Comments on: Fun, Hard Fun, & Engagement https://blog.learnlets.com/2018/12/fun-hard-fun-engagement/ Clark Quinn's learnings about learning Wed, 26 Dec 2018 17:23:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: Clark https://blog.learnlets.com/2018/12/fun-hard-fun-engagement/#comment-929776 Wed, 26 Dec 2018 17:23:23 +0000 https://blog.learnlets.com/?p=6717#comment-929776 In reply to Yishay Mor.

Yishay, absolutely. I took to the phrase the first time I heard it, and had heard it was attributed to Papert. AM pleased to see this confirmation.

]]> By: @urbie https://blog.learnlets.com/2018/12/fun-hard-fun-engagement/#comment-929625 Sun, 23 Dec 2018 02:54:50 +0000 https://blog.learnlets.com/?p=6717#comment-929625 I use fun in describing learning experience a lot. Usually it’s in tandem with engaging. I’ve had lots of people tell me that training can’t generally be thought of as fun. So maybe I’m using the wrong term.

I think this https://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/10-ways-prioritize-fun-learning/ describes what I mean when I say training should be fun on some level. Learning firefighting in the Navy was fun for me. There were numerous back-slaps and grins coming out of the 32nd Street (San Diego) fire spaces when we came out after having put out a JP4 (jet propellant) fire. I’m certain endorphins were popping all over.

Anyway, maybe the term fun is too simplistic. Good training experiences generate biological and emotional responses. They keep us coming back for more.

]]> By: Yishay Mor https://blog.learnlets.com/2018/12/fun-hard-fun-engagement/#comment-929579 Sat, 22 Dec 2018 11:08:52 +0000 https://blog.learnlets.com/?p=6717#comment-929579 Hi Clark,

I believe it was Symour Papert who first raised this argument – http://www.papert.org/articles/HardFun.html. When you say “hard fun”, is this what you have in mind?

Yishay

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