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ELC 064: How to Create Meaning From A Torrent of Information

A Conversation with Karl Fast

by Connie Malamed

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How to Create Meaning From a Torrent of Information

 

Every day, we engage in sense-making from a torrent of information. And we attempt to help others construct meaning in the learning experiences we design and provide. But what if we had a better understanding of how people create meaning as they interact with the world? Would that make you better at what you do? In this episode, I speak with Karl Fast, coauthor of Figure It Out: Getting from Information to Understanding.

Figure It OutKarl helps people think well in a world jam-packed with information. He has worked on complex information problems across startups, space science, intranets, education, and the Fortune 500. He holds a PhD in information science and is a former professor of User Experience Design. As a writer, he explores how information shapes the human experience.

WE DISCUSS:
  • What the book covers: associations, external representations, interactions and coordinating for understanding
  • Benefits to thinking of information as raw material
  • The meaning of understanding
  • How the science of mind is evolving: behaviorism, computational model, embodied cognition
  • Evidence of the deep connection between mind, body and the world
  • Difference between pragmatic and epistemic actions
  • A taxonomy of actions that help us figure it out
  • Coordinating it all for better understanding

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TIME: 44 minutes

RESOURCES:

  • Figure It Out: Getting from Information to Understanding by Stephen P. Anderson and Karl Fast
  • More about Karl Fast
  • Twitter: @karlfast
  • How the Mind Works by Stephen Pinker
  • Liquid Text
  • Ikea Hackers 🙂

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