Notions on How to Proceed
To kludge is to learn is to discover that which is fundamental but now obscured.
Commentary | Gary Lewis, January 30, 2012 8:33 am | 
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My Great-Grandchildren
In search of a one-liner for use at a wedding.
Commentary | Gary Lewis, August 4, 2011 12:40 pm | Comments Off
On Salvaging Learning
Entertaining, erudite, powerful … but disappointing? That’s my reaction to John Michael Greer’s post about learning and why it needs to be salvaged.
Commentary, Context of Education Change | Gary Lewis, July 28, 2011 12:20 pm | Comments Off
No Alternatives
All plans are off if tomorrow diverges sharply from today.
Commentary, Context of Education Change | Gary Lewis, July 27, 2011 8:18 am | Comments Off
Chaos, Social Change, and Limits to Theory
To paraphrase Clay Shirky with substitution, “it isn’t newspapers (read education) we should be worrying about, but news (read learning).” Which could, by extension, be sub-titled the limits of theory.
Commentary, Context of Education Change | Gary Lewis, July 19, 2011 7:02 am | Comments Off
Global Warming Reader
What does climate change have to do with institutional change in education? Everything.
Commentary, Context of Education Change | Gary Lewis, July 18, 2011 8:54 am | Comments Off
Net Freedom
It’s vintage Moglen: “Every morning I see people wearing dog collars recording their location every 90 seconds.”
Commentary | Gary Lewis, June 28, 2011 1:26 pm | Comments Off
Differential Pricing
Maybe it’s time higher education institutions experimented with differential pricing.
Commentary | Gary Lewis, 10:22 am | Comments Off
Naming or Doing
We all place bets on tomorrow. Here are mine.
Commentary | Gary Lewis, June 8, 2011 9:49 am | Comments Off
The Grip of the Immediate
The word learning is but a name, albeit one founded in biology, everyday activity, individual aspirations, and human rights. Perhaps that offers hope for shared imaginations. Actual realized progress seems more distant.
Commentary | Gary Lewis, March 28, 2011 10:08 am | Comments Off
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