I made a big omission earlier this week in my post about the blogs I regularly read. I forgot to mention Christian Long's blog Think:Lab. So often, I share common curiosity with the topics he covers in his blog. Today, his post "A school by any other name" sparked something in me. I have been…
Jane has done it again! She provided me with my morning dose of inspiration by linking us to a free e-book – Cappuccino U. As I have posted on recently (here and here), there is (to me anyway) a common thread connecting discussions about informal, networked, emergent, coproduced, dynamic (or whatever the word of the…
In this podcast, I contrast the experience of "learning" within a lecture based (tell me) setting to a guided (let me try) exploration. I argue that a well designed and facilitated guided exploration sets in motion the ultimate cycle of learning, creating and sharing. Links referenced in this podcast include: Trendwatching.com Trendwatching September 2006 Briefing…