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Learning

Definition: Learning

Learning

Noun

1. The cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language".

2. Profound knowledge.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Date "learning" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Note: Learning \Learn"ing\, noun. [Anglo-Saxon leornung.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: Learning

Domain	Definition
Satire	LEARNING, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
Computing	Finding the right connection strength so that the right pattern of activation will be produced under the right circumstances. Source: European Union. (references)
Dream Interpretation	To dream of learning, denotes that you will take great interest in acquiring knowledge, and if you are economical of your time, you will advance far into the literary world. To enter halls, or places of learning, denotes rise from obscurity, and finance will be a congenial adherent. To see learned men, foretells that your companions will be interesting and prominent. For a woman to dream that she is associated in any way with learned people, she will be ambitious and excel in her endeavors to rise into prominence. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Education	Any improvement in behaviour, information, knowledge, understanding, attitude, values or skills. Source: European Union. (references)
Medicine	Is a process that takes place within the trainee. It may be the result of the application of training. . Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Specialty Definition: Learning

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

We are all learning throughout our lives, both explicit facts and the sort of experiential learning that comes from repetition. Education is the conscious attempt to promote learning in others. There are countless theories, sub-categories, in regard to learning. Here are a few:

Learning theory
Organizational learning
Observational learning
Language education
Learning music by ear
Formulating knowledge for learning
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Learning."

Learning theory (education)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In education and psychology, learning theories help us understand the process of learning. There are basically two perspectives in learning theories.
One takes the learning process as a personal endeavour, where we learn internalising concepts, rules and general principles. After we have internalised a specific knowledge then it is supposed that we will be able to apply it in different contexts. This does not want to say that the context will not give some shape to the concepts learned before, but the basic content of it will not change. This generally held as the cognitivist theory of education.
The other perspective takes the context as generative of what can be learned. In this sense we learn when we get involved in the activities of a community (something that has been called Communities of Practice) and then develop an identity in the specific community. This the behaviorist theory of education, grounded on the seminal works of B._F._Skinner and Ivan Pavlov, both scientists are well known for their studies in animal behavior. It can be said that the behaviorist theory of education is by far the most commonly practiced because the behaviors of the learners can be easily viewed and therefore measured, a basic premise in the scientific method.
About accelerating the learning process:
mnemonic techniques: mind mapping, peg lists, loci
formulating knowledge for learning
spaced repetition
incremental reading

About the mechanisms of memory and learning:
neural networks in the brain (see also: neural networks)
synapse
hippocampus vs. neocortex
sleep and learning
memory consolidation
short-term memory vs. working memory
long-term memory
declarative memory vs. procedural memory
molecular mechanisms of memory

See also:
Instructional theory
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Learning theory (education)."

Machine learning

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Machine learning is an area of artificial intelligence involving developing techniques to allow computers to "learn". More specifically, machine learning is a method for creating computer programs by the analysis of data sets, rather than the intuition of engineers.
Machine learning algorithms are organized into a taxonomy, based on the desired outcome of the algorithm. Common algorithm types include:

supervised learning --- where the algorithm generates a function that maps inputs to desired outputs.
unsupervised learning --- where the algorithm generates a model for a set of inputs.
reinforcement learning --- where the algorithm learns a policy of how to act given an observation of the world.
learning to learn --- where the algorithm learns its own inductive bias based on previous experience.

The analysis of machine learning algorithms is a branch of statistics known as learning theory.

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