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Learning and Internationalism, ALT-C 2007

Hans-Peter Baumeister, thematic strand synoptic speaker (link to slides when I get it).

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Serendipity in social-network critique

Today I found two discussions interesting and possibly salutory for social networks. "danah boyd on MyFriends, MySpace", a Berkman Luncheon Series discussion, and a post on Stephen Downes OL Daily, "Anatomy of a Community Meltdown".

Perer Norvig, Head of Research at Google, ALT-C 2007

Learning in an open world?

Benchmarking

Where are institutions going with e-learning? Terry Mayes asked the "Exocet questions" and tried to marshall answers from the panel and the floor.

Are we tinkering? Michelle Selinger at ALT-C

Michelle Selinger asks, "Do we need to do more?" More of what? Michelle throws down yet another challenge from the corporate sector to the universities sector. Selinger calls herself an "escaped academic". She identifies 3 chasms: cultural (cultural), school/university (sectoral), formal/informal learning (personal). What is informal learning? Having worked 15 years in the corporate sector for the energy industry, I consider my self a corporate escapee.

The Farm, an Intentional Community

Been thinking on intentional communities, pricked by Stephen Downes here, and - as these things happen - the serendipitous rediscovery of Ina May Gaskin's Spiritual Midwifery (about which I wrote a wee blog here) because "we" are pregnant. Ina May and her husband Stephen Gaskin were founders of the Farm, in south central Tennessee, which Stephen describes as "the longest-running, largest intentional community in the U.S."

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