Obsessed With Learning
4 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago -Obsessed With Learning (OWL) is a podcast focused on learning about learning. Join Cassidy Gagnon as he observes and explores topics that we face today as learners and students, whilst using the lenses of psychology, history, culture, pedagogy, and adult education. And remember: live and let learn.
Twitter: @cassidygagnon
Reddit: r/obsessedwithlearning
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OWL 3 - Fake News
November 20, 2019 22:39 - 40 minutes - 29 MBEXTRA EXTRA, LISTEN ALL ABOUT IT! Fake news is the headline of today’s episode, and the content we go into covers the human brain and heuristics, the history of false information, and of course, fake news. Get it hot off the press! Twitter: @cassidygagnon Reddit: r/obsessedwithlearning Edited by: Sydney Fleming-White References News Use Across Social Media Platforms 2016 by Jeffrey Gottfried and Elisa Shearer of Pew Research Centre The Long and Brutal History of...
OWL 2 - Pedagogy
October 07, 2019 22:53 - 24 minutes - 17.7 MBToday on OWL, we look at one of the most often talked about and least understood terms in education: pedagogy. Join Cassidy as we discuss the origins of pedagogy, how it has been implemented in different parts of the world, how it is used today in the classroom and in educational discussion. We also learn as well that taxing beards sometimes has the opposite effect of what you want, and some background information on one of progressive rocks most famous songs. Twitter: @cassidygagnon ...
OWL 1 - Long-Term Memory
September 06, 2019 18:17 - 43 minutes - 30.8 MBOn this first episode of Obsessed With Learning, we take a look at the backbone of learning: memory. This first part of three in discussing the large field of memory goes into long-term memory, the fundamentals of memory study, its roots in Ancient Greece with various philosophers, forgetting, and strategies to use your memory more effectively. Twitter: @cassidygagnon Reddit: r/obsessedwithlearning Edited by: Marie Williams-Gagnon & Sydney Fleming-White References ...
Welcome to Obsessed With Learning!
August 12, 2019 22:44 - 1 minute - 3.05 MBObsessed With Learning (OWL) is a podcast focused on learning about learning. Join Cassidy Gagnon as he observes and explores topics that we face today as learners, whilst using the lenses of psychology, history, culture, pedagogy, and adult education. And remember: live and let learn. Music by Moroza Knozova from Fugue Twitter: @cassidygagnon Reddit: r/obsessedwithlearning