Learning lurches between extremes: the formal v informal,didactic v discover , self-paced v social, teaching v learning. But is there a bridgebetween these extremes, something that cleverly combines teaching and learning?Over The idea is to encourage learners to learn from each other. Compellingarguments? think he’s right. link] 2. Problems? MORE >>

I have been dreaming about new tools that would help me capture what I was reading for almost as long I have been reading. Oh, the irony.) I wrote a little lovesong to Devonthink for the New York Times Book Review in 2004.) We got to talking over lunch about our shared obsession with research and annotation tools. It’s a social commonplace book. MORE >>

This is the follow-up post and answer to “ The Fallacy of Digital Natives “ Let us agree, therefore, that regardless of age or situation, the learning process is one in which any learner can utilize formal, informal and social means to actually learn. It has nothing to do with generational divides. Disconnected Nomad. Connected Lurker. MORE >>

Tweet What are knowledge workers? Are they a new breed or just a variation of the 20th century professional class?  Neal Gorenflo , co-founder and publisher of Shareable Magazine, has identified (a very preliminary idea) a certain type of knowledge worker: Knowledge workers understand information as currency. They’re all in this sense salespeople. MORE >>

I did an interview with the Chronicle of Higher Education on Why Universities Should Experiment With ‘Massive Open Courses’. Thanks to Jeff and Warren for the opportunity to share some of the work that Stephen Downes, Dave Cormier, Alec Couros, and a growing number of educators have engaged in over the last four years. Corporate entities? MORE >>