HeyJaredSecret Life of Learning
For quiet reformers asking what learning really is, how the system distorts it, and whether tech can support something better.
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The Job We’re Actually Doing (opens the original)
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The “Jobs To Be Done” framework is used to better position a product in the market. The core concept of the framework is that we “hire” products to get a specific “job” done. A “job” in this case helps the user solve a problem and/or make progress towards a goal. Those jobs may not always be obvious or even the main reason that product exists. That’s because people hire a product or practice to make progress within the circumstances they actually face.For example, take a meal-kit subscription, l
Read, Understand, Express Understanding (opens the original)
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Have you ever heard of a “quokka”? It is an animal that lives in Australia. More specifically it is a marsupial, which means that it has a pouch where it carries its babies until they are grown. Its diet consists of plants. Quokkas have brownish-gray fur, a rounded body, small ears, dark eyes, a short face, and a tail. Adult quokkas are small. They typically weigh between 6 and 9 pounds and they tend to be 16-21 inches long, not counting their tails, which can add another 9-12 inches. They have
The Person in the Middle (opens the original)
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When people ask what I do for work, my partner John tells them I’m a “transponster.” A more apt pop culture reference is that I have “people skills.”I have worked at an ed tech company for almost 8 years. A part of my work involves talking with clients to understand what they want to build and then writing that up for a developer. That developer then builds the thing described, and I work with the client to review and share any feedback for the developer to
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