Learning is a complex phenomenon that defies easy definitions. But, hey, that doesn’t mean I’m not going to try.
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Getting there is half the fun.
portable learner
The continuing education of an educator in the net age
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Introducing the Book
What happens when you are a monk used to transcribing scrolls and you are faced with the new technology called “book”? Well, you call the help desk.
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The Audiocast Diaries
Government regulation of the radio industry heavily turned it into a one-way medium, controlling content, and limiting frequencies and ownership. Maybe this new technology [a convergence of podcasting, radio and mobile phones], which allows two-way communications, will change radio back to its origins of a two-way medium, as it was in Marconi’s day.
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The Changing Face of Workplace Learning
The future of workplace learning is mobile, and distributed mobile at that.
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Being an Unperson
“There is no such thing as a true unperson. An unperson is a ghost, a prejudice in people’s minds.” A beautiful and terrifying video of how we let people know they don’t matter by someone who clearly does.
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You don’t have to read a book to talk wisely about it
Distinguished professor of literature Pierre Bayard explains how to appear extremely well-read without turning a page.
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Shrinkwrap Licenses
Shrinkwrap and clickwrap agreements start with the phrase “READ CAREFULLY.” If you actually did this, you would discover these “agreements” make a mockery of the law and of the very idea of forming agreements.
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Tech Notes
Style Author Comments with WordPress Sandbox Theme
Sandbox theme for WordPress makes it easy to style author comments without the need for plugins or template modifications.
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Al Gore’s Foot Soldiers
Want to really send a message? Make a movie and train dozens to disseminate its message a la former US Vice President Al Gore’s 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth.
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Designing SOPs for Learners
Are you writing SOPs your staff can understand? This poster, presented at the AABB 2007 conference, offers evidence-based principles for designing standard operating procedures that support learning.