It would be far too ambitious to try to summarize this book in the space of a blog posting (even my long blog postings). So let me attempt to tease the reader with a few key messages from the book that I would summarize as follows:
We are in need of a fundamental reassessment of our learning models
New learning models will embrace and institutionalize tension
Imagination and play are the fuel that will sustain learning
The truth is that everyone is, indeed, a community facilitator / manager nowadays, as you saw in a recent blog entry where I referenced Gautam's comments along these very same lines. So I thought I would develop further on this topic, specially since, earlier on today, I bumped into a couple of rather relevant and interesting links very much connected to this topic that I am sure you would enjoy quite a bit. The first one is coming from my good friend, Gautam Ghosh, once again, who earlier on tweeted a link to a blog post that he put together in September 2010 and which, despite the months gone by already, it's just as valid today, if not more!, than ever before. Have a look into "5 Skills for Online Community Managers" and find out what some of the community facilitator traits would be like, according to him…