Category Archives: Responses
Notes on Nussbaum-Beach: Traits for Connected Learners
Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach presented for our class last Tuesday, and among the many informative slides was one that spoke to me especially: A number of people in the room picked up on “Persevance toward deep thought”, and that idea is striking. … Continue reading
Learning, Hype and Engagement
These are unfinished ideas – I keep writing notes on this subject in different ways, hoping something brilliant will come together… It’s becoming a prism through which I’m seeing this course, so I thought I should share it even in … Continue reading
Ideas on Community
I just this morning discovered Esko Kilpi, who made this comment [say! did you know the URL for an individual comment is right there in the date/time stamp? news to me!] on Jeff Jarvis’s BuzzMachine blog post: The publicness that … Continue reading
Semantic Web and Info Flow
In watching the Semantic Web video by katy ray, I had a flash of meta-cognition. The video was playing, and I was talking notes. The clips were organized a certain way, but I also wanted to learn about the people … Continue reading
Reactions to Michael Wesch videos
In The Machine is Changing Us, anthropologist Michael Wesch tried to show that new media could counter our society’s narcissistic trends and promote new ways for people to find their authentic selves. He claimed since we know ourselves through our … Continue reading
A possible response to Wiley/Hilton
I here present the following scenario as a partial counterpoint to Wiley and Hilton’s article Openness, Dynamic Specialization, and the Disaggregated Future of Higher Education (2009). After applying for admission to community college (which is open to all with a … Continue reading
