(from an e-mail conversation with a new friend, the inventor of Brainmode power), Stephen asked me to reflect upon the phrase: Battle ready, brain ready. This was my stream of consciousness: it seems to me that brain state is an integral part of every behavior or cognitive process. for instance, we use a number of […]
Tag: education
the high frontier of graduate education
my take on the internal/external elements of AQAL as it connects to our role in higher education, is that we have an obligation to be a critical mirror for our students we engage with them to mutually learn critical thinking skills, and we give them feedback from deep in our own experience and research. at […]
reflections on state funding for higher education
our cohort is looking at trends in state level funding for higher education and saw Arkansas proposing a plan to tie funding to short term measures of performance like class completion %, which triggered the following reflection on my part during our weekly discussions 1. state legislatures are tied to the annual and biannual budget […]
China brings a high-speed train to California; Harriman and Carnegie roll over in their graves
Image via Wikipedia In an era of lifelong learning, I wonder if the mark of real graduation is a ceremony at the end of the classes or is it measured by what you do with the education for the rest of your life? Is there even such a thing as graduation for lifelong learners? I […]
Gomer doesnt understand research, tells kids to get off his lawn
Image via Wikipedia I guess we need every dollar possible for building howizers the Army doesnt want or need ….in Coburn’s state Maybe it’s a generation gap thing. But the $3 million that went to UC Irvine researchers to study “Decentralized Virtual Activities and Technologies” has been branded one of the worst wastes of taxpayer dollars of […]
More on the science of learning, social constructionism, language and teaching
Image via Wikipedia http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2776823/ this is really powerful for the teachers out there among us a powerful summary of links to education and learning research that supports so much of the social-constructionist worldview, as well as the pragmatist, but with a solid foundation in objectivism, and which therefore supports advocacy for access to technologies for everyone […]
Building a master Powerpoint file (or image dB) to support wide ranging discussions
Image via Wikipedia a terrific discussion here on the idea of having a 2500 slide Powerpoint master file my reflection: I use this exact technique when teaching Army Change Management and Army Sustainment i have over 500 slides that illustrate certain points, many of which are cleaned up versions of story-boarding explanations i have used to […]
Some characteristics of transformational change
Image by Alex Osterwalder via Flickr Discussing the three kinds of interventions associated with transformational change, namely: culture change, self-design, and Organizational Learning and Knowledge management. Culture change: focuses more on the development of a strong, appropriate culture for the line of business, environment, workforce demographics and societal norms as a way to align organizations, […]
Traders Roundtable: six tangible benefits of reflective journaling
Image via Wikipedia Reflective journaling is the process of deliberately recording your thoughts and feelings and then analyzing them in a process called double loop learning. With reflective learning, we examine our feelings and responses and then we look at how we act upon this newfound knowledge improving our self awareness and self-consciousness. Reflective journaling, […]
Image by The Library of Congress via Flickr Buddhists have a name for the quality of inquisitiveness that we associate with very young children and kittens: they call it child-mind. It is a state of consciousness that is highly sought after by long-term practitioners of the meditative arts. It is a state of mind that represents […]