The Common Loon

This weblog about facilitating lifelong learning in a digital age is maintained by Shanta Rohse. I created it to support a graduate independent study course I am taking at Athabasca University's Centre for Distance Education in Winter 2005. You can find out more about me from my personal web site.







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A Pattern Language Engaging Minds

Communities of Practice by Etienne Wenger The Ingenuity Gap by Thomas Homer-Dixon

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~ an application of the Extract It! pattern: a real time boolean search via PubSub ~

Why the loon?

It's from an old reading blanket that's incubated many a lifelong learning project.

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Monday, 25 April 2005
Choose the well-marked trail*

You don't know where to begin a search for a topic that is unfamiliar to you.

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Searching without guide can leave you lost.

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Therefore, follow the trail that more experienced learners have marked.

Look for markers in footnotes, references, and subject headings.

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posted by: Shanta at 17:05 | link | comments
design, lifelong, learning, patterns

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