Topic 1: Questions that frame courses One course that I co-teach (and have taught for 15+ years) - MSLOC 430 Creating and Sharing Knowledge - really focuses on exploring two big questions: What do we mean by "knowledge" (in various organizational settings) and what is the role of technology in creating and sharing knowledge? The … Continue reading Random reflections – Feb. 3, 2022
Author: Jeff Merrell
Lecturer at Northwestern University's Master's Program in Learning & Organizational Change.
Random reflections – Jan. 19, 2022
I have two topics about which I am trying to read more. One is critical perspectives on knowledge management and enterprise social media. The second is co-creation - or co-design - in settings that take a long view of the practice and its outcomes; in other words, the work is never done, you just work … Continue reading Random reflections – Jan. 19, 2022
Knowledge flows. Prototyping rules. Never leave beta. [2012]
[I wrote this in 2012 for publication in a collection of essays. Reposting it here as a reminder to myself about the evolution of my thinking] "A life lesson," said one of my graduate students. I was leading a class discussion on using design methodology to create technology solutions for organizational knowledge sharing. Design methodology … Continue reading Knowledge flows. Prototyping rules. Never leave beta. [2012]
Pedagogy, design and aspiring to co-creation
[This is a thinking-out-loud piece. No answers, just exploring.] Dr. Shirin Vossoughi, Associate Professor of Learning Sciences at the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University, shared her work on inclusive teaching at a recent faculty meeting for instructors in the Master's Program in Learning and Organizational Change. The session led me to … Continue reading Pedagogy, design and aspiring to co-creation
Random reflections – Jan. 31, 2021
I've made a commitment to myself to try to write once a week in 2021. My mind is ajumble today, however. So I am going to write out a few notes, to come back to, and make sense of, at some future point. Or at least that would be the plan. Note 1: I am … Continue reading Random reflections – Jan. 31, 2021
Jeff Merrell 