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About Manu

productive-failureMANU KAPUR developed the theory of Productive Failure and applies it in classrooms and workplaces around the world to transform learning and growth. He is a Professor of Learning Sciences and Higher Education at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and has spent the past two decades understanding the science of how people learn. His research has attracted substantial funding and media interest around the world, making him a sought-after keynote speaker, including two TEDx Talks. Manu has held prestigious visiting professorships and advisory roles globally, and his contributions extend across not only high-profile journals and conferences, but also impact educational policies and practices internationally.


Today We Talked About

  • Manu’s background
  • Failure
  • Future Learning Initiative
    • Science of Human Learning on multiple Levels
    • Apply the understandings and design for deep learning
  • Safely fail
  • Why wait for failure
  • Failure Zone… or Learning Zone?
  • How to learn from Failing
  • When Learning:
    • Activation
    • Awareness of what you know and don’t know (the gap)
    • Affect
    • Assemble
  • What is “Deep Learning?”
  • Why things didn’t work?
  • Contrast them with things that do work
  • Use Failure as a learning mechanism
  • Use Failure as a “Signal”
  • Use Failure as a feature of culture

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