Via my walking buddy come’s this week’s Monday Video (Thanks, C!). Brilliant guitar, hypnotic visuals and a stirring message. This video led me to explore more about Steve Ball and Airport Update. I am listening to a piece Ball composed for his daughter Sofie as I write this and I am transported. I have been … Continue reading Monday Video: Steve Ball
You may find this an odd post from me, but bear with me. There is a point. But it takes a bit of a twisty path. My friend Susan Partnow (of “Compassionate Listening” fame) passed along a note in an email list about a translation of the Christian “Lords Prayer” that struck me in a … Continue reading The Many Meanings of Our Words
This morning at the ungodly hour of 4:30 am PDT (GMT -7) I shared some of my ideas about connecting the formal learning in universities to the wider, networked world to a group of learning professionals at Tartu University, in Estonia. This was part of School – From Teaching Institution to Learning Space which took … Continue reading netWorked Learning:connecting formal learning to the world
This is the fifth in a series of blog posts I wrote for Darren Sidnick. I am finally getting the rest of the series up. Part 1, part 2, part 3,, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7 , part 8 , part 9 and part 1o are all here on the blog. Many people get worried about making sure their group is a CoP. They … Continue reading CoP Series #5: Is my community a community of practice?
This is the fourth in a series of blog posts I wrote for Darren Sidnick. I posted three last fall, then sort of forgot about the rest of the series. I’ll get the rest of them up over the next few weeks. Part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7 , part 8 , part 9 and part 1o are … Continue reading CoP Series #4: Practice Makes Perfect