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University of California Television (UCTV) is making a host of videos available on its website during this period of social distancing. Among them, with descriptions courtesy of UCTV (text written by UCTV staff):
“How We Learn Vs. How We Think We Learn”: There are negative associations with the word “forget,” and we often envision ourselves as striving not to forget things. But according to Robert Bjork, Distinguished Research Professor in the UCLA Department of Psychology, forgetting is actually an important component of learning and memory. In his words, “Forgetting, rather than undoing learning, enables learning and focuses remembering.” Bjork maintains that humans misunderstand our system of remembering and forgetting as it relates to learning. Consequently, the decisions we make about managing our own learning are not optimal. Additionally, we grapple with societal assumptions and attitudes that actually reinforce behaviors counterproductiv
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“So I told him, Look, we could study just you, but guess what? We re just going to show a lot of failure, despair. That’s what happens,’” Beane recalled. “‘If, however, we could enroll four companies like you and get all of you to donate deployment sites, we might find the positive needles in the negative haystack.’”
It was an intriguing proposal, even though the company might be aiding its competition. The CEO decided to broach the topic with leaders of several other firms in the industry. So far, eight companies commercializing AI-enabled robotics in pick-and-pack enterprises have partnered with Beane under a non-disclosure agreement, offering the researchers detailed access to their, and their customers,’ operations.
MIT Sloan alumnus Matt Beane and Mitsui Career Development Professor and assistant professor
Jackson Lu were named to the 2021 Thinkers50 Radar list on Jan. 21. The list features management thinkers expected to make an impact in the coming year.
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Matt Beane: Working with intelligent machines
Thinkers50 describes Beane as a “leading researcher on better working relationships with robots.” His research explores what advances in robotics mean for managers and the workplace, including recent papers on knowledge management for collaborative robots and what robotic surgery can teach us about “shadow learning” when approved methods for learning and training fail.