Pre-2025 writing. Work that built the foundation of exploring learning, community and design.
I am still reflecting on the experience of the #msloc430 working out loudĀ week. Yes, this definitely was one of those let's-just-do-this-and-see-what-happens events. But I am beginning to see lessons. One lesson is - ignore the network. Or put another way: It's ok to chat up the fire hydrant. This is counter-intuitive. But I think … Continue reading Working out loud week lesson: Ignore the network
The topic for this past week in #rhizo14 was embracing uncertainty. A familiar topic in my work context. Kimberly Scott, the Director of the Master's Program in Learning & Organizational Change (my professional home), openly tells graduate students to get used to playing in the ambiguity sandbox. We joke about adding a course to the … Continue reading Teaching uncertainly #rhizo14
Note: I wrote this short blog post for the Jive Software community. It was subsequently picked by and republished by DZone. It's my thinking on whether there is in fact some connection between personal learning networks (PLNs) and social business. And very much relevant to an upcoming open, online seminar I am co-facilitating: Exploring Personal … Continue reading The personal pull into social
Personal learning networks should deepen our humanity. That's a half-baked idea, but I think it starts to get at something that has emerged in a few recent conversations I've had with a good friend. This all starts because personal learning networks (PLNs) and their impact within workplaces and education spaces raises a set of questions … Continue reading Hand-crafting a greater role for personal learning networks
I've been thinking a good deal lately about personal learning networks (PLNs) and their relationship to organizational knowledge sharing and collaboration. Or maybe not so much thinking as observing. Observing the emergence of new PLNs. PLNs are the result of an individual being a connected and effective digital, networked learner. For me personally, it's a … Continue reading Half baked, revisited
Jeff Merrell 