In which I ponder openly about the lack of professionally designed summer reading lists for bus commuters, and modestly propose such a list.
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Getting there is half the fun.
portable learner
The continuing education of an educator in the net age
- Just Packed
Field Notes
Learning by Observation
Parks Canada Visitor’s Guide to Gros Morne National Park makes a noteworthy connection between observing and learning in this list of Do’s for watching wild animals.
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Project Notes
Patterns for Complex Learning
The design patterns for lifelong learners, originally published on The Common Loon, are collected here in one place for convenience (and coherence).
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Field Notes
Rorschach Wilderness Blots
Among other things, an early morning canoe paddle in the still waters of Lac Taylor in Gatineau Park, Quebec last week reminded me just how mediated our experience of the world is.
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Field Notes
Hot Air Balloon Over Ottawa
Last week we experienced a hot air balloon ride that took us horizontally from Carleton University in Ottawa, across the Ottawa River to Aylmer in Quebec, and vertically through the troposphere to about 3,500 feet.
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Field Notes
Dispatch: On Sudoku, Engagement and Flow
In which I inquire about the informal learning strategies involved in solving Sudoku.
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Book Notes
Web-based Distance Education for Adults
Barbara A. DuCharme-Hansen and Pamela A. Dupin-Bryant’s Web-based Distance Education for Adults supports absolute novices making their first forays into web-based teaching.
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Half Notes
Rich Pictures
Rich pictures makes use of drawings or pictures to gather information about a complex situation.
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Don’t flame me, bro’
People can vastly overestimate their ability to communicate unambiguously by email. We find it hard to take another person’s perspective when communicating electronically. Even worse, our recipients tend to interpret emails more negatively than other forms of communication, making them even more likely to respond aggressively.
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Mapping Hacks
More of us are living in fundamentally mobile worlds; Mapping Hacks: Tips & Tools for Electronic Cartography helps add a geographically meaningful component to navigate this world that is intriguing to not only to hackers.