Reflecting (on 2021)
I don’t think I’ve made a habit of it, but it occurs to me that it might be good to reflect a little on this […]
Time for Reflection
My dad used to regale me with this tale of his best friend, who told his new employer when he started: “If you see me […]
The case for good timekeeping
I was a part of a fascinating, but frustrating, event. The topic was important, but the schedule slipped. And slipped. I realized, as a result, […]
Beyond Industrial Age Thinking
I’ve long maintained that our organizational practices are too often misaligned with how our brains really work. I’ve attributed that to a legacy from previous […]
Higher-education Myths
I’ve been in a variety of higher education roles in several ways: as a victim, er, student; as a grad student; post-doc; tenured/promoted faculty member; […]
The (Post) Cognitive Perspective
I’m deeply steeped in the cognitive sciences, owing to a Ph.D. in cognitive psych. Fortuitively, this was at the time my advisor was creating the […]
Reading Research?
I was honored to have a colleague laud my Myths book (she was kind enough to also promote the newer learning science book), but it […]
Coping with Change: A Book Review of Flux by April Rinne
How do we cope with change? There’s a myth that we resist change, but Peter de Jaeger busted that in a talk I heard where […]
A new common tragedy?
Recently, my kids (heh, in their 20s) let me know that they don’t use Yelp. That actually surprised and puzzled me. Not specifically because of […]
My ‘Man on the Moon’ Project
There have been a variety of proposals for the next ‘man on the moon’ project since JFK first inspired us. This includes going to Mars, […]
Representation Matters
There is a deep sense of where and how representation matters. Then there are less critical, but still important ways in which presentation counts. It […]
2021 Top 10 Tools for Learning
As always, I like to participate in my Internet Time Alliance colleague Jane Hart’s Top 10 Tools for Learning survey. However, in reviewing last year’s […]
