Jul 07
- Google, Zen Master of the Market - News Analysis - NYTimes.com - “The source of Google’s competitive advantage is learning by doing,” said Hal R. Varian, Google’s chief economist. One of the hallmarks of Learning 2.0 will be easy, inexpensive experimentation - learning through mistakes.
- What good is collective intelligence if it doesn’t make us smarter? - O’Reilly Radar - Tim O'Reilly conference ad (with quote from John Battelle) discusses how it is time to move beyond the consumer-centric euphoria of social computing (Web 2.0) and start using the new found power to improve society.
- The Future of Instruction: Teacher as ‘Co-Learner’ : June 2008 : THE Journal - Now you're talking. Forget the sage on the stage, and even beyond the curious curator, change is so fast that effective teachers will adopt the role of wise co-learner.
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