education

Wish Upon a Star(fish)?

In a previous posting on September 21, 2007 called “New Perspectives: Looking Down and Under”, I wished for a “sea” feature to compliment the “sky” feature Google Earth had recently added back then. While I have no illusion that I had anything to do with it, you can still ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 8 Feb 09
   tagged as :cool tools, discovery, education, marine, ocean, science, worth a look

Time to “Tearn”?

For a number of years, I’ve been pondering how the Snowflake Effect1 could influence learning. For those who are new to this concept of the Snowflake Effect, in essence it’s about the transformation of society from a model of mass production to one of mass personalization. Think of it as ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 9 Jan 09
   tagged as :change, competencies, content, education, experts & expertise, learning, metadata "tagging", patterns, personal development, snowflake, strategic thinking

PhotoSynth: Mashups of Our Collective Intelligence via Photos

I don’t know about the rest of you who have your own blogs, but I seem to add many more items to my list of things to write about than I get around to finishing, so my list just grows. Here is one item that I am finally catching up ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 11 Dec 08
   tagged as :change, content, cool tools, design, education, mashups, media, metadata "tagging", new technology, research, worth a look

Loving Lexicographical Learning

Related to my theme of languages, but through pure serendipitous discovery via my addiction to watching TED Talks, check out this TED talk by Erin McKean on Redefining the Dictionary. ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 7 Sep 08
   tagged as :discovery, education, experts & expertise, fun, keynotes, other blogs, perspectives, presentations, recommended reading, strategic thinking, worth a look

Cool Tools I Use: Digital Pen and Paper

I truly believe that every one of us (yes, that includes YOU!) has cool tools that we use on an everyday basis and stories about how we use these tools and how we came to find and use them.  I'd like to hear about yours.  Meanwhile, here's another one ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 27 May 08
   tagged as :cool tools, education, fun, new technology, worth a look

Google Oceans: Another wish comes true!

While I  can neither take credit for nor claim any influence on Google's recent announcement, I'm pleased to say that some of the ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 19 May 08
   tagged as :change, cool tools, current affairs, education, marine, media, ocean, research, science

More on Mashups

Last week I was honored to do the opening keynote for the symposium on Mashups put on by the New Media Consortium.  NMC, in collaboration with Educause, recently ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 17 Apr 08
   tagged as :conferences, design, education, keynotes, mashups, presentations, recommended reading, snowflake

Moving aLOM

If you are a regular visitor here at Off Course - On Target, (OCOT) you know that metadata—characteristics that describe anything and everything—has been a major part of my life and a major focus for many years. If you'd like the full story of my initial recognition of metadata and ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 7 Dec 07
   tagged as :change, competencies, content, discovery, education, learning, learning objects, location based, mapping, metadata "tagging", standards

The Encyclopedia of Life and the Network Effect

We are rapidly evolving towards a networked world—NOT "network"  in the technical sense, but the concept of networks wherein literally everything and everyone is a "node" and is connected to every other node. As this degree of connectivity becomes more and more pervasive, a whole new set of characteristics begin ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 4 Nov 07
   tagged as :change, current affairs, education, new technology, perspectives, thought sparks, worth a look

The Encyclopedia of Life and Exponential Change

The day after posting my thoughts on "New Perspectives: Looking Down and Under" and Third Wave, I serendipitously came across a New York Times article called That's Life, which reviews a new project called "The Encyclopedia of Life" or EOL. This project ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 1 Nov 07
   tagged as :change, current affairs, discovery, education, marine, mashups, ocean, personalization, research, science, snowflake, worth a look