's defense of Amy Coney Barrett's religion. GOP Defends Amy Coney Barrett’s...
5 Communication Skills Needed to Thrive in the 21st Century
5 Communication Skills Need to Thrive in the 21st Century Focus on Intent Honesty - Sync between Verbal and Non-verbal Active Listening Brevity Take Responsibility for Communication Problems
Modes of Persuasion
Ethos, Pathos & Logos: Aristotle’s Modes of Persuasion The Greeks are good at a lot of stuff. Weddings. Smashing plates. Growing (and marinating) olives. But, unbeknownst to many, they also have a rich history in advertising. Before there was Ogilvy, there was...
eLearning Trends
Training remote learners and driving performance gain over distance is the new reality. With an increase in work from home, it has led to a need to have an Agile and Flexible Digital Workplace. Organizations need to create a digital workplace that can easily move from...
The Origins of Identity Politics
Identity politics is all around us. Whether you know it or not, we are all bathing in it. Some Americans have embraced it gladly, while others have simply become inured to it and no longer bat an eyelid. Many others, however, have begun to take notice, and to them something does not seem right.
Look Good on a Video Call
Look Good On A Video Call I started selling video conferencing in the '80s. Back then, there wasn't a lot of bandwidth and equipment was expensive. But, as Moore's Law has proven, things got a whole lot faster and a whole lot cheaper. Today, you can do virtually the...
Virtual Meeting Etiquette
This lesson on Virtual Meeting Etiquette will help you learn the current standards of behavior for virtual meetings. Mastering this etiquette is helpful in our 21st Century hyper-connected digital world.
Noam Chomsky as Seen by Tom Wolfe
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History of the Scientific Method
History of the Scientific Method The Dark Ages, (500 to 1100) were characterized by a general erosion of civilization. Knowledge from the ancient Romans survived in only a few monasteries, cathedrals, and palace schools. While knowledge from ancient Greece...
History of Rhetoric
This lesson is on the History of Rhetoric. It’s intended to help provide an understanding of the past so we can better predict the future.
Fake News and the First Amendment
We Already Have a Solution to Fake News: It’s Called the First Amendment Oct 9, 2017 13 min read Fake news isn’t suddenly ruining America, but putting government in charge of deciding what news is fake will. In the wake of President Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016...
Boolean Logic
This lesson provides a high-level look at Boolean Logic and how it can apply to help us improve our communication and thus improve our life.
How the Mind Makes Meaning
Understanding how the mind makes meaning is an old problem looking for a solution. A solution is needed because the more we know about how the mind makes meaning the better will be our decision making. Socrates thought we are born with all the meaning we need, and...
Shannon Entropy Explained
This lesson, Shannon Entropy Explained, is a good explanation of what Entropy is and why it is important. It Helps build the best message.
Tom Wolfe – The Origins of Speech
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George Boole
The British mathematician George Boole is best known for his work on Boolean logic which was named after him and is very important in computing and electronics. November 2nd 2015 is Boole's 200th birthday if such a thing makes any sense. We like to celebrate famous...
Claude Shannon Demonstrates Machine Learning
A Great Video of Claude Shannon describing the state of Machine Learning in the 50’s, just before the transistor. Updated Sept 2023.
Shannon Entropy and Information Gain
Hiring Trends – 2018
Hiring Trends to Exploit in 2018 by ASC Staff | Jan 17, 2018 | Career Development 2018 Hiring Trends: New Hiring Trends The Digitization of the Interview The Computerization of the Resume Selection Process Traditional Hiring Trends (Independent of Technology) More...
Heritage Foundation Take on Fake News
We Already Have a Solution to Fake News: It’s Called the First Amendment< Oct 9, 2017 13 min read Mr. Stepman is a contributor to The Daily Signal, the multi-media news outlet of The Heritage Foundation. Mr. Stepman wrote In the wake of President Donald Trump’s...
How to Make Decisions – Old
Decision MakingHow to Make Better Decisions Better Decisions come better information, and better information comes from better communication. Ultimately all decisions are information dependent. Some of your decisions will be so routine that you make them without...
Pragmatics of Human Communication
Updated March 1, 2023 – A Lesson on the Watzlawick, Bavelas, and Jackson book – The Pragmatics of Human Communication. Adds new thinking about Information and Cognitive Science to this seminal and highly influential work.
Racial and Partisan Disparities in Response to Covid-19
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Frontispiece – Diamond Sutra
The colophon, at the inner end, reads: Reverently [caused to be] made for universal free distribution by Wang Jie on behalf of his two parents on the 13th of the 4th moon of the 9th year of Xiantong [i.e. 11th May, CE 868 ]. / Public domain Summary Description...
History of the Printing Press
Learning about the History of the Printing Press is important because it can help us predict what is going to happen with the Internet. They are similar in that they both created more information by orders of magnitude.
21st Century Learning Styles
This lesson suggests that the most important 21st Century Learning Style to emerge is a “Network-of-Teams.” The 21st Century offers more opportunities to embrace more learning styles than ever before.
Johann Gutenberg
A lesson on Johann Gutenberg describing his innovations and some of the impact those innovations have had on the world, including the Reformation and the Age of Enlightenment. Updated Oct. 2023
How to Build a Core Competency
There is an old joke about 2 campers in woods. A bear approaches. One of the campers starts putting on his running shoes. The other camper asks, “Why are you putting on running shoes? You can’t outrun a bear!” To which the first camper replies, “I don’t have to...
Noise as a Fundamental Obstacle to Learning
Noise as a Fundamental Obstacle to Learning Let me go on record and acknowledge that I truly understand that while getting good enough information for learning is fairly easy, getting the “BEST” information for learning is not so easy. The reason is "Noise."...
Communication Foundations
Warren Buffet is rumored to have told a group of MBA students that communication was the one skill he wished he had learned more about while he was in college. Communication is one of the most crucial skills to thrive. Always has been. Always will. In a recent...
Marshell McLuhan
I feel that we're standing on the threshold of a liberating and exhilarating world in which the human tribe can become truly one family and man's consciousness can be freed from the shackles of mechanical culture and enabled to roam the cosmos. I have a deep and...
The Printing Press as an Agent for Change
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Internet Alphabet for Beginners
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How to Teach Civil Debate
How to Teach Civil Debate Every community confronts divisive times. A healthy community has figured out how to have disagreements without being disagreeable. So, a key skill is teaching how to have a civil debate. The civicsrenewalnetwork.org offers a range of...
A Smart Recommender System
A Smart Recommender Based on Hybrid Learning Methods for Personal Well-Being Services Rayan M. Nouh, Hyun-Ho Lee, Won-Jin Lee, and Jae-Dong Lee* Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer This article has been cited by other articles...
Mimeo Report on the State of Learning and Development
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Public Speaking Help
Conservative Approach to Public Speaking A post caught my eye The New Bible for Public Speaking. It's from townhall.com, a very conservative media outlet. And while the author mentions Trump in this piece, it is still important. The take-aways from this post are:...
Mediated Democracy – The Future of Political Agency
Mediated Democracy - The Future of Political Agency The notion of ‘political agency’ draws attention at the (media) practices through which social actors re- produce, reorganise and challenge politics. At the same time, it poses questions about the structures, econom-...
Information Technology and Social Change
Information Technology and Social Change Contents INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL CHANGE 1. THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES 2. SOCIETY IN THE SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE THE DYNAMIC STATE OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS THE EVOLUTION OF DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS: THE CASE OF...
Peter Drucker – Quotes
“The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.” — Peter Drucker
Mathematical Beauty Activates Same Brain Region as Great Art or Music
People who appreciate the beauty of mathematics activate the same part of their brain when they look at aesthetically pleasing formula as others do when appreciating art or music, suggesting that there is a neurobiological basis to beauty. There are many different...
Quarantine Fatigue
Quarantine Fatigue Instead of an all-or-nothing approach to risk prevention, Americans need a manual on how to have a life in a pandemic. In the earliest years of the HIV epidemic, confusion and fear reigned. AIDS was still known as the “gay plague.” To the extent...
The Benefits of Aggregated Knowledge
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A Constitutive Approach to Interpersonal Communication
This Constitutive Approach to Interpersonal Communication Studies suggests Communication can be measured by the stability of the network built.
There is no Racism
Source, https://townhall.com/tipsheet/reaganmccarthy/2020/05/08/georgia-murder-arrest-n2568454 I feel so sorry for the family of this young man, apparently a very nice young man at that, but please, can we have a moratorium on calling every single death of anyone of...
The Mathematical Theory of Communication
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Claude Shannon Bio
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Harpers Magazine – The Origins of Speech
HarpersMagazine-The Origins of Speech
History of Information Technologies
History of Information Technologies In an iBook I wrote, “The 5 Ages of Information,” I break information into 5 distinct ages. In the iBook I lay out a timeline for the changes. It is critical to note the acceleration of changes over history. The first...
A Stable Political System can be achieved using Fractal Thinking
This lesson suggests that Fractal Thinking is a new answer to the age-old question: How can we improve our “political” systems?” This lesson suggests that A Stable Political System can be achieved using Fractal Thinking. Fractal Thinking says that individuals can create a stable system “spontaneously” without a Government or Church Central Authority. Updated Oct. 2023
How you can protect yourself from misinformation
Protect yourself from misinformation? Throughout history, many smart people have fallen for misinformation. It is often hard to protect yourself from misinformation. As a result, few actually try. However, while it is often hard to protect yourself from...
Conservative Approach to Public Speaking
Conservative Approach to Public Speaking A post caught my eye The New Bible for Public Speaking. It's from townhall.com, a very conservative media outlet. And while the author mentions Trump in this piece, it is still important. The take-aways from this post are:...
The Cognitive Science of Free Will
The Cognitive Science of Free Will How to make the best decisions is one of the "Key Questions" the @lantis Learning Community is interested in. This lesson is focused on how the brain constrains our decision making by fooling us about Free Will One of the main...
History of Writing
This lesson on the History of Writing is intended to help the community establish a baseline understanding of the communication forces that influence our personal understanding of the world around us. By better understanding the history writing, we can better understand the natural laws that influence our decision-making today.
Network Neuroscience
The new discipline of network neuroscience yields a picture of how mental activity arises from carefully orchestrated interactions among different brain areas. Networks pervade our lives. Every day we use intricate networks of roads, railways, maritime routes and...
Ritual Model of Communication
The Ritual Model of communication suggests we communicate, not just to pass information, but more importantly, as a way to maintain our communities. The Ritual Model of Communication suggests that connecting with others is “sometimes” more important than what we might connect about. Updated Sept. 2023
How to Write a Vision and Mission Statement
How to Write a Vision and Mission Statement Do you know where your business is headed? And how it’s going to get there? Do you know where you are going? Do you know when you get there? Clear mission and vision statements will certainly help you focus on your core...
Levels of Communication Goals
Levels of Communications Goals Overview Relative to the broad subject of communication, there seem to be three levels of goals for effective communication. There could be more, perhaps 4 or 5 levels. Could pragmatic also be a level? Thus it seems reasonable...
History of Communication Models
This lesson, “History of Communication Models,” provides the necessary background to help us develop Communication “Best Practices” for our 21st Century Hyper-Connected Digital World. (Updated Oct. 2023)
Shannon Entropy and Information Gain
Humble Inquiry
Humble Inquiry - The best way to learn more. American culture prioritizes action, practicality, and competition over courteousness and respect. But there’s a different way. In his popular book, retired MIT professor Edgar H. Schein encourages openness and curiosity...
The Structure of Virtual Learning Communities
The Structure of Virtual Learning Communities Abstract—Virtual learning communities(VLCs) are an effective way for people to conduct online education. This paper analyzes the basic characteristics of virtual learning community from three dimensions: technology,...
Deep Learning – The Next Big Educational Thing
The Democratization of Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning Abstract Deep learning is driving rapid innovations in artificial intelligence and influencing massive disruptions across all industries. This is the beginning of my effort to see if Deep Learning will...