Living by Eating

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How many times have you or someone you know do something over and over again, yet learn nothing from it? If you are like me, then at least a few times. On the other hand, Elliot Massie once said something to the effect that if you hand a salesperson a crumpled and s... More »

Aldrich Axioms of Resistance to Change in Formal Learning Programs

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There is a difference between supporters of learning and supporters of e-learning. Every new formal learning technology/approach is judged against a standard that older formal learning technology/approach would fail. It is easier to criticize more/prec... More »

Food, Apple, and learning

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What do a fantastic meal and the iPod have to teach us about learning? I believe they both have valuable lessons to teach us about scoping our work. The meal was a relaxed evening at Manresa, where the chef served up some two dozen exquisite small tastes. Chef Da... More »

See you in Second Life Tonight

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I will be speaking at the Second Life Future Salon tonight. If you don't know about what I am talking, you owe it to yourself to at least check it out by clicking here. More »

Full Spectrum Warrior debate

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Some people are criticizing the US Army's involvement with the computer game Full Spectrum Warrior. Although I was not involved in any way in the project other than doing a case study for LBD, I take the attacks very personally as attacks on necessary innovation. Th... More »