Ideas, Learning & Language

Ideas & learning (other)

Ideas & learning (other) sits within Ideas, Learning & Language. Compare ways of explaining, questioning, and communicating ideas across different subjects and traditions. This selection contains 17 catalog videos from 4 distinct channels. The examples below offer specific entry points into the subject, with their own vocabulary and scope, rather than a prescribed sequence of lessons.

Recurring catalog topics include ted, ted talk, creativity, cgp grey, psychology and addresses. These tags describe overlapping directions within the collection; an individual video may connect several of them. Recorded formats include explainer, talk and tutorial. Use those differences to choose between approaches to the subject and to compare how different contributors frame related questions.

“Massive-scale online collaboration | Luis von Ahn”, listed under TED, is cataloged as talk. Luis von Ahn, creator of CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA, explains how small contributions from many people online can digitize books. He then introduces Duolingo as a way to translate the web while people…

“Your Post Code Is the Directions, Not the Destination”, listed under CGP Grey, is cataloged as explainer. CGP Grey explains that postal codes are routing instructions for mail rather than geographic regions. He looks at the quirks and problems this causes.