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Teaching, Learning, Information Technology Tools - Learning resources toolsTwitter in Education: Considerations & Possibilities
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President Obama has launched an “Educate to Innovate” campaign | President Obama’s Message for America’s Students | The White House - Teaching, Learning, Information Technology ToolsPresident Obama has launched an “Educate to Innovate” campaign | President Obama’s Message for America’s Students | The White House
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The AV-1.insider - Brilliant Learning Space Mash-up: Norlin Commons @ CU BoulderThe good folks at CU Boulder rolled out the welcome mat to show our EDUCAUSE contingent around. We met an energetic team of librarians, technologists and planners eager to discuss the fruits of their five-year project: the Norlin Commons... a splendid mash-up of "mixed-use" and ...
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Learning and Knowing in Indigenous Societies todayHome Explore Community Help Sign Up Log In Document Information 4 Reads | 0 Comments The loss of their specialised knowledge of nature is a grave concern for many indigenous communities throughout the world. Education, as it is understood in a Western context, occupies a pivotal ...
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Twittering the student experience - Teaching, Learning, Information Technology ToolsTwittering the student experience Summary and Future Plans As a relatively low cost mobile device, the iPod Touch is an easy to use device that does not require much training or support and allows a wide range of applications. However, the data during this work shows that Twitter was ...
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Peer Leadership NetworksPeer leadership is the capacity of people who share similar identities, circumstances, or contexts to provide each other with trusted and relevant information, advice, and support when it is needed most. Peer leadership prioritizes listening and problem-solving among leaders in a safe ...
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Projects as a Complex Adaptive SystemAs a fundamental model for projects I want to use the notion of a Complex Adaptive System (CAS). In this post I will outline what this means; what are the properties of a CAS and how are they beneficial in our quest to search for answers to project problems?
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Resilience of a social-ecological systemThe general meaning of resilience, derived from its Latin roots 'to jump or leap back', is the ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change. In the Resilience Alliance we put more emphasis on the capacity to "get back" than to "bounce back". Our focus is social-ecological ...
Giorgio Bertini
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Self-organizing teams - When to stand back, when to step inPart of my definition of a successful team is that the members of the team increase their knowledge and capacity as a result of their work on the team. That means that giving the team the opportunity to learn is part of the job. One of challenges I see when managers first start working with ...
Giorgio Bertini
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Self Organizing Flocks - VideoThis amazing video of a large flock of starlings making elaborate and intricate patterns in the sky above Denmark has been making the rounds on blogs and news sites lately:
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