lifelong learning

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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7 LinkedIn Tactics for Lifelong Learning

October 21, 2008

People tend to view LinkedIn mainly as a tool for finding jobs – whether “job” means actual employment or your next sale. Given the importance of continually building your personal knowledge base, I’d argue it can also play a very important role in your lifelong learning mix. Give the following LinkedIn tips a try as [...]

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Five Themes for the Web 2.0 Learner

May 29, 2008

In my previous posting I mentioned that Mission to Learn turned one on May 15. As chance would have it, I spoke on a Web 2.0 panel that morning at the annual meeting of Medbiquitous, the organization that was the subject of my very first posting here on Mission to Learn. My topic for the [...]

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