Christopher Mong
Instructional designer. Professor. Technology guru.
Location West Lafayette, IN
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I know years ago when I was a younger student learning a new language that I didn't connect the language to a different culture. Even though we learned history or culture, it was very much within the confines of a classroom with individuals of a very homogenous background. While I knew I was learning language and customs used by real people, it didn't...
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Christopher Mong replied to Ruth S
Hi Ruth ... I had a similar experience when I started reflecting on this topic which I think is powerful. Working at a large university with a diverse population has both given me experiences to reflect on and opportunities to improve in the future.
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Christopher Mong replied to Aldo Phd
In the case of NZ, kiwi refers to a bird I believe
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Christopher Mong made a comment
Not to be controversial about the context, but I run into issues when issues seem politicized and also require substantial content knowledge. For example, "climate change" is often supported because "98% of scientists agree it's real." This is obviously an appeal to authority as a) not all scientists are knowledgeable about climate change and b) agreement...
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In your first examples ... can a policy be fallacious? There may be all kinds of arguments built on fallacies for these policies, but what does that mean about the policy itself? Not specifically referencing the context you have brought up, could there not be "good" policies enacted/supported for illogical reasons?
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Agreed it's a good example, but I think the "worthiness" of consequence is grounded in context. For example, a 5-minute time savings may not normally be "worth it" ... unless I'm otherwise going to be late for my wedding. So even though there may be diminishing returns, even a logical look at those returns may influenced by different factors.
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Christopher Mong made a comment
Perhaps the key to heuristics is not whether they are inherently good or bad, but rather that we understand when assumptions are begin made. With low stakes, wrong assumptions may do little but demonstrate our own biases. With large stakes, wrong assumptions may lead to harm. The trick may be that we are inherently not the best judge of our own biases.
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Christopher Mong made a comment
Hi everyone! My name is Chris and I work at a University as an instructional designer and a graduate instructor. I'm taking this course a) to learn about FutureLearn and b) to sharpen my thinking and reasoning skills.
