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Many institutions are slow to react to technology. Systemic inefficiencies trail new opportunities and technological affordances. For example, somewhere in the past at an unnamed institution, I developed a course for online delivery. We had many international students from Hong Kong and other Asian countries. The registration department at this organization handled enrollment and contacted [...]

John Hagel talks about Passionate Creatives: Many of us have suppressed our passions in an attempt to fit in and integrate ourselves into a world that expected stability, predictability and safety. But they remain in the margins of our lives or in the daydreams that distract us from our daily tasks. Our challenge is to [...]

Stephen Downes (in addition to hurling the odd grenade my way) consistently demonstrates the ability to provide innovative and critical commentary on concepts that many people accept on the surface. His most recent presentation on The Cloud and Collaboration is a good example. The talk (short – only 20 minutes) juxtaposes neural architecture and functioning [...]

We’ve been running wikis in our department at U of Manitoba for three years. The project is very much grassroots – we installed mediawiki and began experimenting. As a result, numerous faculty members have requested additional wiki installs for their classes and research. The question becomes: how do you evaluate the impact of wikis on [...]

Two quick, random, reminders: Dave Cormier and I will be hosting the next social media session (no charge) with AACE on Tuesday, September 8. Information is available here. The open Connectivism and Connective Knowledge 2009 (CCK09) course (Stephen Downes and I are facilitating) will begin in about a weeks time. Registration is free…or you can [...]