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The Power of "Why?" - asking questions is more powerful than memorizing answers.Three years ago, Ross A. Kearney II wanted to build a trade school. Kearney, mayor of the coastal city of Hampton, Virginia, thought a new trade school would curb the high drop-out rate in a community where nearly half the residents live in poverty. He took his pitch to a city-appointed commission. ...
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Organizing - people, power and change - fullOrganizers identify, recruit and develop leadership; build community around leadership; and build power from that community. Organizers bring people together, challenging them to act on behalf of their shared values and interests. They develop the relationships, motivate the participation, ...
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2020 and beyond: Future scenarios for education in the age of new technologiesSince the late 1990s nation states around the world, and international organisations such as the OECD and UN, have been exploring the future of education in the 21st century. This publication is intended to challenge and disturb some of the assumptions underlying these discussions by reviewing ...
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K3 – an e-Learning Forum with Elaborated Discourse Functions for Collaborative Knowledge ManagementThe e-learning platform K3 realizes a constructivist learning model augmented with collaborative properties. K3 courses, mainly offered since 2004 at the University of Konstanz, follow the blended learning model. K3 collaborative discourse work is organized in virtual groups. All group members ...
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Learning to Work Creatively With KnowledgeWe take it that the actual belief among most learning scientists is that only in the basic academic skill areas of reading, writing, and elementary mathematics do we know how to teach cognitive skills with fair confidence that they will transfer to a wide range of situations. Yet we must respect ...
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Designing ee-Learning Environments: Lessons from an Online WorkshopProgram offerings in the expanding field of organizational development (OD) are increasing, as evidenced by the numerous programs listed on the OD Network Web site. In particular, the appreciative inquiry ( AI) approach is gaining popularity within the OD community. Cocreated by David Cooperrider,...
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The Knowledge Building Paradigm: A Model of Learning for Net Generation StudentsThe Net Generation (N-Gen) is defined as the population of people who have grown up or are growing up in constant contact with digital media. Tapscott has, through extensive interviews, identified a number of changes in the way these students work and think, the key characteristic of which is i...
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Knowledge BuildingIn what is coming to be called the “ knowledge age,” the health and wealth of societies depends increasingly on their capacity to innovate. People in general, not just a specialized elite, need to work creatively with knowledge. As Peter Drucker put it “Innovation must be part and parcel of ...
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New structures and spaces of learning: The systemic impact of connective knowledge, connectivism, and networked learningSince Illich’s 1970 vision of learning webs, society has moved progressively closer to a networked world where content and conversations are continually at our finger tips and instruction and learning are not centered on the educator. The last decade of technological innovation—mobile phones, ...
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Computer Supported Collaborative Learning: A ReviewOne of the basic requirements for education in the future is to prepare learners for participation in a networked, information society in which knowledge will be the most critical resource for social and economic development. Computer-supported collaborative learning - CSCL - is one of the most ...
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