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LinkLog: Future of Learning

This is from a blog about Stephen Downes seminar in Malaysia on how to use Web 2.0 tools for learning.  It has great links to lots of useful resources for both learners and teachers too. I especially...

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Why, How and Why Not?

As children, we are always questioning people. As we grow older, we question less and less and accept more.  Corinne Miller, suggests that this may be because of the perception that asking questions is...

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LinkLog: Software

This blog is such a wonderful source of information. Here are just a few of the posts: How a beautiful idea becomes a Frankenstein system is a must read for every software developer. Here is a small...

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The Mismatch Problem

I was watching this video of Malcolm Gladwell’s talk over the weekend and enjoyed every minute of it.  Malcolm has the uncanny ability to look at problems in new ways. He was talking about the...

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Good Reads: An Element of Beauty in Learning

There is an element of beauty versus duty in learning most things. When the task is all duty, you may do it, but you may never like it. Indeed, you may come to hate it and stop altogether when the...

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Understanding Expertise

Have you watched an expert at work? You can sense  a level of comfort and fluency. I often watch expert programmers code, debug, fix problems in software.  I get the same sense watching painting shows...

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Three Courses Every Engineering Institution Should Consider Adding

In addition to teaching core engineering subjects, I think we need to add three (may be optional) courses. 1. Entrepreneurship 2. Learning and Thinking 3. Innovation The idea is to give students an...

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LinkLog: A for Apps

This is a learning trend to watch. Here is an article from Fast Company titled A for Apps. When the Singer sisters were just 6 months old, they already preferred cell phones to almost any other toy,...

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LearnLog: 30 Million Word Gap and Why You Should Talk to Your Kids a Lot

From Support children’s learning by talking with them over a book Almost two decades ago, in 1995, Hart & Risley published the results of a landmark study [1] that linked success in school at age...

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Some Great Advice – Focus on High Leverage Activities

From a fragment of a discussion on Quora - What’s the single most valuable lesson you’ve learned in your professional life?  (there are over 228 answers). This one from Edmond Lau was one of my...

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