About the guests/hostMike Cheich runs Programming Electronics academy. He has also been on Chris’s other podcast in the past.Phil FitzGerald is an educational coach via The Compelling MessageChris teaches at Contextual ElectronicsDiscussion topicsTeaching how to make a sandwichIs the knowledge in reach and is it relevant?Most people that are in Programming Electronics are hardware hobbyists who want to get into programming, usually through ArduinoIt can be intimidating learning electronics because of the breadth of knowledge requiredPhil-ism: Accreditation, certification, celebration.Self evaluation matters at the beginning of educationSME = Subject Matter ExpertAnalogy of creating a map within a city (mapping out London)Selling people on the end point of a learning journeyLearners normally don’t care as much about the specifics of the journeyAfter the fact, learners will rose c0lor the specifics of how they got to the point they’re atDITLO = Day in the life ofChris struggles with how traditional education was teaching electronicsMike likes finding the guiding principle within the electronics universeTwo tracks – thinking (theory) and doing (practice)Designing your own 5 year map of curriculumPhil-ism: You can’t show it if you don’t know itExtending your knowledge of how maps work by being able to create a map in a new cityCreating lists of things to do, or not to doMike is learning how to 3D printing, which was a new learning journeyFacing failure and understanding what you should do when that happensDrawing your map so you understand what you do and don’t knowKeeping notes is so you reinforce your own knowledge. In Phil’s example, this might take the form of a map. Phil explains in more detail in the video below:The Dunning Kruger EffectMake It Stick by Peter BrownGrowth Mindset vs Fixed MindsetRemoving barriers to learning when a learner experiences a problem (QR Code example)Sleeping on a problem (or stepping away from a problem)Accreditation is someone verifying you know what you claim to know“What comes before that” is an important question when mapping out the steps required to learn somethingMaps start as post-it notesCreating analogiesBreaking down individual elements of the learning process and relating it back to that analogyHow do you quantify “show it to know it”?Chris is a proponent of “Build Logs” (which is also a section on the CE Forum)What do you notice in the thing you want to build?Thinking about the steps that indicate you’re about to get to the next step? (ie. Which stop comes before the stop you’re going to get off at on the train)Dewey Decimal SystemSometimes courses try to constrain the possible paths of research, as that can get overwhelmingThe downside to learning in the modern day is how many sources of distraction there are (ie. phones)Guided path examplesImplementation Patterns by Kent BeckLearning something well enough to teach is holding yourself to a higher standardCheck out Phil’s site The Compelling Message and check out his book!Mike teaches electronics on Programming Electronics AcademyThank you for supporting The Contextual Electronics Podcast! Here’s how you can follow and help us grow:
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