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LH #37 E=MC5 with Gregg Collins

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John talks to Dr. Gregg Collins, Chief Learning Scientist at NIIT. A Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence from Yale University, Dr. Collins played a key role in the seminal research carried out at the Institute for the Learning Sciences (ILS) at Northwestern University in Chicago. He was a co-founder of Cognitive Arts Corporation, which was incorporated in 1995 to commercialize ILS and has been consistently recognized as a pioneer and leader in the effective use of instructional design and technology to support pedagogy.
 
This wide-ranging discussion covers the culture in L&D, boring learning and how to avoid it, what LDs can learn from gaming, Curation, AI and troubling news about growth mindset.
 
02:46 Why does L&D accept criticism so easily?
08:33 How did he get into the learning business?
12:54 E = MC5
21:56 Computer games and learning
26:32 Curation
31:41 A.I. and Learning
40:00 Will A.I. move more quickly in some subjects than others?
43:14 Growth mindset - does it work?
 
Mentioned in the discussion
Seymour Papert: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Papert
John Seely Brown and intelligent tutoring systems: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Intelligent-Tutoring-Systems-Computers-People/dp/0126486816/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=9780126486803&linkCode=qs&qid=1616940715&s=books&sr=1-1
Gregg's videos about Narrow vs General AI (start here): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYNLccMmPfk
 
Contact Gregg
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/gregg-collins-54a3971
Twitter: @NIITMTS
NIIT website: https://www.niit.com/en/learning-outsourcing/
 
Contact John Helmer
Twitter: @johnhelmer
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhelmer/
Website: http://johnhelmerconsulting.com/
Download the new white paper from Learning Pool written by John Helmer & Ben Betts – 'Data & learning: A new common-sense approach' https://learningpool.com/data-learning-a-new-common-sense-approach/