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I’ve got a PhD in Computer Science: How come I can’t get this dratted gizmo to work?

I’ve got a PhD in Computer Science: How come I can’t get this dratted gizmo to work?. Michael Twidale GSLIS. Computational Metacognition. Thinking about your own thinking Supporting reflection How do I go about learning a new gadget? Are there better ways? What do other people do?

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I’ve got a PhD in Computer Science: How come I can’t get this dratted gizmo to work?

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  1. I’ve got a PhD in Computer Science: How come I can’t get this dratted gizmo to work? Michael Twidale GSLIS

  2. Computational Metacognition • Thinking about your own thinking • Supporting reflection • How do I go about learning a new gadget? • Are there better ways? • What do other people do? • How come other people seem to learn faster? • Are they just smarter than me? • Is tech skill genetic? • Is it magic? • What do the people who are good at tech learning actually do? • Sit around and wait for a lightbulb to go off? • Something else?

  3. You will be doing tech learning, tech help and tech innovation – even if it isn’t officially your job • Learning tech yourself • Helping family members • Helping work colleagues • Public librarians helping patrons • Data curators helping scientists • Innovators in startups and established businesses • Advancing the service mission of your non-profit

  4. A Great iSchool Mission • People-Information-Technology • Shiny techie future building on centuries long philosophy of service • We have the intellectual resources AND the desire to help • It’s all about access • It’s often about search • Informal, individualized help and learning in places like libraries – but now in lots of places • Computational Metacognition: • Thinking about your tech learning • Learning how to learn tech better • Helping other people learn how to learn tech better

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