Train the Trainers: When Co-Conspirators in Learning Set the Agenda
The fabulous learners in the six-part completely-online two-hours-per-session train-the-trainer series I’m currently facilitating are increasingly adapting to their roles as co-conspirators in learning. Seeing themselves […]
On Inclusion, Trust, and Co-Conspirators in Learning
The word “co-conspirators,” as Stephen Hurley (half-jokingly) suggested during our latest “Collaborations in Learning” conversation for his VoicEd Radio “Hurley in the Morning” show this […]
T is for Training: Innovator’s Mindset, Instagram, and Trolls
Empathetic, problem finder-solver, risk-taker, networked, observant, creator, resilient, reflective: eight characteristics of The Innovator’s Mindset. And eight terms that could easily have been applied to […]
Learning, Innovation, and Instagram (#IITB, Pt. 2 of 4): Building a Community of Learning
I’m watching—and, more importantly, participating in—the growth of another community of learning—the one fostered by writer-presenter-educator George Couros through the “Innovate Inside the Box [#IITB] […]
Learning, Innovation, and Instagram (#IITB, Pt. 3 of 4): Building Character(istics)
To display the character—and the characteristics—of the Innovator’s Mindset requires us to be observant, be creators, be resilient, and be reflective, George Couros and Katie […]
Learning, Innovation, and Instagram (#IITB, Pt. 4 of 4): On “Reading” Innovate Inside the Box
Sometimes a book can be much more than what rests upon its pages. It can be a catalyst. A meeting place. An invitation to engage […]
NMC 2017: Expanding the Ever-growing Conversations in Our Global Learning Spaces
You certainly didn’t have to be here in Boston to have been an active participant in opening day at the NMC (New Media Consortium) 2017 […]
ATD ICE 2016: The Size of the Room, Revisited
As several thousand members of ATD (the Association for Talent Development) from all over the world gather in Denver for our annual International Conference and […]
ATD ICE 2016: Tapestries, Transformations, and Pedicabs
Memorable learning experiences (e.g., workshops, webinars, and well-designed conferences) often are tapestries of personal experiences and shared wisdom-of-the-crowd moments—and there is no doubt in my […]
Rethinking Digital Literacy: Collaborating, Hyperlinking, and Owning Our Learning
With my ALA Editions “Rethinking Digital Literacy” co-conspirators (AKA learners) currently exploring the broad question of “who owns the learning” in digital environments, I saw […]
Rethinking Digital Literacy: Collaboration, Experience, and Riding Digital Waves
There is no denying that playing and working in a variety of digital environments can sometimes feel akin to trying to drink out of a […]
Rethinking Digital Literacy: Moving Out
Out of chaos sometimes comes more chaos—and that can be a very exhilarating and productive learning environment under the right conditions, as we’re seeing in […]
