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Kindle Highlights Social Learning

March 18, 2012 By 2 Comments
Highlight

When you look at the kindle edition of books on Amazon.com, you can now see what other people have highlighted in their editions of the ebook. This means you have a fabulous way to share what you’re learning and a socially-generated way to learn from others. It’s sort of like Cliff-notes for the digital era. While I’ve struggled with becoming an online book reader, this feature shows me possibilities that truly advance publishing into a more collaborative age. Rather than just look through ratings from other readers, I’m going to scan through the points that leaped out and resonated with previous readers. [...] Read more →

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All Creation is Co-Creation

March 14, 2012 By 1 Comment
Co-creation

Many have this idea of the true innovator toiling alone. But this is not true. The best creative is not made in a vacuum. Creation of anything is always a collaborative process, regardless of how it seems from afar. Everything is derivative, no matter how original you think your thought is. So, when looking for true innovation remember that whatever you may have developed working alone, it could be made much richer by working with others. via Co-Creation :: Cube Grenades from gapingvoid art. [...] Read more →

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Learning Styles Gold

March 1, 2012 By 2 Comments
Pirate's Gold

I’m contacted often by people who share stories of how learning style insights impact how they approach life or has lead them to more meaningful relationships with people they love.The most memorable of these experiences was a man who came up to say he wanted to thank the person who had saved his marriage. From my book he realized that his wife wasn’t being ornery when she said she preferred the symphony or concert to his beloved movies. She wasn’t being mean by talking to him non-stop, or reading to him entire passages of books while he was watching TV. She wasn’t being thoughtless when she asked him to describe his day at work, or his conversation with an old friend, or analysis of his doctor’s visit. Seeing him and holding him weren’t enough. She wanted to hear from him. In the same way, he wanted to see more of her and share what he saw with her. [...] Read more →

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People-Centered Learning: An Interview With Judee Humburg

January 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Judee Humburg

At the heart of my work is the deep belief software should work for people, not the other way around. This leads to the door of my dear friend Judee Humburg. We began working together over a decade ago. In 2001 she granted me an interview for a now defunct magazine. Her insights are as [...] Read more →

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