Poster Project presented during Imperial College – Education Week 2021 (London, 07-11/06/2021)
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Poster Project presented during Imperial College – Education Week 2021 (London, 07-11/06/2021)
Read moreThe desire to define “everything” can be traced back thousands of years in our known history. Aristotle, in “Categories”, provides us with one of the first recorded attempts of uniquely categorising all “things” – both animate and inanimate, even directly contradicting the views of his teacher, Plato, while doing so. In parallel to this, more than three thousand miles to the east, in the Vaisheshika and Nyaya schools of the Hindu philosophy, the “Padārthas” were created – first verbally and then in writing – in order to serve a similar purpose. These geographically – and temporally – separate efforts, aiming to achieve the same general goal, show us that there is an innate need to conceptually organise everything that constitutes our perception of reality, in a categorically distinct manner.
Read moreOne important issue in academic education at the moment is the lack of personalisation of our teaching methods. All students who are members of the same cohort are given the same information in the exact, same, way. This may seem as treating everyone equally, but it is actually not fair to consider that each, unique, individual, should learn in the single, very specific, manner that we believe is best. Even though having a singular approach to teaching is easier for academics who also have an ever-increasing research workload to consider, the benefit of the students should always come first — and technology can help us achieve this. With the aid of Artificial Intelligence, we can personalise our teaching to the learning style and pace of each individual, while also receiving instant feedback and metrics on the process of learning, which can allow us to identify any necessary changes and additions to each specific learning object that we offer. All our students can thus be equal without having to be exactly the same, and we can also reach a wider audience than before, by offering a more effective digital curriculum, adjusted to their specific wants and needs.
Read moreFifteen years ago, Meyer and Land (2003) defined the term “Threshold Concept” (TC) as “a portal, opening up a new and previously inaccessible way of thinking about something”. In reality, TCs aim to map the “turning point” when a student comes closer to understanding the overall topic, just by realising that specific crucial concept (similar to an “Aha!” moment).
Read moreIn 1941, Ronald L. Mace was born in New Jersey, USA. Around 1950, Mace contracted polio, which luckily did not prevent him from graduating with a BA in Architecture from the School of Design of North Carolina State University in 1966.
Read moreCognitive beings with the innate characteristic of intelligence, tend to manifest a predisposition for self-sustainability in order to endure and thrive.
Read moreWe live in the Information Era, where knowledge is everywhere and everything. The proper management of knowledge, however, presupposes the existence of mechanisms for organising information, in order to match the appropriate pieces together.
Read moreIn the book “The Rhythm of Life” (Kelly 2004, p. 80), the author mentions a quote, allegedly by Albert Einstein, saying: “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid”. Regardless of who made this statement, it remains a humorous remark relevant to a large number of modern day teachers and assessments which consider fairness as a synonym of uniformity.
Read moreA DJ (disk jockey) is a person who is responsible for playing music tracks to a specific crowd. The music tracks are usually not their
Read moreΓράφω αυτό το κείμενο με αφορμή ακόμη ένα περιστατικό παραπληροφόρησης από τα ΜΜΕ, όμως ο απώτερος στόχος μου είναι να σας γνωστοποιήσω δεδομένα που πρέπει
Read moreIf we take a close look at modern civilisation, we will conclude that the world is currently experiencing the Information Era, where knowledge is everything
Read moreΔεν θα σας μιλήσω για τους υπολογιστές. Τι αξία έχει να μιλάμε για κάτι που δεν έχει ψυχή, όταν άνθρωποι γύρω μας πεθαίνουν χωρίς σοβαρό
Read moreΕίναι γνωστό ότι οι άνθρωποι δεν είναι τέλειοι, με την έννοια του ότι δεν μπορούν να είναι απολύτως ψυχολογικά σταθεροί και ευσπλαχνικοί. Γι’ αυτό, κάθε
Read moreΈνα από τα πιο κρίσιμα θέματα που προβληματίζουν τη σημερινή κοινωνία είναι η παραπληροφόρηση, η οποία μόνο άσχημες επιπτώσεις μπορεί να έχει στην παγκόσμια κοινότητα
Read moreΤο Internet… ένα μέρος που φτιάχτηκε από ανθρώπους για ανθρώπους. Σίγουρα εκείνοι οι Αμερικάνοι στρατηγοί του Β Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου δεν περίμεναν πως η απλοϊκή τους
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