TEE SEMINAR by Michael Kahn. Quote: "Why do you come to college? It has never seemed reasonable to me that one comes to college because of the professors. If the professors have anything important to say, it can be mimeographed and mailed to you back home in Redding. Nor can I believe you come here for the books. They too can be mailed to Redding. It seems to me the only reasons worth coming here for is each other. I believe that you are each other's most important resource along the path of this educational journey."

Comment: via Greg H. - Educational Barn-Raising. [Serious Instructional Technology]

It can be discouraging to think about all the learning that takes place outside of, and often in spite of, the classroom.  It helps to have come to teaching after a long time in practice rather than straight from a Ph.D. program. It also helps to have finally reached a point where I see how little I learned inside classrooms. I would add, however, that another good reason for going to a physical place for school is to go talk to those professors outside the classroom.

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Designs for Working. Quote: "But when employees sit chained to their desks, quietly and industriously going about their business, an office is not functioning as it should. That's because innovation--the heart of the knowledge economy--is fundamentally social. Ideas arise as much out of casual conversations as they do out of formal meetings. More precisely, as one study after another has demonstrated, the best ideas in any workplace arise out of casual contacts among different groups within the same company."

Comment: via this elearningpost article on a space designed for conversations. [Serious Instructional Technology]

Worth a look - a topic that hasn't gotten enough attention.

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Visible KM. Hugh Madison at American Invisible provides a thought provoking post on what it takes for KM to really succeed. [Blunt Force Trauma]

A good mini-case on some of the knowledge management issues encountered in a dot-com technology development environment.

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Anita Rowland says:

It's not too soon to start planning your Perseid Meteor Shower viewing expedition. (BrainDan, I promise it won't be as cold as last fall!)

"This year the shower peaks on August 12th and 13th. Experts say it should be remarkably good. The Perseids have been strong in recent years--a promising sign for 2002. And the moon sets early in mid-August; lunar interference will not be a problem. Sky watchers can expect to see dozens to hundreds of meteors per hour."

Science at NASA:

The best time to look for meteors is when Perseus is highest in the sky--between 2 a.m. and dawn. On August 12th, set your alarm for 2 o'clock in the morning. Go outside; lie down on a sleeping bag or a reclining lawn chair with your toes pointed northeast; and gaze upward. Soon you'll see shooting stars racing along the Milky Way.

 

[aka events]

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