Tuesday 30 August 2011

Learning in the Digital Age

Picture taken from "Mutuas Palabras"

The question is not what is going to change in the digital age, the question is what has already changed and we have not noticed.

One of the most important changes are in education. We all have changed our approach to knowledge but universities and educational institutions. Maybe the best opportunity in the new world that is taking shape is to overcome a bit the mechanical way of thinking the industrial era imposed, being a bit more creative. The "Battery Model" (Shön) of learning is over. Welcome the Reflexive Mode of learning. This CHE's article is in the right direction.


Wednesday 3 August 2011

Plot Against America




An excellent reading for this summer: "The plot against America", by Philip Roth. It opens our imagination on what could have happened as well as what could happen in the future.