learning
List with a Twist: my Best Learning Books in 2009?
I am always looking for the next great book to read and thought I’d tap into the collective intelligence, the annual end-of-the-calendar-year trend for lists, and the power of new tools such as Twitter to find the next great book to read. Below is some of the why, ... Read More
What if the Impossible Isn’t?
As I mentioned in my recent post “Reflective Reduction Sauce”, returning to my work universe after months at sea has led me to reflect upon some themes I encountered as a result of my attending the Learning 2009 conference. One theme I’m delighted to see more attention on is ... Read More
You don’t always need words to teach
This is a fun clip of Bobby McFerrin giving a music lesson and getting the audience to put on a little concert, all without using any words. Clearly McFerrin has studied Reigeluth's Elaboration Theory and applies it well by starting with the simplest thing (a single note) ... Read More
VMG
As most of you know, for the past two years I’ve been out conducting a grand experiment of learning, living, and working from my sailboat most of the time, as I explore and experience this phenomenal planet of ours from the vantage point of the sea. I am currently anchored ... Read More
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
Mashups in Miami Beach
I’m in Miami today finishing up my most recent set of business trips around the planet and catching my flight back to El Salvador. I had the great fortune of spending last night and this morning with a business colleague who lives on the waterfront of the always interesting Miami ... Read More
Cool Translation Tools
As you may recall, I’ve been focusing on my fascination with language learning for the past few months, and I'm finding that many of you share similar interests. So I wanted to share some of the Cool Translation Tools I’ve been using to help with my language learning and usage. ... Read More
Babelfish Requires Babbling Too
For those of you who were around then, remember the arguments for Esperanto back in the 1970's? According to Wikipedia, "Esperanto is by far the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language in the world. " Developed in 1887 by Polish physician Ludovic Zamenhof, Esperanto as stated ... Read More
Learning and Languages
As many of you know, I been doing a lot of language learning lately. I recently set aside a month of time for some experiential learning of Spanish, since I'll be living in Central American for awhile. Doing some one-to-one learning intensively 5 days a week, 4 or 5 hours ... Read More
Update from Guatemala
Not that I’ve ever had a schedule in any typical sense of the word, but now I will have a very different one for the next month or so, and it will have some spillover effect on my writing and recording here on OCOT. I’m currently in Antigua, Guatemala ... Read More
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