Good morning all, With the NJDOE and just about every other state department of education talking about the importance of globally connected (aka ‘flattened’) classrooms, many districts are trying to figure out exactly what that means and how to get there. Let’s face it: our time i...

A networked-view of the world, the importance of good visuals and the need for rethinking how organizations can adapt to the disruptive changes brought by Web 2.0 technologies, are just some of the interesting topics that George Siemens explores in this issue of Media Literacy Digest. Photo credit: ...

Location-based learning, flexibility in education, and changing paradigms in society are just some of the pointers which George Siemens explores in this weekly issue of Media Literacy Digest. Photo credit: D\'Arcy Norman Among the hot topics and issues covered in this week digest, the relationship b...

[Image credit - NASA; metaphor credit - Kenyon Cummings, session participant] Six educators (two elementary, two middle, one high and one college) … talking about our schools … teaching and learning … technology … and the power of networks … during “Happy HourR...

A look at the future of technology and trends in this issue of the Media Literacy digest. Photo credit: Jay Cross In this issue: George Siemens deals with changing paradigms in education, a new report about the Twittersphere, two interesting studies on the importance of video games in online learnin...

Virtual worlds offer exciting opportunities in online learning. A virtual world is a fully customizable 3D environment on the Internet where people can meet, talk, and interact with each other as if they were in the real world. The big deal is that you\'re not just a screen name or a still picture, ...

Is our worldwide education system ready to prepare for the unpredictability and fast changes that the 21st century will be serving? Photo credit: Elizabeth Hanson-Smith Education isn't only about creating employees. It's about empowering individuals to become individuals with the ability t...

Sense-making is the extraordinary new unconscious effort the Internet avant-garde has moved into. After an initial phase of discovery, experimentation and pure exploration, web publishers, bloggers and educators are gradually turning their efforts into looking at what they have learned and making it...

I work with someone who’s convinced that conferences are inefficient ways to learn useful skills and gain knowledge. (Sounds like the same criticism Churchill made of democracy: It’s the worst system of government, except for all the other methods.) Of course conferences aren’t eff...

Learning better, understanding deeper, finding new ways to share and educate others are some of the key focus areas George Siemens takes us to during this weekly digest of interesting bits, news, tools and resources he collects and introduces in his daily blog posts. Photo credit: Artzone In this we...