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The Learning Operating System of Learners Guild. Our applied game and player support.

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How many phases? How long? #8

Closed tannerwelsh closed 8 years ago

tannerwelsh commented 8 years ago

Answer: 8 phases, 5 weeks each

In total, that's 40 weeks (9.23 months)

tannerwelsh commented 8 years ago

I'm going to code the financial model over the T-giving break so adding a deadline here. For financial model purposes, I will plan on using 10 months (since I can only use months) and because I want to be conservative.

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commenter David Guendelman

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tannerwelsh commented 8 years ago

Another runner up is 8 phases, 5 weeks each.

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commenter Shereef Bishay

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tannerwelsh commented 8 years ago

https://app.asana.com/0/56975740003731/56975740003731 can you please weigh in on this

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tannerwelsh commented 8 years ago

I have a slight preference for 8 * 5 = 40 weeks. Here's what I find appealing:

quicker experimentation timeline (curriculum, software, etc.)
from a "gamification" perspective, leveling-up 7 times is more exciting than leveling-up 5 times
leaves 2 additional weeks free (for partners to do whatever needs doing)
(minor) 8 * 5 seems "rounder" than 6 * 7, and is more easily factored (quarters, half-years, etc.)
(very minor) potential marketing opportunity around "gestation" period of an apprentice (sorry, baby on the brain)

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commenter Jeffrey Wescott

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tannerwelsh commented 8 years ago

Current runner up is 10 phases 4 weeks.

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commenter Shereef Bishay

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tannerwelsh commented 8 years ago

through a financial lens, this seems like a question that could be answered with multiple regression balanced with our institutional knowledge of the time it takes to train.

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commenter Matthew Lee

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tannerwelsh commented 8 years ago

I'm good with the current resolution of 8x5. Now if we can get to solid resolution on the fundamental learning unit then we can scope the entirety of the curriculum. It will be 8x5x (number of learning units in a week). If number of learning units in a week = 32 for example, we'd have 8x5x32 = 1280. Super excited to see what people can learn/accomplish in 1280 focused hours!

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commenter Adam Lupu

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tannerwelsh commented 8 years ago

With the proposed learning unit of an ability/capability being 10 hours (proposed here: https://app.asana.com/0/65008939926511/70129527460707), and there being 40 dedicated learning hours per week, that's 8x5x40 / 10 = 160 learning units.

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commenter Tanner Welsh

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