Learning Exchange 05

Do learning exchanges offer a viable institutional form capable of scaling beyond the local?

Learning Exchange 04

How would learning exchanges actually function? The work of Elinor Ostrom may provide many of the right questions to ask.

Learning Exchange 03

In a learning exchange, learning is considered a commons for the benefit of all members. That sounds good, but is it actually possible?

Learning and the Commons

For those of us concerned with the future of learning, there is a message in the research and history of the commons.

Status Report, September 2009

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.

University Fuses and Pricing

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.

Think Twice About the Economic Stimulus Lifeline

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.

Imagining Tomorrow’s University

In this slidecast I try to imagine new types of postsecondary learning organizations. Read more.

Sketchy Business Plan for Tomorrow’s University

In this post I suggest one possible business plan for tomorrow’s universities. Read more.

Re: SocialLearn presentation in Elluminate

Lately I’ve been pondering whether there is anything in elearning comparable to Linus Torvalds’ kernel that launched Linux. Here I relate that question to the recent presentation on SocialLearn that Martin Weller made with moderation from George Siemens. Read more.