I am currently re-reading Donald Schon's classic The Reflective Practitioner - How Professionals Think in Action (1983) along with An Urgency of Teachers - The Work of Critical Digital Pedagogy, a 2018 compilation of the essays and articles of Sean Michael Morris and Jesse Stommel. This was not an intentional pairing. I started Reflective Practitioner and then … Continue reading Notes on current readings: The Reflective Practitioner and An Urgency of Teachers
Category: Digital pedagogy & literacy
Space to make ideas your own
Helen Crump caught my attention earlier today with her reflective post Literacy: Not a desk job, but an identity job. It's a great story reminding us of the connections between literacy, identity, learning and teaching. And then I learned there is more to the story. Helen's post was inspired by an image, shared as part … Continue reading Space to make ideas your own
The Web and Ed We Want via Justin Reich
Justin Reich's recent Berkman Center talk - "The Web We Want and the Ed We Want" - is a great, actually entertaining tour through the recent history of the web and the parallel narrative of the web and education. I am posting it here as a note to myself. At this point in time, Reich … Continue reading The Web and Ed We Want via Justin Reich
Working out loud week lesson: Ignore the network
I am still reflecting on the experience of the #msloc430 working out loud 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
Another layer to bridging the work and learning communities
During the past couple of years I have become much more intentional in my attempt to bridge two communities: The people who think about learning and network technology, and people who think about work (within organizations) and network technology. There is another layer to this: It's people in these two communities who care about people … Continue reading Another layer to bridging the work and learning communities
Jeff Merrell 