Learning Machine

Alchemist Camp

I'm Mark. I taught over a thousand elementary school aged children during my 20s and I believe almost anything can be learned. Not only that, but it's fun! What's at the core of most games? It's acquiring and mastering a set of increasingly difficult skills.

  • 12 minutes 24 seconds
    S1E4 - Getting the most out of MOOCs

    Episode Notes

    In this episode Mark talks about the pluses and minuses of different MOOC platforms and how to choose the best one for your learning needs and goals.

    See: - Coursera - edX - Khan Academy - MIT Open Courseware

    7 March 2019, 3:04 am
  • 20 minutes 13 seconds
    S1E3 - Spaced Repetition Systems

    Episode Notes

    In this episode Mark talks about the forgetting curve, flashcards, Leitner Boxes, Supermemo, Anki, Quizlet and how to use them to learn and remember languages, mathematics, programming languages, geography or pretty much anything.

    Links

    12 February 2019, 12:03 pm
  • 5 minutes 23 seconds
    S1E2 - Engines vs Power-ups

    Episode Notes

    In this episode Mark talks about investing time (and money) into evergreen skills vs skills that won't be worth much in a few years.

    10 January 2019, 9:10 am
  • 5 minutes 30 seconds
    S1E1 - An experiment

    Episode Notes

    Alchemist.Camp has been running for a year and it's time for a new experiment.

    In this episode, Mark gives a brief introduction and shares his motivations and plans for this podcast.

    31 December 2018, 12:01 pm
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