[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
Tag: Learning
On nurturing the fantasy that knowledge is always cumulative
Last week I read a piece on Shane Parrish's excellent Farnam Street blog -- "We nurture the fantasy that knowledge is always cumulative" -- highlighting commentary on that topic from author Kathryn Schultz (Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error). I tweeted the link and it struck a chord with a number of people … Continue reading On nurturing the fantasy that knowledge is always cumulative
The motivating power of good questions
Earlier today I had a short Twitter exchange with Alison Seaman (@alisonseaman) about some resources she found and shared related to new work on web and digital literacies. I noted in the exchange that I am very interested in the work on digital literacy specifically from the perspective of adult learners (in contrast to children … Continue reading The motivating power of good questions
More on digital literacies
I'm continuing to explore the concept of digital literac(ies) as it pertains, in particular, to adults and working professionals. This is not to undervalue the importance of this concept and the work around it related to public-school education and policy. But my professional interest is in how literacy plays out in expanding the continuing development … Continue reading More on digital literacies
Here’s to ‘acting as if’
It is the beginning of a new academic quarter and I am back in the classroom - an enjoyable experience for me because it's an opportunity to continue learning (and unlearning as well). In the time I had to do a some reading before the quarter began, I stumbled across a wonderful 2010 piece by … Continue reading Here’s to ‘acting as if’
Jeff Merrell 