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In the mid 1990s we entered what I call the “blended and informal learning” era.  Organizations realized that “e-learning” was not as all-powerful as we once imagined, and the concepts of blended learning began.   Many companies actually “reopened” and “reinvested” in their classroom programs again.  I wrote The Blended Learning Book in 2004 and it continues to be highly relevant today.   As organizations adopted more and more blended learning concepts and the internet became more widely available, we realized that the many of original concepts of e-learning (replacing instructor led training) were incorrect:  what we really needed to do was create a “new” learning experience on the web, one which included both formal (structured) programs as well as a wide variety of informal (unstructured) forms of content.  

Google, of course, forced this evolution upon us.  Employees and young workers, used to “googling” any problem they wanted to solve, no longer wanted to sit through long, formal online programs unless they were very entertaining.  Today, in fact, according to Basex research published in May of this year, 28% of all employee work is wasted by people multi-tasking between email, google, and various other forms of “informal learning.”  The same research also found that the average employee visits 45 websites every day!

Chief among our insights was that "the network as platform" means far more than just offering old applications via the network ("software as a service"); it means building applications that literally get better the more people use them, harnessing network effects not only to acquire users, but also to learn from them and build on their contributions.

building applications that literally get better the more people use them

Data is the "Intel Inside" of the next generation of computer applications.

二律背反是康德的哲学概念。意指对同一个对象或问题所形成的两种理论或学说虽然各自成立但却相互矛盾的现象，又译作二律背驰，相互冲突或自相矛盾。

WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Iraqi government could be tweeting soon, courtesy of Hillary Clinton.

The Iraqi government could be tweeting soon, courtesy of Hillary Clinton.

教育中的叙事研究，研究是基本方法，叙事是基本手段，目的是为了寻找一些问题现象与解决问题手段之间的关联关系、因果关系……

全球学习社区

今年在我们学校，我们都有一位 “反思伙伴”， 每周我们和这位伙伴就自己的教学实践和课堂学习进行批判性谈话。在这些对话中，我不断想到学生们如何鼓励我。学生们可以做很多让人惊奇的事情。我们工作的一部分就是帮助他们找到让他们茁壮成长的东西——他们热衷的东西。

在过去几年里，这一直是我教学的重点。我们班全是男生。我们花很多时间维持很铁的“团队”关系，还对男生和男人的意义也进行了具体探讨。我们探讨了当男孩不意味着“愣头青”(至少不是所有时间)，探讨了不断挑战自己、不断上进，跳出自己的舒适地带等需求。这正是我想示范的东西，在此方面学生们做得越来越好。接受这些挑战产生了非常宝贵的学习机会，而且也使孩子们做出了鼓舞人心的努力。我愿意借此机会与你们分享。

“There is not yet a widespread agreement on the core. So we would be ill advised to be legislating what gets taught.”

Big deal you might say, which is exactly what I said at first until I realized that Twitter was going to be the most powerful tool in my Professional Learning Network. A way in which I can share with others who in turn share with me, converse with me over interesting concepts in education and help shape my thoughts on the goings on in the education world and life itself.

Send link to your friends, and watch them spread! How big is your influence on real world? You can be a celebrity on the internet by just sharing the links. It's FREE, it's easy!

The key features of the primary curriculum put forward by this Review are: Recognising the continuing importance of subjects and the essential knowledge, skills and understanding they represent. Providing a stronger focus on curriculum progression. Strengthening the focus on ensuring, that by the age of seven, children have a secure grasp of the literacy and numeracy skills they need to make good progress thereafter.  Strengthening the teaching and learning of ICT to enable them to be independent and confident users of technology by the end of primary education. Providing a greater emphasis on personal development through a more integrated and simpler framework for schools.  Building stronger links between the Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1, and between Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3. in offering exciting opportunities for learning languages for 7-11 year olds.