Category Archives: Abject Learning

OK, I’m admittedly biased, and inclined to see just about everything Mr. Levine does as worthy of praise. But this is funny. And welcome. Whither hype in the face of sarcasm? Only the credulous know for certain.

For some time, I’ve wondered just how comprehensive that changes in the way that we receive, handle, publish, assess and archive information will be, in terms of the future of universities. Stephen Downes, among others, sometimes seems to suggest that … Continue reading →

How to ameliorate the back-from-conference-blues: a) spend the night the conference ends holed up in your hotel room, catching up on four days of piled-up email and writing stupid weblog posts to blow off steam. b) on return, spend a … Continue reading →

When I woke up Thursday morning, I thought about editing or even deleting my ‘bum steer’ post… not because my feelings had changed, but because I recognised my tone was too raw, and that in my rush to post I … Continue reading →

OK, I’ve calmed down a bit since the previous dash of hyperventilating prose. I appreciate the comments from Jon, Gardner, Steve and Dave Sifry (dude moves fast, I doubt I’m in his aggregator)… I probably should have waited before responding … Continue reading →

A common frustration for me is that in my role as ‘facilitator’ and evangelist of the small pieces approach is that I really don’t have the chops to make serious mojo happen on my own — I have always depended … Continue reading →