Monday Video – Cognitive Bias VideoSong

YouTube – Cognitive Bias VideoSong. Brilliant! Thanks to Irene Guijt for pointing it out!

This video by Mr. Wray, hits the winner bell on two fronts. First, it is a great overview on cognitive bias and second, it is in the form of a song. This brings me back to university days where the only way I could hold all the organic chemistry details I needed for an exam was to put them to a song. I’d sit in the back of the exam room (as a “w” that was easy) and quietly hum to myself. Crazy, but it worked for me. Enjoy and thank you, Mr. Wray! Your Advanced Placement high school students are lucky to have you. (And the rest of your vids are also pretty cool!)

A Virtual Conversation Overheard

Via the folks at TrainingZone.co.uk I saw a link to this great video. As someone who often challenges people about the false dichotomy of “real” and “virtual” or “online,” this video gave me a good chuckle. But beyond the chuckle, it is a good reminder of the assumptions we carry into both what we design and how we choose to experience in an interaction with others, be it face to face or online.

What assumptions are you carrying?

Monday Video: What digital natives want from their library

YouTube – What digital natives want from their library. I have the current pleasure of working with librarians on a project, so when I saw this link on Twitter, I thought PERFECT! Not only an amazingly clever video for a conference opener, it also reminds us  of the world we live it – full of jargon, clever people and high expectations!