Great Minds on Learning John Helmer

Second of a two-part series on the invention of writing and the impact of literacy on learning.
Last time, Donald and John discussed how writing was invented in the ancient world. This time the focus moves to the 20th Century, and thinkers such as Walter Ong and Eric Havelock who revived interest in the pre-literate world of oral culture. Their work raised themes that were to become ever more resonant with the rise of the internet and AI.
00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:56 - Introducing Literacy & Orality 00:09:15 - Walter J. Ong (1912-2023) 00:22:44 - Eric Alfred Havelock (1903-1988) 00:33:08 - Jack Goody (1919–2015) & Ian Watt (1917–1999) 00:42:10 - Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) 00:59:04 - Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) 01:13:14 - Clay Shirky (1964–) 01:27:39 - Summing up  
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First of a two-part series on the invention of writing and the impact of literacy on learning.
Our ability to learn from written texts is something we take for granted. But like every other technology that humans use, writing had to be invented. Notational signs used next to images of animals are seen in cave paintings from as early as 35,000 BCE. Actual writing is first recorded in Uruk (modern day Iraq), at the end of the 4th millennium BCE, but seems to have been independently invented in at least three other places; Egypt, China and Mesoamerica. It proved a pivotal moment in human history, marking the transition from prehistory to the historical record. In the centuries that followed, writing was to become central to learning. But the earliest uses to which it was put might be very different to what you would expect.
 
00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:06 - Introducing Scribes: The Invention of Writing 00:08:11 - Sumerians & Babylonians 00:23:09 - Egyptians 00:33:27 - Three Egyptian Scribes 00:51:39 - Chinese 01:01:18 - Summing up  
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Theories and critiques of leadership learning: the attribution problem and its consequences.
This episode, the first of a new season, our sixth, focuses on leadership. Leadership, thought since ancient times to be critical to the destiny of nations, has long been a feature of military training and elite education. But its arrival as a staple of workplace training was relatively recent. Donald and John explore the work of the thinkers who, from the middle of the Twentieth Century onwards, developed theories and critiques of leadership learning.
 
00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:56 - Introducing Leadership 00:09:26 - James MacGregor Burns (1918-2014) 00:17:09 - Peter Drucker (1909-2005) 00:25:58 - Paul Hersey (1931-2012) & Ken Blanchard 00:36:19 - John Paul Kotter (1947–) 00:49:00 - Henry Mintzberg (1939–) 00:54:28 - Barbara Kellerman 01:10:07 - Jeffrey Pfeffer (1946–) 01:19:38 - Summing up  
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John and Donald preview the upcoming season of Great Mind on Learning.
The sixth season of Great Minds on Learning begins on Monday 15th April 2024. Ahead of the first episode, John and Donald preview the treats in store!
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The theory behind generative AI as a transformational tool for learning.
This episode, the last in the current season, was recorded at the Online Educa conference in Berlin and focuses on Generative AI. Since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, the learning world has been mesmerized by the potential benefits and dangers of this new form of AI. Unlike other forms, it can be accessed by non-technical people, in natural language conversations. Donald and John explore its roots in neuro-biological research, as well as the learning theory underpinning Donald's belief that it is potentially the most powerful technology invented so far for learning.
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:00 - Introducing Generative AI
00:11:30 - Dialogue & Conversation
00:24:59 - Language & Learning
00:37:33 - Interface
00:51:31 - Engagement & Personalization
00:54:36 - Delivery of Learning
01:01:00 - Q&A
 
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We don't need no education? 
This episode explores the transformative ideas of three influential late 20th-century educational theorists. Each began with a flourishing career in teaching but ultimately left the classroom behind, driven by a growing disenchantment with the educational system. Their collective experiences culminated in an incisive critique of conventional schooling, sparking calls in some quarters for comprehensive educational reform. But compelling as their arguments were, did they achieve any enduring impact on the landscape of education?
00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:02 - Introducing Critics of Schools 00:09:09 - Ivan Illich (1926-2002) 00:28:47 - John Taylor Gatto (1935-2018) 00:42:59 - John Holt (1923-1985) 01:00:08 - Summing up The Blog that started it all: https://donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com/2021/09/these-were-written-as-quick-readable.html

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