Author Archives: llane
The (Other) Objective(s) of Education
The article we could read this week criticises our education system, saying it focuses on teaching instead of learning. I have to assume it is an excerpt from the book written by Dr. Ackoff and Mr. Greenberg (their book is … Continue reading
Presentation, practice, and pedagogy
(Yeah, well, you title it, then.) Our presentations yesterday in class featured my brave and wonderful fellow students Jamie Forrest and Angela Byrnes talking about professional development, and mentors Tania Sterling and Lyn Hilt talking about social media for teaching … Continue reading
The PLN thing has gotten out of hand
As I understand it, the idea of a Personal Learning Network is actually pretty simple: you find the tools you want to use to keep up on the things you’re interested in, and think about them in an integrated way. … Continue reading
Am I a sherpa?
Am I a sherpa? I have been looking at Dr Couros’ “sherpa model” (developed here and revisited here) as a metaphor. The larger issue, of course, is the role of the teacher in this “new world” of web technologies and … Continue reading
Just a quick rant, I promise
How is your weekend, Lisa? How’s the technology going? How’s it going with your project in that crazy online class you’re taking? Well, I’ll tell you. I had this great idea to create a survey for department chairs about how … Continue reading
Open Culture: Burke, Paine and Jaron Lanier
How things are envisioned is not always how they play out. We are in the middle of this internet revolution, trying to figure out how it’s going to go. I am reminded of the French Revolution (occupational hazard, I’m afraid). … Continue reading
Sharing
Just the title of Dean Shareski’s presentation, Sharing: The Moral Imperative, was enough to change my point of view. I never thought of sharing as an obligation — I do it “just in case” someone might want to use something. … Continue reading
I Hate(d) My Class Project
Ever have those times when you set stuff up and it doesn’t seem to be working? This time it wasn’t the technology — it was me. I really did intend to create something for my final project that would be … Continue reading
Excerpting Mr Robinson
I felt very lucky today to have been raised in a non-mashup culture as I listened to Sir Ken Robinson‘s excellent presentation on Changing Education Paradigms (no links yet — wait for it…). I first watched the RSA Animation of … Continue reading
So Karl Marx posted on my blog…
I posted on Michael Wesch, and within a couple of days he replied on my blog. The same with Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach. It’s exciting, and is supposed to show the power of open education. The implication is that this kind of … Continue reading
