Dreyfus model is used to access and support skill development. It can also provide an acceptable level for measuring competence or capability.
Published on Aug 10, 2024
Using the knowledge and insights of one domain in another domain. This can create new insights, products, solutions or processes.
Published on Aug 09, 2024
This is a framework for continuous improvement and learning. It has for steps that can repeat...
Published on Jun 23, 2023
This is a learning method that improves recall and typically done with flashcards. This is based on the idea of a 'forgetting curve' - the rate at which we forget new information over time. If we are exposed to the information again at the main points of the forgetting curve, we will not forget it.
Published on Jan 01, 2023
Zettelkasten uses a variant of this as it asks you to Capture Understanding - Don't Quote.
Published on Jan 01, 2023
Different kinds of tasks has different demands on people’s working memory. More complex and difficult tasks has higher "cognitive load" and a greater perceived mental effort. There are 3 types of cognitive load..
Published on Nov 25, 2022
Humans have a natural curiosity - its a drive to learn patterns, rules, heuristic that lets you compress your understanding into something that's easier to remember. If you encounter a new rule that can better compress knowledge than the earlier one, that is 'compression progress'. Brain will use the better rule from then onward. We learn many such rules as children - but we refine them as we grow older. Brain rewards us with a good feeling or 'Aha moments' when we find a better rule.
Published on Nov 25, 2022
The use of existing knowledge to prevent new and perhaps contradictory knowledge to come in. The mind will try to protect its existing beliefs. Knowledge Shields can lead to wrong conclusions and can make us discount evidence.
Published on Oct 16, 2022
Learning is adding things to your long term memory.
Published on Sep 28, 2022
Framework to use when creating notes in the Zettelkasten format.
Published on May 20, 2022
Creativity and problem solving is better when you have internalized knowledge about the problem domain. This helps you make quick connections, try multiple combinations, see patterns and intuit answers.
Published on May 18, 2022
Deliberate practice is a method of learning by doing.
Published on Jan 10, 2022
Deliberate practice is a planned series of mindful activities designed to improve a specific skill and guided by well-informed feedback.
Published on Jan 10, 2022
Bloom's Taxonomy is a hierarchical system that orders cognitive tasks that can be used to help teach and learn.
Published on Oct 20, 2021
Therefore, learning process should include unlearning.
Published on Sep 09, 2021
Accelerated Expertise is 'taking the concept of skill development to the limit'.
Published on Sep 09, 2021
Note: This was given as an example of what not to do - so use with caution. A suggested better method was Accelerated Expertise Training
Published on Sep 09, 2021
Summary of the Thinking Fast and Slow book. Does not cover the things mentioned in the other note.
Published on Aug 18, 2021
Develop a variety of skills that make you unique. You can get to the top 20% with Deliberate Practice and limited time - with just 20% of the effort. Collect a list of such skills and you will have a very competitive advantage. Ideally, pick up skills that compound over time - it should get better the more you use it(eg. Writing).
Published on Aug 18, 2021
When learning a skill people go thru 5 cognitive progression stages. They learn to think differently in each stage...
Published on Aug 17, 2021
People hold passionate views about topic that they don't really understand. They think they understand it - but its only apparent when they are asked to explain it in detail. That is where they will fail.
Published on Jul 17, 2021
Sharing the process of building/learning something in public is better that sharing the goal of building it. Advantages of sharing the process...
Published on Jun 25, 2021
There are other Process to Learn a new skill as well.
Published on Jun 25, 2021
This is a modified version of the Organizational Knowledge Management process. This process is more geared for Personal Knowledge Management and skill building.
Published on Jun 24, 2021
Organizational knowledge is all the knowledge contained within an organization that can provide business value.
Published on Jun 24, 2021
Progressive Summarization is a technique that relies on summarizing a note in multiple stages over time. You save only the best excerpts from whatever you’re reading, and then create a summary of those excerpts, and then a summary of that summary, distilling the essence of the content at each stage.
Published on Jun 23, 2021
Sense-making is the process by which people give meaning to their collective experiences.
Published on Jun 11, 2021
DIKW Pyramid is a model that is useful in Personal Knowledge Management.
Published on Jun 11, 2021
Paraphrasing something after we learn it is the best way to understand our gaps in knowledge. It is a way better tool to remember things compared to re-reading the content.
Published on Jan 20, 2021
Instead of reading 100 books, it's better to find one that really changes your life.
Published on Dec 04, 2020
The main work of understanding happens when we think and make connections. The Zettelkasten work flow makes thinking a concrete step - when you convert your fleeting notes to permanent notes. This also makes us think how this information is connected to our previous ideas - this makes connections between ideas. And also, will let us remember better.
Published on Dec 04, 2020
When creating notes, capture your understanding of the concept. Don't quote directly.
Published on Aug 10, 2020
Only when you discover something yourself, will you have proper understanding of it - until then its just a concept you know.
Published on Aug 09, 2020