11 Sep
2013
B.F Skinner. Teaching Machine and Programmed Learning
Is this prediction from 1954 the foreshadowing of online education?
OTHER POSTS
Backpacking the Wicklow Mountains Near Dublin, Ireland
Backpacking the Wicklow Mountains Near Dublin, Ireland I recently had an awesome backpacking trip to Ireland and this post will discuss my experience in the Wicklow Mountains. You always meet the most wonderful people when traveling the world. This trip was no exception. Here are some thoughts and tips that I’ve gathered through my experience […]
1/2 Destination: Chartreuse Mountain Chain, French Alps
Via Stephane Sandon
The Necessary Art of Subtraction
The tendency of our lives, businesses, art, is to keep adding: more furniture, clothes, gadgets, tasks, appointments, features to websites and apps, words to our writing. Continual addition isn’t sustainable or desirable: Too many things to do means we’re always busy, with no time for rest, stillness, contemplation, creativity, time with loved ones. Overwhelming customers […]
Albert O. Hirschman and The Power of Failure.
I liked this Gladwell piece from The New Yorker profiling Albert O. Hirschman, an influential economist and author of several well known books. Hirschman, an esoteric mind, felt that people were more creative when they experienced failure. Then, he believed, people were forced to think. Hirshman wrote, “Creativity always comes as a surprise to us; therefore […]