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How to Manage Scale & Complexity Structured Thinking? Constructing simple models – simple graphical models – of your Thinking and Your Understanding? Employing a methodology and a tool [‘Frameworks’] to reduce scale and complexity to manageable proportions?Interdisciplinary Thinking; Interdisciplinary Doing Not computing science; not psychology and HCI; not design and UX; not just cognitive science? […]

The Education Domain Populated by Philosophers, Educational Thinkers, Academic Experts, Teachers, their Pupils and Parents The UK Government Curriculum and Assessment Review 2025see: https://global.oup.com/education/content/curriculum-review/?region=uk With focus in reading and oracy as foundational skills. The Curriculum and Assessment Review Report states that the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) necessitates greater media literacy and critical thinking. The […]

How do people – how do we – think? How should think? When discussing “capabilities and skills” in an educational context (and what we should teach the next generation; and what children and young adults should learn in preparation for the real world, of work) – both “analysing” and “critical thinking” figure. ‘Frameworks’ is about […]

‘Frameworks’ on The Magic Browser TO STRUCTURE INFORMATION TO UNDERSTAND A SYSTEM DOMAIN TO REPRESENT THE SYSTEM DOMAIN TO REPRESENT UNDERSTANDING TO REPRESENT THINKING TO LEARN ABOUT A SYSTEM DOMAIN MODELS INFORMATION MODELS MODELS OF THINKING MODELS OF UNDERSTANDING INTERFACES TO THINKING AND UNDERSTANDING A SIMPLE HIERARCHICAL MODEL [Entry-Level] [Intermediate] [Advanced] Entry-Level Foundational Introductory Preparatory […]

Structured & Independent Thinking What may be regarded as “normal” one minute was part of a (technological) revolution yesterday and may not have existed last week. Social Media – in its various and evolving formats – is having profound and disturbing effects on our children. How do we protect our children from the current online […]

THE ENGINEERED COMPUTING MACHINE THE HUMAN COGNITIVE SYSTEM THE INTERFACE [HANDLE] INTERFACES ACCESS HANDLES, MENUS & BUTTONS ACCESS TO KEY INFORMATION: INFORMATION MODELS THE MODEL IS THE INTERFACE

Models Simple graphical models constructed by the “Thinker Modeller” to represent Thinking. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT SPECIFY & NAME YOUR FOCUS SPECIFY & NAME THE CONTEXT THEN ELABORATE A MODEL IN THIS FRAMED & RULE-BASED SPACE MODELLING THE SMALLEST NUMBER OF KEY ELEMENTS (CATEGORIES) LINKED INTO A SIMPLE MEANINGFUL HIERARCHICAL MODEL

Schemata, Maps “Schema” comes from the Greek word schēmat or schēma, meaning “figure”. A diagrammatic representation. Broadly: a structured framework or plan: outline A mental structure of preconceived ideas, a framework representing some aspect of the world, or a system of organizing and perceiving new information such as a mental schema or conceptual model. Examples […]

The Digital World Computing MachinesMainframe Computers Analogue Valves Mainframe Computers Digital Personal Computors Workstations Desktop Mobile Tablet Mobile Phone Networks The Internet The World Wide Web Consumer Sites Stuff OnLine Virtual Reality Machine Learning Social Media People Manipulation Algorithms People Adaptive Algorithms INFORMATION Information Chaos Disinformation Information Modelling Tools

“The Paraphernalia of It All”Frank Zappa [will someone prove that I am not imagining all this or am actually all on my own][Remind me which track from which album?] The Paraphernalia The Idea is that the Gadgets (here, the tools, productivity, creativity) can get in the way, and be a bit of a barrier. Really?Yes […]