Rethinking Learning and Learning Spaces (Pt. 4 of 4): Rethinking With the...
Let’s take a quantum leap in rethinking what a learning space is. Without abandoning anything that is already effectively in place, let’s think beyond the physical classroom. Past the online learning...
View ArticleASTD International Conference 2012: Cliff Atkinson, the Backchannel, and Many...
I already had quite a few friends and colleagues in the world of training-teaching-learning a couple of weeks ago. Now the social fabric that sustains me has grown quite substantially. Let’s credit the...
View ArticleBuilding Abundant Communities (Part 2 of 4): Trainer-Teacher-Learners in Action
Trainer-teacher-learners, in spite of frequently citing a lack of funding and other resources as an impediment to success, are often extremely effective at creating and sustaining what John McKnight...
View Article#etmooc Tweet Chat: Navigating Streams and Rivers
Fascinated by and immersed in Twitter backchannels and tweet chats, I’ve recently been assisting learners in the latest offering of our ALA Editions Social Media Basics course as they explore live chat...
View Article#etmooc and #lrnchat: When Communities of Learning Discuss Community—and...
There was no need this week to read yet another book or article on how to effectively create and nurture great communities. Participating in live online sessions with colleagues in two wonderful...
View ArticleAcknowledging Connections, Community, and Learning through Connected Educator...
Celebrating Connected Educator Month, for those of us involved in training-teaching-learning, is a bit like celebrating the existence of air: connections pump life into much of what we do, yet we often...
View ArticleLightning Rounds in #lrnchat: Macho Tweet Chatting
Trainer-teacher-learners, as I noted while facetiously promoting a game called Speed PowerPointing a few years ago, have a magnificent ability to transform challenges into learning innovations. That...
View ArticleClark Quinn: Learning, Nomenclature, and Fomenting Revolution
Clark Quinn, a colleague through #lrnchat and ATD (the Association for Talent Development), is certainly not the first to say that he is mad as hell and to urge us to not take it anymore. Nor is he the...
View ArticleRethinking Digital Literacy: Collaboration, Experience, and Riding Digital Waves
There is no denying that playing and working in a variety of digital environments can sometimes feel akin to trying to drink out of a fire hose. There is also no denying that there’s another way to...
View ArticleAdapting to Change, Loss, and Possibilities: Rejoining Our Families
“Family,” for me, has always been an expansive term—one that has only taken on even more importance and meaning to me during what is now about to become a third month during which I am gladly...
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