Every year I tune in to the Reith Lectures on Radio 4. They provoke new ideas, challenge assumptions and often connect previously disassociated notions and concepts. This year sees a break with tradition, as the lectures have been split into two parts, due to a guest pulling out at the last minute. With the overarching [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Ingenuity'
The Communications Revolution: reflections from the Reith Lectures 2011
June 28th, 2011 No Comments
Tags: communication · learning theory · online facilitation · pedagogy
Collaborative Consumerism, Constructivism and the Currency of New Knowledge
February 8th, 2011 1 Comment
As I walk and drive around our island, I am increasingly filled with despair at the self-centred way that people throw rubbish into our grass verges, hedges and roadsides. Sitting in a traffic jam a few years back, I got out of my car and handed a crisp packet to the front seat passenger (a [...]
Tags: collaboration
Kinetic Typography
October 12th, 2010 1 Comment
I came across a new thing today – new in that although I have seen it before, I did not realize it had a name, that being Kinetic Typography.
Here is a wonderful example from Stephen Fry on ‘Language’:
Although it has been around since the late 1890’s its use in educational terms is still [...]
Tags: innovation
De-Innovation
September 3rd, 2010 1 Comment
I’m not sure what to call it really, but I’ll give you an example straight away:
In 2007, after Concorde was taken out of service, the BBC described it as a ‘technological pioneer’ and heralded it’s passing with the following statement: “Concorde’s designers put together an aircraft that was a triumph of innovation”. Of course there [...]
Tags: innovation · online learning · reflection
