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The Institution and the PLN

A comment by David Elliot on my last post yielded a train of thought that I think is worth discussing. Initially I had posted the following thoughts as a reply to his comment, but the thought occurred that this is … Continue reading

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Growing a Network

Jeffrey Keefer said to me today: “You seem to have a large and wide network yourself. How do you foster that?” The short answer to this is: “I actively seek out my network contacts and go where they go” or … Continue reading

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Self-Directed Learning, PLNs, and the Future of Higher Education

A post I read yesterday really got me to thinking about curriculum-based instruction versus self-directed learning models.  This post is a reflective writing exercise that seeks to clarify my philosophies on the subject in my own head. In “Downes on … Continue reading

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