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MOOC, Online Education and its future | Learner Weblog
Misunderstanding, lack of common “goals” among various institutions and professors, and differing interests in schools of education and pedagogy have all left people mixing MOOCs with online education. To me, this is only part of the “wicked problems” especially when disruptive innovation comes into play in education. via MOOC, Online Education…
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You’re Invited to a Foxes’ Wedding
Originally posted on Audio SeXXX: Check out The Foxes’ Wedding Available for FREE DOWNLOAD Used to describe a Sun shower, it is reference to a japanese folktale involving a Kitsune (A shapeshifting Fox Spirit) and a human bride the full story can be found here academia.issendai.com/foxtales/japan-fox-wedding.shtml
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Body 7: Disembodied DIY | disembodied text
Newest issue of Disembodied Text is out. I am proud to say that one of my poems was included. Also, this one comes with a PDF version which you can download and print up to pass around to all of your poetry loving buddies. Body 7: Disembodied DIY | disembodied…
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Millions of Egyptians Demand Morsi’s Downfall
Originally posted on Paper to Use: CAIRO, Egypt — June 30 proved to be very different from January 2011, which was made to look like a minor protest in comparison. Tens of thousands of protesters spent the night in the epicenter of Egypt’s uprising, Tahrir Square, which by noon couldn’t…
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Quote: Style and the linguistic bases of Roman rhetorical devices
Originally posted on Wetwiring: I decided recently to brush up on my Latin (it has been a damp week in Ireland so far), and so dug out old grammars, dictionaries, and anthologies. I turned to Cicero (kik-er-oh I keep reminding myself), as the flavour of some of the orations seemed…
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Liberation Through Non-Clinging
A dharma talk where Buddhist teacher Joseph Goldstein discusses the nature of impermanence and letting go of the grasping mind. Related articles The Buddha as counter-evolutionary (thenonbuddhist.com) The Buddha’s Struggle With Anxiety? (thebuddhasmind.wordpress.com) Beginning Buddhism (busybuddha.wordpress.com) Four Noble Truths (maribelquinones.wordpress.com) On the Path to Non-Attachment (passingthru.com)
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The Legacy of Franz Kafka As Seen Through His Impact on Gabriel García Márquez | Memoir | Biographile
The influence of Kafka, born 130 years ago this week (July 3, 1883) in Prague, is great among twentieth-century writers from Albert Camus to Jorge Luis Borges — the term Kafkaesque has even entered the vernacular as a way to describe events so bizarre they seem surreal — but the…
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If we can refrain from harming others in our everyday actions and words, we can start to give more serious attention to actively doing good.
Originally posted on philosiblog: If we can refrain from harming others in our everyday actions and words, we can start to give more serious attention to actively doing good. – Dalai Lama How do you un-say something they overheard? If you wouldn’t say it to their face, should you say it at…
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Methods of Salvador Dali
A nice overview of the philosophical methods and notions employed by Dali for aesthetic inspiration. Paranoid-Critical: Created in the early 1930’s by Dali himself, the “Paranoid-Critical” method is a Surrealist method used to help an artist tap into their subconscious through systematic irrational thought and a self-induced paranoid state. By…
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58. Dave
Originally posted on 23thorns: The Japanese are sending a man into space. There’s nothing unusual about this; he’s just going up to man the international space station for a while. What is unusual is that they are sending a robot up with him. This is Kirobo. Now also available from…
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