In late October I will be attending Elliott Masie's Learning 2012. This year Marcel de Leeuwe and I will be hosting a learning lab session which is described as follows: Facilitating "DIY" (Do-It-Yourself) Learning Only knowledge workers themselves really know what their jobs entail, which makes providing learning for them increasingly difficult. The level of … Continue reading Facilitating “DIY” (Do-It-Yourself) Learning at Elliott Masie’s Learning 2012
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Digital Civil Rights: a Guest Lecture
Today I had the pleasure of doing a guest lecture for Bits of Freedom at the University of Leiden in a course titled Anthropology of Information Society. I used many examples to try and drive home two points: Technology is not just a tool, it is not "neutral" You can help change technology for the … Continue reading Digital Civil Rights: a Guest Lecture
The Future State of Capability Building in Organizations: Inspirations
I have been involved in organizing a workshop on capability building in organizations hosted on my employer's premises (to be held on October 20th). We have tried to get together an interesting group of professionals who will think about the future state of capability building and how to get there. All participants have done a … Continue reading The Future State of Capability Building in Organizations: Inspirations
Beautiful Functional Design: The Strida Folding Bike
As regular readers of this blog might have noticed: I love great technology. When I talk about technology, I push the concept slightly further than most web aficionados might do. It is not just gadgets that I like, but any well designed tool that can make my life easier is much appreciated. A great blog … Continue reading Beautiful Functional Design: The Strida Folding Bike