University of Florida has followed University of California at Berkeley in offering a course using a web game to teach problem-solving and strategizing. But whereas Berkeley’s course was a pass/fail-not-part-of-student-grades course, this course is a 2-credit honors course. YES! “21st Century Skills in Starcraft” is an eight-week class that “does not teach about Starcraft,” but combines weekly [...]
A stunningly beautiful photo essay by Steve McCurry of people reading in places, spaces and with faces that stir our senses. Steve’s website profiles his photography — fabulous. I’ve taken to viewing photography sites and images as part of my early morning scan to gain new perspectives. And this is just one of them.
Frank Cervone and Jane Dysart are talking about Global Online Learning Resources today at IFLA 2010 in Sweden, and Cindy Hill is presenting E-system for delivering San Jose Distance Learning Programme. Both presentations are here: Frank Cervone & Jane Dysart Global Learning Resources @ IFLA2010 and Cindy Hill Elearning System for Delivering San Jose Distance [...]
At IFLA‘s opening ceremonies, Jan Eliasson, former President of the United Nations General Assembly and Minister for Foreign Affairs for Sweden, talked about communication and access to information in a globalized world. He began by noting that the room here in his native city, was a reminder of the UN with the world in Gothenburg. [There [...]
We all know the economy has devastated many people and organizations but to crush one of the basic learning, literacy, and community services — yes libraries — is really unimaginable. So many colleagues and friends have felt the effects, but there will be more. Check out this article about the budget crunch for libraries in the [...]
Wish I’d been able to attend this event, but here are the 15 ideas, spanning 5 streams: creating, learning, empowering, changing, revolutionizing, that recommend ways to improve Canada’s digital economy based on the issues raised during the two-day discussions. Here’s the summary from Jennifer Kavur, Computer World Canada, The creating stream, presented by Tim Jackson, founder [...]
iSchool Institute: Web & Classroom Courses — new Certificate on Intelligence Analysis; new courses on Human Factors, Wirearchy, etc. The iSchool Institute at the Faculty is Information (was Professional Learning Centre) is ready for another busy semester ahead. We are now on Twitter – follow us @ischoolinst.We also have a Facebook page – join us there. Watch and [...]
I often turn to Henry Mintzberg’s writings for his sage advice on management and leadership, yet tonight I found his advice on teaching. Here’s his “Ten Rules for Professors Who Want to Educate Real Managers”; they apply to anyone who is leading any kind of workshop, class, course, podcast or any other learning event: 1, 2, 3. [...]
It’s amazing how fast a year goes by and how much we cram into 365 days. Hope everyone has a great holiday season and a terrific year in 2010! At this time of year, I always look ahead to what’s to come, and 2010 looks like it’s shaping up to be exciting. Here’s a peek [...]
Next session at KMWorld 2009, with Tracy Conn and Kathy Valderrama discussing the experience of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland with lessons learned (LL). Banks are notoriously conservative culture where ‘mistakes’ aren’t usually widely shared. But they started the KM work in 2000 with after action reviews, looking for improvement opportunities. But they found [...]