Transdisciplinarity: a New Learning Paradigm for the Digital Age?
I have been an educator, administrator, writer and creative artist for over forty years. During that time, most of the disciplines with which I have been involved have changed.
Reflections on Disciplines
This short piece is adapted from a lecture I gave some years ago about the way disciplines, in particular film studies, develop into departments within universities.
Writing, Learning and Social Media (2)
Analysis of language both written and verbal, allows us to see into the motivations, expectations and often the assumptions of our readers and interlocutors.
Writing, Learning and Social Media (1)
Passion is an overused word these days, but its use reflects a cultural shift in the meaning of writing and learning in the context of work and everyday life.
STEM to STEAM
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) has been in the news for the last two years.
The Student of Learning (3)
Over the course of the last forty years, Canada’s universities, colleges and K-12 educational systems have performed extraordinarily well.
The Student of Learning (2) Context/Communications
I have worked as a teacher and administrator for over forty years and the following reflections on context and communications are a product of my effort to understand and change the way our educational institutions think about teaching and learning.
The Craft of Quantum Learning
Learning both in the classroom and outside the classroom is generally approached in a linear fashion.
Learning and Change in a World of Communications
I have been an educator, administrator, writer and creative artist for many years. During that time, most of the disciplines with which I have been involved have changed.
On the Topic of Culture (3)
We need to understand that the creative act is never singular in character or in action, never clearly purposive although filled with intention.
On the Topic of Culture (2)
Digital cultures are hugely democratizing because they encourage many different forms of creative output, but this does not mean that the works being produced will find a significant place in our society.
Learning, Informal/Formal
An editorial in the April 2010 edition of Nature Magazine raises some important issues about student learning experiences in the sciences.
Learners in a Changing Learning Landscape
There are numerous books about learning and many different points of view about how people learn and what kinds of institutions (if any) work best for students and the public at large.
TheContext for Learning, Education and the Arts (1)
The context for learning, education and the arts has altered dramatically over the last few years as has the cultural environment for educators and artists/creators.
The Challenge of Change in Learning Communities (3)
There is a simple definition of learning community that says, “This phrase describes a vision and model where a community's stakeholders come together and share resources.
Dangerous Ideas (3)
I have been thinking along these lines for quite a while especially with my experiences recently in Paris.
Dangerous Ideas (1)
I am not sure, though, if the simple elimination of the idea of the classroom would as such alter out conceptions and pre-conceptions about learning