AshwinV comments on Build Small Skills in the Right Order - Less Wrong

90 Post author: lukeprog 17 April 2011 11:01PM

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Comment author: AshwinV 11 July 2014 04:04:08AM 0 points [-]

A question: Is 'Immersion Learning' a term that you have coined? If not, does this have anything to do with Luis Von Ahn's immersion concept on duolingo?

Comment author: Jordan 11 July 2014 09:12:35PM 0 points [-]

Ah, I should have guessed that 'Immersion Learning' had been co-opted a few times before. My above use is my own coinage. By it I just mean jumping in and being exposed to everything you can and letting your brain sort it out, rather than methodically building a cathedral of understanding, one block at a time.

Comment author: [deleted] 11 July 2014 04:55:40AM *  0 points [-]

Maybe he coined it, but it's not new:

http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/

(Just pointing out one popular example of immersion learning.)