The old blog has been silent lately. It is because I am stuck – driven to distraction, so to speak. Looking back at recent blog posts, I see that I am clearly trying to crack a shared code within seemingly separate and distinct learning and instructional theories. After reading and hearing my ramblings about dynamic,…
Add to my mixed bag of ideas this paper #92: Learning Networks and Connective Knowledge by Stephen Downes that is the subject of discussion this week on IT Forum and addressed in this recorded presentation. Interesting to consider both the common and divergent themes . . . technorati tags:learning
With 3 weeks left in a 13 week summer term, I don’t have time to fully ponder the title of this post. However, JT on her Online Learning Blog got my neurons scrambling a week or so ago and I think this is an issue that needs much more of my attention. When I first…
Here is my most recent shot at assessing my personal theory of learning and instruction (in IU P540) . . . it will be interesting to see how this morphs over time . . . To begin, I am miles away from where I was when I answered this question at the beginning of this…
This morning, I was asked to contemplate a positive role model. I thought I’d share my observations. In a prior job, I used to comment that my boss was a “Teflon Don” – nothing bad would stick to him (and I mean that in the most positive light) and he could get away with things…
Seems everyone is posting about this Crash Course in Learning Theory post.