or: How to write good learning material? Presented on April 1st, 2014, at Write the Docs EU 2014 in Budapest, Hungary.

1. Self-Directed Learning
Material
or: How to write good learning material?
Robert Lehmann
robert@opentechschool.org

2. ed-tech
amnesia
Audrey Watters: "The Audrey Test": Or, What Should Every Techie Know About Education?
http://hackeducation.com/2012/03/17/what-every-techie-should-know-about-education/

3. We don’t know shit.We don’t know shit.
Disclaimer

4. I don’t know shit.I don’t know shit.
Disclaimer

5. Bloom’s taxonomy
Constructivism
peer instruction
project-based learning
extrinsic motivation
Common Core
Self-Efficacy
K-12 education
failure narrative
drama in education
standardized testing
I don’t know shit.I don’t know shit.
Bloom’s taxonomy
Constructivism
peer instruction
project-based learning
extrinsic motivation
Common Core
Self-Efficacy
K-12 education
failure narrative
drama in education
standardized testingDisclaimer

6. I don’t know shit.I don’t know shit.
Disclaimer

7. OpenTechSchool

8. programming workshops
collaborative writing ◾ hands-on coaching

9. © 2010 by A. T. Bens, http://www.flickr.com/photos/atibens/4540901473/
collaborate

11. tutorials
references© http://blogbr.ecglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/mortal-kombat-vs-street-fighter.jpg

12. In the end,
we’re not building a slideshow,
we’re teaching them Javascript.
In the end,
we’re not building a slideshow,
we’re teaching them Javascript.
© 2009 by Brant Wilson, http://lostandtaken.com/blog/2009/2/9/24-ripped-paper-textures-for-web-design.html
— Tiffany Conroy about Javascript for Absolute Beginners

14. The with construct
is the preferred way of
reading and writing files.
The with construct
is the preferred way of
reading and writing files.
© 2009 by Brant Wilson, http://lostandtaken.com/blog/2009/2/9/24-ripped-paper-textures-for-web-design.html
— Jonathan Whitmore on Data Processing with Python, #6

18. system images

19. © 2008 by Nic McPee, http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/2756494307/
write

21. small increments
copy paste
achieve it
believe it

24. Draw a rectangle.

25. turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
Draw a rectangle.

26. Draw a rectangle.
Draw three rectangles.
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)

27. turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
Draw a rectangle.
Draw three rectangles.
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)

28. turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
Draw a rectangle.
Draw three rectangles.
Make the rectangles twice as large.
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)

29. for i in range(3):
for j in range(4):
turtle.forward(50)
turtle.right(90)
Draw a rectangle.
Draw three rectangles.
Make the rectangles twice as large.

32. translate
© 2009 by Elisabeth Skene, http://www.flickr.com/photos/skene/3874882162/

34. remember this talk:

35. one of the coolest
successes we've had
is getting translations from others …
e.g, the Spanish translation … was
given to us almost out of the blue
one of the coolest
successes we've had
is getting translations from others …
e.g, the Spanish translation … was
given to us almost out of the blue
© 2009 by Brant Wilson, http://lostandtaken.com/blog/2009/2/9/24-ripped-paper-textures-for-web-design.html
— Matthew Iversen about using Transifex for Python for beginners

36. :role:'text'
makes little Sphinx cry

37. ‫ﻓﮭم‬

38. teach

39. © 2009 by Christy Jesse, http://walen.se/sprites/?level=picture&id=964

41. this is not a
burning pear

43. http://opentechschool.github.io/⏎
slides/presentations/coaching/
thanks to Matthew Iversen, Tiffany Conroy, Fabian Fabian, and Andreas Hug for their input
use Sphinx
more of these events!
don’t teach dogmatically
goals & non-goals
feel the pain
coaching guidelines
Robert Lehmann: Self-Directed Learning Material
@rlehmann robertlehmann.de slides.opentechschool.org
hands-on