By William Ian Miller. Amazing, is it not, how much magical thinking self-described secularists will engage in? I grew up in Green Bay, Wis., and much of my sense of well-being still depends on the fortunes of the Packers. What did I do to deserve—no, actually to cause—the recent debacle in Seattle? That loss will live with me until my memory fully collapses, which given the rate at which it is declining might occur anywhere from a year to a full decade from now, depending, well, depending on my luck. More...
By Nicholas B. Dirks. When Allan Bloom’s infamous book, The Closing of the American Mind, was published in 1987, it was, as Camille Paglia later declared, the "first shot of the culture wars." Bloom’s book—by any account an odd amalgam of polemical denunciation of academe, philosophical argument, and memoir—quickly generated a spirited debate about college life, the place of the liberal arts, and, as Bloom himself put it, "the state of our souls." More...
By . Why won’t academics argue with the religious right when campuses are meant to be centres of debate? We are deeply concerned that the counter-terrorism and security bill currently being debated in parliament will place an unlawful and unenforceable duty on educational institutions and staff. More...
By Martyn Hammersley. There have been some high-profile examples of the mis-selling of goods and services, such as insurance, that have no value to the people buying them. More pervasive, of course, is over-selling: the making of exaggerated claims for products and services. Recently, I have begun to reflect on whether some recent efforts to promote social science to politicians and the public could fall into this category. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Everything You Need to Know About Becoming a Better Listener
Sarah Green, Harvard Business Review, 2015/02/06
This explains in part why lectures are so ineffective. "In a study of thousands of students and hundreds of businesspeople, they found that most retained only half of what they heard — and this immediately after they’d heard it. Six months later, most people only retained 25%." More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Neuroenhancement and the Extended Mind Hypothesis
John Danaher, Humanity+, 2015/02/03
One question that's always asked is what is the connection between social networks and neural networks? In a recent talk I referred to the 'Downes answer' and the 'Siemens answer' to this question. More...
Alexis Hluszko, Président du Garf et chef de la mission Accompagnement des organisations de l’ONF (Office national des forêts)
Votre crédo est « apprendre sans former », pouvez-vous préciser ?
A.H. C’est la définition même de l’entreprise apprenante où tous les membres apprennent les uns des autres au sein d’un même écosystème. On est désormais sorti du modèle contraignant de la déclaration 2483. Voir l'article...
Kommentar . In NRW tobt ein Streit über die Anwesenheitspflicht. Die Lösung ist einfach: Schafft das Konzept endlich ab. Es nützt nur ängstlichen Professoren mit Power-Point-Folien. Morgens halb neun in Deutschland, die Anwesenheitsliste geht rum. Eine Unterschrift bitte. Mehr...
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