Knowledge Problem. The Heartland Institute. Moving beyond self-directed learning: Network-directed learning. This site has been created to foster discussion on how our thinking, learning, and organizational activities are impacted through technology and societal changes.
Since the original publication of Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age, I've been approached by many people requesting additional thinking and discussion. Four tools are available to provide dialogue: Blog for my personal reflective thoughtsWiki for collaborative content creationDiscussion forums for discussion on issues impacted by a connectivist view of learningEmail list for discussions on technology, networks and learning Most resources on this site are intended for public viewing, but contributing to the wiki or discussion forums requires registration. Please create your account by clicking the "join" text on the top, right-hand corner. If you are interested in general learning and technology trends, please visit my elearnspace site. Welcome to the Obama Dependency Economy. Complicated Mechanisms Explained in simple animations. Radial Engines Radial engines are used in aircrafts having propeller connected to the shaft delivering power in order to produce thrust its basic mechanism is as follows Steam engine Principle Steam engine once used in locomotives was based on the reciprocating principle as shown below Sewing Machine Maltese Cross Mechanism.
Throwing in the towel on policy makers. The Utopianist. The Lighter Side of Farmer Suicides. Complex vision of citizen media. Chris Csikszentmihayli opens the morning’s session at MIT’s Knight News Challenge conference with an overview of his view of the world – “It’s my view from MIT – MIT wouldn’t endorse it, they’ve been quite specific about that,” he quips, a reference to the university’s unfortunate decision not to grant him tenure.
Chris is now focusing on managing the Center for Future Civic Media, and outlines one of the most exciting projects, ExtrAct. The project calls attention to the process of natural gas extraction via fracturing, a process that exposes millions of rural Americans to incredibly toxic chemicals. ExtrAct tries not just to document the practices of fracturing, but to help rural, poor, highly disconnected people organize, get media attention and fight some of the harmful effects of these practices.
Publications by Russell Roberts. Travels in a Mathematical World. New Economic Perspectives. SCS Matters, LLC. Files for Downloading This page is intended to provide easy access to a variety of files that you will find interesting and/or useful.
The initial files are all in PDF format, and you will need to have Adobe Reader installed to open them. Adobe Reader is a free download from Adobe. Why Generation X Has the Leaders We Need Now - Tammy Erickson - HarvardBusiness.org. By Tammy Erickson | 10:58 AM July 19, 2009.
Shift Happens Redux. Today is a big day.
It is the first time that we can offer a view of something I have been working on for the past year. About one year ago, we began an undertaking that some described as bold, and others characterized as foolhardy. Designs on Policy - Allison Arieff Blog. In a recent piece for The Atlantic, the designer Michael Bierut addressed the state of something on all of our minds these days.
Money. Under Cap and Trade you must retrofit your home or you can't sell (goodbye real estate market) The 1,400-page cap-and-trade legislation pushed through by House Democrats contains a new federal policy that residential, commercial, and government buildings be retrofitted to increase energy efficiency, leaving it up to the states to figure out exactly how to do that.
This means that homeowners, for example, could be required to retrofit their homes to meet federal “green” guidelines in order to sell their homes, if the cap-and-trade bill becomes law. The bill, which now goes to the Senate, directs the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and implement a national policy for residential and commercial buildings. The purpose of such a strategy – known as the Retrofit for Energy and Environmental Performance (REEP) – would be to “facilitate” the retrofitting of existing buildings nationwide. It continues: “The purpose of the REEP program is to facilitate the retrofitting of existing buildings across the United States.” AllThingsD. All Things Digital for the iPhone Mobile Application. Macroegonomics - The Atlantic (April 2009) Economic policy makers thought they had tamed the business cycle.
Not quite. Let’s hope their hubris doesn’t get in the way of our economic recovery Left: Shaun Heasley/Reuters/Corbis; Right: Adam Hunger/Reuters/Corbis Christina Romer, the head of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisors, is a liberal economist. The LBJ Presidential Library in Austin is a Democratic shrine. Her story went something like this: macroeconomists got cocky in the 1960s, thinking that policy makers could set unemployment at whatever rate they wanted by accepting a related level of inflation. Billy blog. Newest Questions - English Language and Usage - Stack Exchange. Are You Wasting Money On Useless Knowledge Management? - Ian MacMillan, Max Boisot, and Martin Ihrig - The Conversation.
By Martin Ihrig, Max Boisot, and Ian MacMillan | 11:54 AM January 20, 2011 Is your company investing in expensive knowledge management systems that are useless for making big, strategy decisions?
Most companies recognize the need for knowledge management, but often delegate it to the IT and HR departments without linking it to corporate strategy, often thereby wasting both resources and the strategic options their firm’s knowledge could generate. The problem is that most current knowledge management efforts merely inventory the company’s knowledge, without parsing out the knowledge that is strategically relevant. News: The Blog. I am at a loss: I have a scientific proof that can save everyone’s life but no one listens.