Feb 25th, 2010
Think about *all* the implications that come from shifting our language from learn(ing) from to learn(ing) with. (and words matter, right David Jakes?) That’s the “shift” that has to happen. (apologies to Karl Fisch) That’s it. “Learning from” was often necessary when one party in the learning transaction(s) had greater access to information than the others. [...]
Jan 29th, 2010
Those with whom I network for learning purposes through Twitter, blogs, Nings, etc. are largely members of an amorphous educational technology community. That community is fond of throwing around terms like “change” and “reform” connected to schools or education and most often the “change” or “reform” is largely related to advances in technology. The gist [...]
Sep 30th, 2009
I’m teaching a course called The Politics of Education to an awesome group of our doctoral students this semester. The wiki/syllabus (a living, breathing document) is located HERE. You can participate and help my students’ (and my own) learning in a couple of ways. First, tagging…anything that you think might be related to what the [...]
Mar 19th, 2009
I am part of a team of professors facilitating the learning in an Ed.D. program for a group of sitting school administrators in a local school division. I am currently leading a module on decision-making and resource allocation within the realm of educational technology. This Saturday, I have a pretty unique opportunity (for me at [...]
Oct 3rd, 2008
No point in re-creating the wheel, so I’ve copied the e-mail I sent to my faculty colleagues below (he only difference is that I embedded my teaser video into this post instead of just providing a link): *** Dearest colleagues, If I told you that there is an extraordinary educational conference that you can attend [...]