Quoted at length from Self-organization of complex, intelligent systems: an action ontology for transdisciplinary integration, Francis Heylighen, Integral Review:A mobilization system would combat this confused and unproductive way of acting…
Late last fall my cat Bart died, then Jay Cross died, and finally 130 people in Paris died, all within a few weeks of each other.Bart's death was not felt…
Late last fall my cat Bart died, then Jay Cross died, and finally 130 people in Paris died, all within a few weeks of each other.Bart's death was not felt…
Experts are typically expert in two types of things:what is the casewhat ought to be the caseAnd for that matter, we all have attitudes and beliefs regarding both types of…
Experts are typically expert in two types of things:what is the casewhat ought to be the caseAnd for that matter, we all have attitudes and beliefs regarding both types of…
My contribution to the Networked Learning Conference 'Hot Seat' discussion. You can read the whole discussion here.# # #Anything that can be automated works at scale. Anything that cannot be…
My contributions to the Network Learning 'Hot Seat' addressing the question, "How do we analyse and support the networked interactions of thousands of people learning together?" View the whole discussion…
My comments to the Networked Learning Conference 'hot seat' on the role of educators in MOOCs. Read the full discussion here. # # # At the risk of self-reference, I'd…
My contribution to the Networked Learning Conference ‘Hot Seat’ discussion. You can read the whole discussion here. # # # Anything that can be automated works at scale. Anything that…
My contributions to the Network Learning ‘Hot Seat’ addressing the question, “How do we analyse and support the networked interactions of thousands of people learning together?” View the whole discussion…
My comments to the Networked Learning Conference ‘hot seat’ on the role of educators in MOOCs. Read the full discussion here. # # # At the risk of self-reference, I’d…
In yesterday's New York Times the Arthur C. Brooks argues that there is systemic bias against conservatives in academia. This is my response. It must be coming around to election…
In yesterday’s New York Times the Arthur C. Brooks argues that there is systemic bias against conservatives in academia. This is my response. It must be coming around to election…
This is a summary of a talk by Diane Larsen-Freeman at TESL 2015. It was a treat to listen to. Errors and omissions are entirely my own.This is a beautiful…
I am voting for the NDP in the upcoming federal election and I think you should too. In this post I’d like to offer some reasons why. Why I support…
In an article last year (and soon-to-be book) Tom Nichols complained about the new relativism brought about by Wikipedia and Google and bemoaning the declining authority of the expert. I…
I posted an item in OLDaily today from Forbes touting the benefits of formerly ‘useless’ liberal arts degrees. In this item Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield is quoted: “Studying philosophy taught…
We are now reading that the exodus of people from New Brunswick through the winter was the largest it has been since 1976. It’s the 17th quarter in a row…
The current government plans to deface some pristine Cape Breton wilderness with a ‘Mother Canada’ monument. Here’s the proposal. Here’s some coverage of opposition. A photo below: What I find…
There are three separate threads in Siemens’s response to my last post, all of which are fascinating: The thread concerning whether or not the study he published was bad, The…
