Comments on: Independent Learning Always Trumps Institutional Education http://thefuturebuzz.com/2008/12/15/independent-learning-trumps-institutional-learning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=independent-learning-trumps-institutional-learning Adam Singer on digital marketing and online PR Tue, 22 May 2012 06:26:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Adam Singer http://thefuturebuzz.com/2008/12/15/independent-learning-trumps-institutional-learning/#comment-22193 Adam Singer Fri, 26 Dec 2008 02:06:44 +0000 http://thefuturebuzz.com/?p=924#comment-22193 @Joy-Mari - What I mean by this, is you don't grade yourself during independent learning, you play, experiment, fail and learn. A quick example -- I taught myself how to write music in this way. I wrote a lot of noise before I was able to create something aurally pleasing. I failed a lot and deleted a lot before I was able to create something worth sharing. @Joy-Mari – What I mean by this, is you don’t grade yourself during independent learning, you play, experiment, fail and learn. A quick example — I taught myself how to write music in this way. I wrote a lot of noise before I was able to create something aurally pleasing. I failed a lot and deleted a lot before I was able to create something worth sharing.

]]> By: Joy-Mari http://thefuturebuzz.com/2008/12/15/independent-learning-trumps-institutional-learning/#comment-22190 Joy-Mari Thu, 25 Dec 2008 07:01:26 +0000 http://thefuturebuzz.com/?p=924#comment-22190 "In fact, independent learning is all about failing like crazy until you find the right path" Could you please explain this more and show examples? “In fact, independent learning is all about failing like crazy until you find the right path”

Could you please explain this more and show examples?

]]> By: Detrus http://thefuturebuzz.com/2008/12/15/independent-learning-trumps-institutional-learning/#comment-22189 Detrus Thu, 25 Dec 2008 04:04:47 +0000 http://thefuturebuzz.com/?p=924#comment-22189 Institutions don't use any magic new learning techniques. They use methods developed to educate very large numbers of people, because at the start of industrialization only the elite were educated in small groups by dedicated tutors. Something bigger was needed. Of course learning something on your own will beat that mass teaching method. That doesn't mean the information the institutions try to teach would be less interesting if it was presented in a way that was customized for each student. Unfortunately the information is rarely presented in the right ways and most people don't give it a second chance. Institutions don’t use any magic new learning techniques. They use methods developed to educate very large numbers of people, because at the start of industrialization only the elite were educated in small groups by dedicated tutors. Something bigger was needed. Of course learning something on your own will beat that mass teaching method.

That doesn’t mean the information the institutions try to teach would be less interesting if it was presented in a way that was customized for each student. Unfortunately the information is rarely presented in the right ways and most people don’t give it a second chance.

]]> By: Adam Singer http://thefuturebuzz.com/2008/12/15/independent-learning-trumps-institutional-learning/#comment-22124 Adam Singer Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:09:36 +0000 http://thefuturebuzz.com/?p=924#comment-22124 @Eric - thanks, I will! @Ed - glad you agree. @Mario - definitely it depends on area of focus, you're right on that. school may matter more for highly technical areas, but for things that are more abstract/creative it matters far less @Rich - yes it definitely helps, it is part of the system and i have a degree for this reason. if it wasn't so vital i may have skipped it and studied independently (i was doing this during school anyway and would have loved to focus all my time to independent studies). @Eric – thanks, I will!

@Ed – glad you agree.

@Mario – definitely it depends on area of focus, you’re right on that. school may matter more for highly technical areas, but for things that are more abstract/creative it matters far less

@Rich – yes it definitely helps, it is part of the system and i have a degree for this reason. if it wasn’t so vital i may have skipped it and studied independently (i was doing this during school anyway and would have loved to focus all my time to independent studies).

]]> By: Rich Glass http://thefuturebuzz.com/2008/12/15/independent-learning-trumps-institutional-learning/#comment-22123 Rich Glass Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:58:24 +0000 http://thefuturebuzz.com/?p=924#comment-22123 I have been saying this for years, I know MANY people with degrees that Don't use them. Having said that, I do believe that if you are a W-2 person you have a better chance of landing a career if you have a degree. I have been saying this for years, I know MANY people with degrees that Don’t use them. Having said that, I do believe that if you are a W-2 person you have a better chance of landing a career if you have a degree.

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