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The Virtuous Middle Way

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I really appreciated Karen’s recent post Trying to grok the lack of structure in peer learning. I’m reading A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change by Douglas Thomas and John Seely Brown. I’m particularly interested in the part on peer learning and learning collectives. This passage struck me: … Read more

On OER – Beyond Definitions

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I’ve yet to publish anything from my time spent in the UK as an OLNet Fellow. The following bit of writing is one of the outputs from that period, and is informed significantly by conversations with the brilliant and welcome folks at the OU, as well as past online exchanges with many of you. On … Read more

Open Access Seminars @ BYU

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In my capacity as Associate Director of CITES I’m leading two seminars on open access next week at BYU. They’ll be held Thursday 10/6 from 11-12 (as part of the MSE-wide faculty meeting) and Friday 10/21 from 12-1 (with lunch provided) in the TEC lab in the McKay Building. If you’re nearby we’d love to … Read more