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Weren’t able to attend Curtis Wong’s talk? Attended the talk but didn’t have time to scribble down the name of that awesome tool you heard about?

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Before we can radically reinvent college, we need to add at least two more structural, material changes to the four in this month's Wired magazine article by writer Martha Rhodes, "4 Radical Ideas for Reinventing College, Drawn From Stanford Research."...

Personeelsselectie anno 2014 draait meestal om competentiemanagement. Een bedrijf wil niet alleen weten wie het in dienst haalt, maar vooral welke talenten er in je verborgen liggen. Na de les van prof. dr. Sara De Gieter (VUB) drie insight tips om niet door de mand te vallen: Het ijsbergmodel van Spencer&Spencer onderscheidt drie lagen. Onderaan […]

Lezen is voor iedereen anders, een persoonlijke ervaring die zelfs verschillend is wanneer je iets op je twintigste of op je dertigste leest. Of wanneer je iets voor de eerste keer of voor de tweede keer leest. Maar we kunnen verschillende prioriteiten onderscheiden waar lezers meer of minder belang aan hechten: Het boek is meeslepend. […]

(This is a gag going back to an old ds106 assignment)

This post brought to you by Mimi’s meandering reflections + Jamieson’s data wizardry

Warning: Post is both LONG and META

This summer, I was part of program that invited teens in some of our local LA libraries to take part in fun networked learning opportunities, including digital storytelling activities designed by Connected Courses’ very own @Jonathan_Worth. Most were reluctant to share on the open Internet unless they thought their photos were really good. Many were reluctant to share at all. They enjoyed seeing the stream of photos flowing through the aggregated Instagram and Flickr feeds on the Phonar Nation site, posted by enthusiastic net savvy participants in the phonar world at large. Despite the encouragement of local mentors, they didn’t see themselves are part of that world and ready to contribute, at least not yet. These same kids were happy to share with their local community, and by the end of the summer were being coaxed to post some of their work online.

I’ve been reminded of these quietly cautious kids in my first weeks of ccourses, when I also happen to be listening to Susan Cain’s Quiet: The Power of Introverts as my walking-the-dog book. I’ve thrilled in watching the growing blog count and the lively #ccourses tweet stream, and unexpected wonders being generated by generous contributors.Comics!Visual Note-taking!A Folding Story! A G+ community! Diigo! Ridiculously thoughtful seemingly instantaneous blogging synthesis of live events! My excitement quickly turned to terror as I watched the social media stream turn from a trickle to a whole web of lively tributaries, and I went running to help to @cogdog. Help! How do I know what to pay attention to?? Thank goodness for my more experienced co-facilitators and the power of co-learning.