Archive for April, 2005

ACRL-"Big Picture" Pedagogy

Benjamin Harris from Trinity University gave an engaging presentation based on his contributed conference paper, which was more theoretical in tone and style, and used the theory to start discussion about the practical side of things. Why should we talk about images in relation to IL? * because students are media driven–from TV, music, comics, [...]

Leadership and the New Science

Using the metaphor of Schroedinger’s cat (given a cat in a box, the cat may be dead or alive (exists as a possibility of either) until you actually open the box and observe it, which fixes its state. It’s the act of observation, measurement that makes it one or the other. Schroedinger used this to [...]

Management Practices in Learning Organizations

Adaptive or single loop learning vs. generative or double loop learning: Adaptive learning “focuses on solving problems in the present without examining the appropriateness of current learning behaviors,” on making “incremental improvements in existing products, markets, services, or technologies—often within the context of the firm’s preexisting track record of success.” Organization and thinking are often [...]