February 2009

Facing Up to All There Is to Learn

February 26, 2009

I had the pleasure recently of seeing Dan Roam speak at a conference. Dan wrote Back of the Napkin – one of the many books on my long list of wanna-reads – and his basic concepts are that (a) the person or organization that can best described a problem is most likely to solve it [...]

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Ruby’s Bequest – Future of Caring in the U.S.

February 18, 2009

“Don’t search for Deepwell on any map: you won’t find it. The town, its residents and Ruby’s unusual bequest are all part of a unique immersive experience in which thousands of people will help forecast the future of caring in the United States.” That’s from the FAQ for Ruby’s Bequest, a new alternate reality game [...]

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Taking Note(s)

February 17, 2009

A while back I was flying from the east coast to the west coast and decided that to educate and entertain myself along the way I would download a few TED presentations to my iPod. I did so, and I watched talks by Clay Shirky, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, and Yochai Benkler. Very enjoyable. Very edifying. A [...]

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The Famous Self-Educated

February 10, 2009

All of the comparisons between Abraham Lincoln and Barak Obama lately have gotten me thinking about a significant difference between the two: Lincoln was largely self-educated; Obama, with his degrees from Columbia University and Harvard Law School, most certainly was not. I’ve also been watching the excellent HBO mini-series on John Adams recently (based on [...]

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Podcast: Lifelong Learning With Bill Draves

February 5, 2009

I recently caught up with Bill Draves, co-founder of the Learning Resources Network (LERN) to discuss his perspectives on lifelong learning in a 2.0 world. Aside from serving as the president of LERN, Bill is the author of Teaching Online and of How to Teach Adults – which I believe has sold north of 100,000 [...]

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