Media Lab: The Cognitive Limit of Organizations

This is a slide that I got from Cesar Hidalgo. He used this slide to explain a concept that I think is key to the way we think about how the Media Lab is evolving. The vertical axis of this slide represents the total stock of information in the world. In the early days, life was simple. At some point, however, the amount of knowledge required to make things began to exceed the cognitive limit of a single human being. When the Media Lab was founded 25 years ago, many products were still single-company products and most, if not all, of the intellectual property was contained in a single company. In a world in which implementing the next generation of ideas will increasingly require pulling resources from different organizations, barriers to collaboration will be a crucial constraint limiting the development of firms. The Media Lab and its members need to adapt to this world by focusing on creating a platform that can help all of us navigate this new landscape.

change.mooc.ca What I Learned Watching 150 Hours of TED Talks - Carmine Gallo by Carmine Gallo | 11:00 AM April 11, 2014 What makes for a great presentation — the kind that compels people’s attention and calls them to action? TED talks have certainly set a benchmark in recent years: HBR even asked Chris Anderson, the group’s founder, to offer lessons drawn from the three decades he’s run TED’s signature events in an article published last summer. But experience and intuition are one thing; data and analysis are another. Use emotion. I divided the content of his talk into Aristotle’s three areas of persuasion. Stories that trigger emotion are the ones that best inform, illuminate, inspire, and move people to action. Be novel. In his 2009 TED presentation on the impact of malaria in African countries, Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates shocked his audience when he opened a jar of mosquitoes in the middle of his talk. As neuroscientist Dr. Emphasize the visual.

Esther Wojcicki: Finding Open Education Resources (OER), Some New Search Options One very useful tool for all educators is the Open Courseware Consortium search engine that allows users to search for Open Education Resources (OER) at the university level easily. If you are a K-12 educator or parent, here is a very useful search engine for K-12 OER materials. Easily is the key because frequently resources that seem to be open are not Creative Commons licensed and cannot remixed or shared. Thus, a teacher can use the resource but not modify it to meet their individual student needs or share it. Easily also means you can find them easily. It is really easy to add this search engine to your blog or webpage. The beauty of Creative Commons licensing is that it promotes sharing and enables individualizing instruction. Here are a few selected open websites licensed with Creative Commons licenses allowing for sharing and remixing, essential for individualizing instruction in the classroom. Khan Academy MIT Open CourseWare Stanford Engineering Everywhere Open Yale Courses Wikiversity

Le Co-Lab | Coopération, co-opétition, collaboration, co-opportunité, économie collaborative, co-management, Co-Révolution… KesaCO? Project of How → Methods Feedback Group members Time available Categories Select ideas1-8 people5-15 min Generate ideas1-30 people2-60 min Exercises, Generate ideas1-4 people5-20 min Generate ideas1-4 people10-30 min Generate ideas2-6 people20-60 min Exercises, Generate ideas, Group dynamics30-45 min Exercises, Generate ideas, Structure projects2-6 people20-120 min Exercises, Generate ideas4-40 people15-60 min Generate ideas, Select ideas1-10 people10-30 min Exercises, Generate ideas2-1000 people Exercises, Group dynamics4-40 people10-60 min Exercises, Group dynamics4-40 people10-90 min Exercises, Group dynamics3-10 people30-90 min Group dynamics2-12 people20-60 min Generate ideas, Structure projects1-12 people15-45 min Generate ideas, Group dynamics1-20 people1-500 min Exercises, Generate ideas1-6 people10-30 min Exercises, Generate ideas2-15 people5-25 min Generate ideas1-15 people10-30 min