Thinking Allowed

medical / technology / education / art / flub

showing posts for 'bloom'

Apple’s iPhone Design Chief Enlisted by Jony Ive, Sam Altman to Work on AI Devices

Legendary designer Jony Ive and OpenAI’s Sam Altman are enlisting an Apple Inc. veteran to work on a new artificial intelligence hardware project, aiming to create devices with the latest capabilities.
Source: bloomberg.com

Covid Disguises Chronic Scarcity of Workers for U.K. Recovery

“The acute labor shortage because of self isolation is masking the systemic challenge for businesses struggling to recruit after Brexit.”
Source: bloomberg.com

An approach to Bloom's taxonomy

blog post image Taking inspiration from Don Clark http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html this is another approach to Bloom's taxonomy. I've included a worked example in diabetes. Writing learning outcomes is core tool for instructional designers. My rule of thumb is to aim high.
Source: deanjenkins.me

Mayfly populations falling fast in North America

"Mayfly populations falling fast in North America: A team of researchers from the University of Oklahoma, Virginia Tech and the University of Notre Dame has found that populations of mayflies in parts of North America have fallen dramatically in recent years. In their paper published in the Proceedings...
Source: phys.org

Preparing Future Psychiatrists in the Era of Apps and Chatbots

Therapy and E-therapy—Preparing Future Psychiatrists in the Era of Apps and Chatbots David Gratzer. David Goldbloom. Academic Psychiatry.
Source: springer.com

Bloom's 2 Sigma Problem

blog post image I've been looking for another way of presenting evidence for instructional design that is more efficient than simple lectures. The data collected by Benjamin Bloom and published in 1984 seems useful and I've redrawn the graph so it looks more modern than the line drawings of the original. Learning...
Source: wikipedia.org

Why There Are No Bosses at Valve - that is what you need if you want to have a creative and agile business. Hire the right

Why There Are No Bosses at Valve - that is what you need if you want to have a creative and agile business. Hire the right people and give them 6 months to adjust. An article from 2012 on Valve Software—"the company behind the Half-Life, Counter-Strike, and Portal video game series—released its...
Source: bloomberg.com

Looking forward to the papers suggesting daily Pokemon Go steps targets. "Counting the Extra Footsteps From Pokémon Go

Looking forward to the papers suggesting daily Pokemon Go steps targets. "Counting the Extra Footsteps From Pokémon Go Mania: Some users are walking out of the way to catch 'em all. ... Millions of Pokémon Go users are suddenly getting real exercise while playing the game, which is done by walking...
Source: bloomberg.com

Snapchat reportedly has more daily users than Twitter. What does that mean for news?: Snapchat now has more active daily

Snapchat reportedly has more daily users than Twitter. What does that mean for news?: Snapchat now has more active daily users than Twitter, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Snapchat has 150 million active daily users, up from 110 million in December, Bloomberg reported. Twitter, meanwhile, has less...
Source: niemanlab.org

Algal bloom plaguing Chilean salmon begins receding: government: An algal bloom in Chile that has killed up to 20 percent

Algal bloom plaguing Chilean salmon begins receding: government: An algal bloom in Chile that has killed up to 20 percent of the country's farmed salmon, causing higher prices globally, has started to recede along with fish deaths, the government said on Friday.
Source: reuters.com