The Ones-at-Large

  • Civilization’s jungle paths

    Cambodia’s vast lost city: world’s greatest pre-industrial site unearthed A ground-breaking archaeological discovery in Cambodia has revealed a colossal 700-year old urban landscape connecting ancient cities and temples to Angkor Wat. via Cambodia’s vast lost city: world’s greatest pre-industrial site… Continue reading

    Civilization’s jungle paths
  • 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… Continue reading

    MOOC, Online Education and its future | Learner Weblog
  • Kinetic Topography with Stephen Fry

    Great discussion by Stephen Fry that is augmented by Matthew Rogers great moving word visuals. Using the wonderful words of acclaimed writer, actor and allround know it all (I mean that in the best of ways) Stephen Fry I have… Continue reading

  • [Harper’s Index] | July 2013

    This months grab bag of statistics from the always wonderful Harpers Magazine:   …Portion of university teaching positions that are filled by graduate students or adjunct faculty : 3/4   Percentage of college professors teaching online courses who do not believe students… Continue reading

    [Harper’s Index] | July 2013
  • American Freedom

    I recently reposted this picture to my Facebook which had been making the rounds. It drew a lot of comments and got rereposted. In his response, my good friend and fellow pedagog John F. recommended me one of his favorite… Continue reading

  • A Discussion With Cryptome

    Fascinating interview over at Gawker… Gawker: Snowden told the Guardian that in leaking these documents he wanted to reveal the “architecture of oppression.” You’re both architects—what does that term mean to you? Young: People take it metaphorically, but we think… Continue reading

  • Centered and Whole

    Finding new metrics of success is not just for women. It is for women and men who want to be whole, centered, and happy human beings. That means being whole in mind and body, reason and emotion, work and family.… Continue reading

    Centered and Whole
  • Twilighting Idolatries

    Genius is always sufficiently the enemy of genius by over influence. The book, the college, the school of art, the institution of any kind, stop with some past utterance of genius. This is good, say they, — let us hold… Continue reading

    Twilighting Idolatries
  • How Twitter Is Changing the Geography of Communication

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions New research suggests that location plays a smaller role now in who we talk to and what we talk about. Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: “There are two ways to think about connectivity on Twitter:… Continue reading

    How Twitter Is Changing the Geography of Communication
  • Controlling for Cosmopolis

    Jose Ortega y Gasset points out that the term “emperor’ means “the one who goes to where the border begins”. The Latin word is related to the Spanish verb empezar (to begin). An Imperator was a general who kept whole the… Continue reading

    Controlling for Cosmopolis
  • Philosophy isn’t dead yet | Raymond Tallis

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions ‘…then there is the mishandling of time. The physicist Lee Smolin’s recent book, Time Reborn, links the crisis in physics with its failure to acknowledge the fundamental reality of time. Physics is predisposed to… Continue reading

    Philosophy isn’t dead yet | Raymond Tallis
  • Boon of Dandelions 9

    Dozing content on mid-may morning Cool pillow against my cheek Iced coffee just enough to keep me from going back into dreamland Birds squawking at the humid heat Sun bright, day brilliant Writing thinking planning ———————- My futon is tight… Continue reading

    Boon of Dandelions 9
  • Withdrawing

    Engagement with the world happens on many levels. One of the most difficult actions is keeping faith in the good of humankind even as you see folks  overladen with distractions. I read Star Wars novels, like to go to blockbuster… Continue reading

    Withdrawing
  • Vernor Vinge on Technological Unemployment

    What does the future hold, not only for the great hoard of folk who may not keep ahead of the ever-widening techno-chasm, but also the banks of thinkers/creators who have until now been busy at encoding the Book of Life?… Continue reading

    Vernor Vinge on Technological Unemployment
  • It’s the actor in the interaction not the internet in the actor

    Nice experiment by a gent who left the internet behind for twelve months after being connected in some fashion for thirteen years. I am reminded of how often in a town like Denton or even New York, someone will begin… Continue reading

    It’s the actor in the interaction not the internet in the actor
  • Keeping the Humanities Vibrant

    My good colleague Robert Frodeman and his friend Chris Buczinsky take a crack at rethinking how to keep the humanities something that resonates to 21st Century students. In “Howl,” a blistering poetical rant and perhaps the most important poem of… Continue reading

    Keeping the Humanities Vibrant
  • Connectivism: Theory, Hypothesis, or Description?

    You can imagine my surprise that when I started to read around this notion of connectivism, I started off thinking that it was indeed “a learning theory for the digital age” (Siemens, 2005) to conclude that  in its current form, the… Continue reading

    Connectivism: Theory, Hypothesis, or Description?