Marcel de Leeuwe and I will be hosting a workshop on do-it-yourself learning at this year's Dutch e-learning event. Marcel did a short interview with me about the topic as a warming-up exercise. In the interview I explain (in Dutch) why self-organized learning is becoming relevant now and what this might mean for the Learning … Continue reading A Short Video-Interview About Self-Organized Learning
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Only the Autodidacts Are Free – Why I Have a Personal Library
I've been reading Nassim Nicholas Taleb's book Antifragile, Things That Gain from Disorder. I've portioned the book into 30 daily chunks of 14 pages each and post a Tweet about those 14 pages every day. The following passage is one of my favourites in the book so far. It very much aligns with my thinking … Continue reading Only the Autodidacts Are Free – Why I Have a Personal Library
Learning. Who is responsible?
Just now I delivered a keynote at the 20th Annual Israeli Learning Conference. I was there at the kind invitation of HR Israel and Amir Elion. My talk was pitched as follows: Over the next few years the role of the learning organization will shift, moving away from the current focus on course and curriculum … Continue reading Learning. Who is responsible?
A Day of Conversations at Learning Technologies 2013
This is now my fourth year in a row that I manage to do a quick visit to the Learning Technologies exhibition in London. Like last year I decided to try and speak to as many luminaries as possible and ask them what they were planning to do in the coming year. Steve Dineen Steve … Continue reading A Day of Conversations at Learning Technologies 2013
The Books I Read in 2012
Inspired by Tony Haile I have decided to write a yearly post in which I list the books that I have read for the year. This year I managed to read 57 books (still 18 books short on my seemingly unattainable goal of reading 75 books a year. Please note that the categories are quite … Continue reading The Books I Read in 2012