Monthly Archives: September 2020

WEET: Weekend Evening Talks ( with WhatsApp):  Since these are evening talks, the weekend is Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  For our lunch-time learning, the weekend is only Saturday and Sunday.  Friday evening talks are on Quantum phenomena. Saturday evening talks … Continue reading →

L2W2: Lunchtime learning with WhatsApp : Schedule of WhatsApp courses for October 2020:  For the Autonomous self learner track  Time slot for scheduled posts: 12noon to 1pm Monday 5th to Friday 9th : WLL01:  Learning with WhatsApp, other mobile Apps and … Continue reading →

Scheduled post no.4: What is complexity? In the year 2016, the World Economic Forum released a comparative chart of the 10 topmost skills of 2015 and 2020: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Top-10-Skills-in-2015-2020-Source-World-Economic-Forum_fig1_323994818 While there is some shuffling of the rank number of some skills ( … Continue reading →

What is Cassandra’s curse? Warnings, Warnings Everywhere: Why We Sometimes Ignore Looming Disasters. After a disaster happens, we want to know, could something have been done to avoid it? Did anyone see this coming? Many times, the answer is yes. … Continue reading →

What is a Faustian bargain? The legend of Faust is a thought-provoking tale from the middle ages, which has a surprising connection to our world today. The story is both inspiring and tragic at the same time. In one famous … Continue reading →

L2W2: Lunchtime learning with WhatsApp  Schedule of courses for September 2020:  Monday 7th to Friday 11th : WLL01:  Learning with WhatsApp, other mobile Apps and MOOCs Monday 14th to Friday 18th :Learning 321: Education in the 3rd decade of the 21st … Continue reading →