By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. How Pearson plans to force student participation and hurt creativity
Stephen Krashen, SKrashen, 2016/03/28
I do the New York Times crossword on a regular basis. Just as in the Poincare example described by Stephen Krashen in this article, I've found that if I'm stuck on a clue, or on a section, if I turn away from it for a bit - sometimes just a few moments - and come back later, the answer is right there. More...
By Prof. Hacker. Kyna Leski insists that with The Storm of Creativity (MIT Press) she is not writing a self-help book. Read more...
Par Alexandre Roberge. Avoir un ouvrage publié à son nom. Voilà le rêve de nombreux auteurs en herbe. Or, il y a loin des premiers mots écrits sur des pages à la commercialisation d'un livre, qu'il soit imprimé ou sous forme électronique. Voir l'article...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Why No One Really Wants Creativity
Barry M. Straw, Foundations of Creativity, 2015/12/24
The media and popular press lead us to celebrate the innovative and creative, but few would want such people in their organization, much less to be one themselves, writes Barry M. Straw. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Four Things that Highly Creative People Do
John Spencer, The Creative Classroom, 2015/12/15
This article helps dispel the myth of the genius. It's important to dispel this myth. The four things (paraphrased):
These are totally true for me. More...
#creativeHE is an optional blended postgraduate module part of the Masters in Higher Education offered by the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at Manchester Metropolitan University and an openly licensed online course for teachers in higher education who are interested in developing creative habits, confidence and capacity to transform their practice. #creativeHE opens minds, hearts and practices to new possibilities and transforms learning and teaching, in physical and virtual spaces, into exciting and stimulating experiences that awaken creative minds through maximising active experimentation and playfulness as well as innovative and connected thinking, learning and practice in cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural and cross-institutional settings that foster collaboration and the formation of learning communities. More...
Blog "Il y a une vie après le bac" d'Olivier Rollot. « Développer ses compétences créatives au service de l’innovation » c’est ce que propose le Mooc Creative Box que l’Essca lance le 28 septembre. « Nous sommes partis du constat qu’a si bien fait Ken Robinson que nous avons tous un potentiel de créativité mas qu’on nous empêche peu à peu, tout au long de notre éducation, de l’exprimer. C’est pour cela que nous avons voulu travailler sur la créativité en proposant aux apprenants de de MOOC de se mettre dans la peau d’un innovateur », explique Stéphane Justeau, directeur de la Pédagogie et du Soutien à l’enseignement de l’école. Suite...
By . Psychologists have advanced a new theory linking neurotic unhappiness and creativity, arguing that natural worriers may also have highly active imaginations and be more creative problem-solvers. Fashion houses want creative designers, so schools should focus on creative teaching — students can learn the business side later, says Walter Van Beirendonck, head of the fashion department at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp. More...
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