Embedded Learning
Introducing two new contenders as examples of tomorrow’s university.
Introducing two new contenders as examples of tomorrow’s university.
Is BioCurious a precursor of a new non-institutional model for learning?
In this post I respond to George Siemens’ recent request for contributions on the future of education.
Do learning exchanges offer a viable institutional form capable of scaling beyond the local?
How would learning exchanges actually function? The work of Elinor Ostrom may provide many of the right questions to ask.
In a learning exchange, learning is considered a commons for the benefit of all members. That sounds good, but is it actually possible?
For those of us concerned with the future of learning, there is a message in the research and history of the commons.
In July 2008 I posted the first installment of what I hoped would become an annual report. It was an attempt to consolidate my learning over the previous year and to reflect on possible directions for future projects. July 2009 came and went without a new annual report, but I still think the exercise is important. Evidently annual is too restrictive, so here is my latest Status Report.
Pricing requires answers to tough questions about what, why, and how a college or university does what it does. If not teaching and learning, then what? Read more.
This one is for my university friends who grapple every day with charting the future direction of their institutions. When it comes to the economic stimulus bill now being considered by Congress, you’ll want to ask yourself if manna from heaven is worth the price. Read more.