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The Magic “How To” Search

Want to find a wealth of information about how to learn just about anything? Typing in just two simple search phrases into your favorite search engine will produce an astounding number of learning resources. The two phrases are “how to” and “how to learn”. Give it a try. As I’m writing this, if I search […]

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Education Crisis – A Proposal For Change

In a 2009 San Francisco Chronicle (my local newspaper) article it was reported that due to the state budget crisis at the time the entire California State University (CSU) system of 23 campuses would not accept any new students for its upcoming spring semester. Typically, about 35,000 students enroll in the CSU system each spring. […]

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Dramatic Global Warming Video

Rarely do we get to see such a clear illustration of the warming of Earth’s surface as we do in this video. Check it out. Very cool. From their web page: From our friends at NASA comes this amazing 13-second animation that depicts how temperatures around the globe have warmed since 1950. You’ll note an […]

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Social Media and Informal Learning

Graham Attwell, an educational technologist, researcher and blogger based in Pontypridd in Wales and Bremen in Germany, has posted a short slideshow that I found interesting. Mr. Attwell’s presentation examines the ways in which people are now using technology for playing, for communication and yes, for learning. He contends also that the education systems are […]

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The Self-Education Checklist

A while back I read a great book by Atul Gawande titled The Checklist Manifesto. The message of the book is that in today’s deluge of information and processes that many of us are required to utilize in our daily lives, and in our professional lives in particular, there is no way we can remember […]

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