30-Day Challenge – Day 24 – Bricolage and Course Design

I have been enamored with the concept of bricolage for some time now. French for “tinkering”, bricolage is the building of something from what is available.  Sherry Turkle applied this to programming, suggesting less an exhaustive specification than a iterative growth process with re-evaluation loops.  Turkle writes: “The bricoleur resembles the painter who stands back… Read more 30-Day Challenge – Day 24 – Bricolage and Course Design

30-Day Challenge – Day 22 – Asking the Wrong Questions

This 30-Day Challenge has been intellectually stimulating for me.  Enoch Hale challenged us to ask “out-of-the-box” questions about teaching and learning…which is fun in some ways and very challenging in other ways.  It has definitely not led (for me) to “the same old thinking.” Our hallway conversations have been just as fun…and have focused on… Read more 30-Day Challenge – Day 22 – Asking the Wrong Questions

30-Day Challenge – Day 21 – Crazy Teaching Practices

Ilya Pozin, founder of Open Me and Ciplex, and a columnist for Inc, Forbes and LinkedIn, had an article  in LinkedIn called “15 Crazy Best Practices That Really Work.” Ilya noted that for entrepreneurs, conventional wisdom does not always work, especially in the disruptive market today.  He posted 15 “crazy ideas” from fellow entrepreneurs who… Read more 30-Day Challenge – Day 21 – Crazy Teaching Practices