TNP Part VI Previous Post VII. Associationism: Cognitive Structures A. Objections to Associationism Above, I have outlined what I mean by associationism and sketched some objections. At the risk of repetition, I would now like to describe these objections in greater detail. By considering these obje...

TNP Part IV Previous Post V. Distributed Representation A. A First Glance at Distributed Representation Above, when discussing the "Jets and Sharks" example, I mentioned that the hidden units represent individual people. This representation occurs not in virtue of any property or characteristic of t...

TNP Part II Previous Post III. Three Objections to Empiricism A. Objections to Associationism There are three essential objections to empiricism. The first objection is that associative principles are not sufficiently powerful to explain human cognition. The second is that there is no means to disti...

Goodness knows, I don't want to cite Cracked as my source. My brother liked Cracked. I was always a Mad reader. He also liked Pepsi and CFGO in Ottawa. Myself, I was always a devotee of Coke and listened to CFRA. The originals. But sometimes you follow the leads wherever they take you. But let me di...

Outline * Participants: A note about the learners and educators involved. Who provided the solution, for whom? * Context: A note about the context, e.g. socio-economic conditions, geographical region, rural vs. urban, available internet access, ... * Solution: Please give details of the solution her...

Contributed to the UNESCO OER discussion list, February 16, 2009. I believe it would be worth a few words to describe a course run by George Siemens and I last fall. The course was titled 'Connectivism and Connective Knowledge'. It was offered through the University of Manitoba as a credit course, b...

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A new game by Professor Erno Rubik, inventor of the iconic Cube, is tipped to become a best-seller when it goes on sale later this year. The Rubik’s 360 is set to repeat the success of the maddening Cube, which became an overnight sensation almost three decades ago and remains the world’s fastes...

Our Community Center, "El Puente," is now open.  "El Puente" means "The Bridge."  It is our desire to be the bridge between the people of Mexico and Christ.  Through the community center, we are offering English classes with the plan to offer other types of services and classes as we grow.  Afte...

Once a month, our church, Iglesia Nuevo Nacimiento (New Birth Church), has an evangelistic movie night.  Please pray that we will reach more and more people for Christ via this form of outreach.  The attendance was small for this first time, but we know God can do amazing things and we expect more...