A Cure for Reflection Deficit Disorder

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The formal structures supporting education haven't changed appreciably in the past several decades. The world continues to move at a dizzying pace and knowledge & information are created faster than ever. Aggregators like search engines and social filters allow for self discovery, autodidacta, and expansive learning beyond the confines of any static medium that preceded the world wide web. Unfortunately, these tools have created a host of other problems including perverse self-filtering, misinformation, and the quandary of distinguishing signal from profuse noise. This talk will share original research from the IIT Institute of Design on homeschoolers, adults in macrobiotic cooking groups, scrapbookers, and girl scouts. I will define what we term as "reflection deficit disorder," an inability to reflect on multiple interests, vocations and hobbies in their whole, and why this is a problem.

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FINDINGA CURE FORREFLECTIONDEFICITDISORDER.

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We spent years researching what it means to grow up

and learn in the new world of digital media, run by

social media like facebook and twitter.

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We’ve identified five imminent challenges in the world of informal learning.

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Who can make sense of all of

THIS STUFF?

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... a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention

and a need to allocate that attention efficiently...“

HERBERT SIMON

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...curatorship, the next big job of the century“ ”

BRIAN ENO

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People don’t know how they

LEARN BEST

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How do you proe that you’ve

LEARNED SOMETHING?

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Most of the time, facts are transferred

JUST IN CASE

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Informal learning lacks necessary

REFLECTION

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... yet people suffer from reflection deficit disorder.

An abundance of tools serves these functions...

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What’s the cure for reflection deficit disorder?

You’re going to have to pick this panel to find out :-)

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Teaser slides for SXSW2012Ash Bhoopathy is on the research faculty of the IIT Institute of Design in Chicago. He has worked in healthcare informatics before becoming interested in the world of informal learning, digital media, and disruptive innovation in educational models. He is the cofounder and Chief Product officer at BetterAt. He blogs at yakshaving.net.

The D-learn lab at the IIT Institute of Design focuses on the intersection of Design and Learning in Digital Media.

A gracious thank you to the content contributors from Flickr (sourced) whose work is used in this document.