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• Monday, February 02, 2009 9:19 AM

  Back After a Blogging Break

  Sorry for the long dry spell. I had to recharge the batteries after a busy fall and holiday season. Plus, I'm blogging regularly at Internet Evolution , which absorbs a lot of my spare time. I'm now hoping to get back to a regular blogging schedule here Read More... Posted by Rob | 2 Comments Filed under: education, futurism, the book

• Thursday, December 04, 2008 9:43 AM

  "NetGen Nonsense"

  I just stumbled across a blog called NetGen Nonsense , dedicated to debunking the "myth" of digital natives - that is, the relationship between the Millennial generation and collaborative technology. As far as I can see, the site posts some useful contrarian Read More... Posted by Rob | 3 Comments Filed under: education, Millennials

• Tuesday, June 24, 2008 8:43 AM

  Business School 2.0

  If you can hear me over the wind, the ambient noise, and the occasional ambulance siren, here I am talking about "Business School 2.0" with interviewer Richard Collin of Grebnoble Ecole De Management at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston. Cliff Notes Read More... Posted by Rob | 2 Comments Filed under: education, Millennials

• Thursday, April 03, 2008 2:27 PM

  Is America Getting Dumber?

  Clive Crook thinks it is. His piece on the Atlantic Monthly blog (entitled " The Dumbing of America ") notes a study that shows that, "For the first time in decades, and probably ever, workers retiring from the US labor force will be better-educated on Read More... Posted by Rob | 1 Comments Filed under: education, Politics, workforce development

• Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:35 PM

  Speed Skating Through College

  Mark Edmundson, a professor of English at the University of Virginia, has a thought-provoking and well-written essay in the Chronicle of Higher Education on the transformation of the learning experience in the age of ubiquitous networks. He seems sympathetic Read More... Posted by Rob | 1 Comments Filed under: education, Millennials

• Friday, December 28, 2007 11:27 AM

  Quakerism and Web 2.0

  In Philadelphia, a fair number of the better private secondary schools are run by Quakers. I graduated from one of them, the William Penn Charter School , in 1985, and benefited not only from a good education, but also from the school's forward-leaning Read More... Posted by Rob | 1 Comments Filed under: Web 2.0, organizational culture, education