A lightning talk about what a video game can teach us about learning and mastering our craft, whether it's software development or user experience.

1. The Pedagogy Of
What a video game can teach us about learning
Andrew Cox
@coxandrew
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2. NOT about
Gamification
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3. “Give me six hours to
chop down a tree and I
will spend the first four
sharpening the axe.”
Abraham Lincoln
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5. Real Time Strategy
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6. Balance of Macro and Micro
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7. The Chess of Our Time
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8. Whyhave to do with programming?
what does this
do I care?
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9. What do I need to know?
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10. What do I need to know?
How am I going to learn it?
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11. What do I need to know?
How am I going to learn it?
Am I getting any better?
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12. Learning Paths
Pedagogy
Metacognition
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13. Learning Paths
Pedagogy
Metacognition
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14. Learning
Paths
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16. it’s all about the
Fundamentals
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18. Pedagogy
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19. Watch
the Experts
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20. Practice
when it doesn’t count
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21. Compete
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22. Metacognition
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23. You know exactly where you stand
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24. .. and you know where you’ve been
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25. Code Reviews
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26. Code Reviews
Katas
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27. Code Reviews
Katas
Reading Code
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28. Code Reviews
Katas
Reading Code
Teaching
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30. Mentors Screencasts
Community of Practice
Performance Metrics
Intrinsic Motivation
Deliberate Practice
Coaching
Pair Gaming
Leveling Up
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31. Learning about Learning
• The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin
• Brain Rules by John Medina
• How People Learn from NAP (Free)
• Knowing what Students Know / Executive
Summary from NAP (Free)
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