The KSL Study Centre is an adult education institution. It is maintained by KSL Civic Association for Adult Learning, a private non-governmental organisation established in 1964 as "an association of associations". They have 15 member organisations and about 130 other partner organisations, … Continue reading →

How shall we coordinate researchers, solution designers or product developers, policy makers and practitioners together for problem solving and innovations in education? Design research From Wekipedia: Design research was originally constituted as primarily research into the process of design, developing from work in design methods, but the concept has been expanded to include research embedded within the... Read More ›

I am privileged to have hosted Paul Cornies’ Green Pen Society this month and to have been given the opportunity to choose the topic, What gets you flying when you feel you want to write?Paul started the writers’ society this year over at quoteflections.This month's responses have been wonderful and I appreciate the frankness the contributors possess in rationalising their reasons for writing.Here are some extracts from contributions:Blogging allows me to continue both formal and informal learning by working out and reformulating ideas that I have heard at school, questions from my students, read in blogs or the periodicals I read on regular basis (such as the Financial Times), and even analyze and come up with my own theories on what is going on in those areas in which I am interested.Virginia YonkersWhat empowers me? In the old days before blogging I liked to write in a journal. I wrote stories and poems but I was not nearly as prolific as now. Now I am writing for an audience and most importantly for myself; it's fun and enriching most of the time.Paul Cornies The blog is a place I come to reflect, and even rave about things that have been floating around in my head. Very productive - you should try it. I believe that many ideas which would normally have no outlet are developed in blog posts. Seriously.Tania ShekoIdeas, feelings and stories that lie idly in my mind rise to the surface and glide when I write about them. Tangled thought-threads, perhaps diffuse and disparate, become less so and move more freely and succinctly when I do this.Ken AllanI blog so that those who want to be part of class and can't PHYSICALLY come into class can be part of what we are doing. I blog some of what we are doing, some of what we are discussing, any class newsletters and anything else that allows our community to be connected.Jody HayesIt’s learning how writing sometimes seems to flow, how words bubble up, how they flow up and back down to the ground beneath your feet, it’s learning how writing makes things possible and how words can make your mind feel more expansive and alive.Joanna Young What I write in my journal consistently is that I want my words to inspire the reader. I want them to come away from what I write feeling better about themselves and the world around them. I want my words to cultivate and plant seeds that will grow crops useful to this universe. I want them to open new windows of possibility and to raise provocative questions.Kathy StilwellI was and am exploring the fun and features of the world wide web. I want to understand how it works, and what it can be used for. I write to save my ideas, play with avatar makers, learn to post pictures and videos. I enjoy hearing from people around the world and batting ideas around with them.Susan Ens FunkI give my sincere thanks to this month’s GPS contributors and special thanks to Paul Cornies for permitting this to happen on my blog.A Green Pen Society contribution

If you are attending the ASTD International Conference in Denver May 6-9, download and start populating the ASTD Events app - Android or iOS (iPhone/iPAD) available.  You don't have to carry around a paper schedule! Only drawback I see is I loaded the app on both my iPhone and iPAD and it looks like they don't sync up.  Features include: Native universal app: Great for iPAD and no wifi connection required to access the conference program, visual schedule or animated maps.Now View: Stay informed about hot issues, program changes, upcoming sessions, Twitter feeds and organizer messages. Contact Sharing: Easily share your digital business card information via QR or Bump technology.Programs: Browse the entire event program to build your personal schedule, take notes, share with integrated social media and more. Session materials: Access session handouts and slides. Take notes and email them as part of your trip report for reference.Exhibitors and Sponsors: Browse or search exhibitors and easily find their location on the expo floor.Check it out:  iOS http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/astd-events/id512832024?mt=8Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eventpilot.astdenterpriseYouTube Video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otONjoOg-78&context=C45ef76eADvjVQa1PpcFMwxEprkYNjAif4I1YMAePVtwnI2dtCcxw=

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Well my blog didn’t get voted Blog-o-the-Month for September. But I reckon I had a good shot at it. I learnt a lot into the bargain. I found Second Life to be a lot of fun and certainly worth a second look.The winnerThe blog, e-Clippings (Learning As Art) won Blog-o-the-Month for September. I heartily congratulate Mark Oehlert on this distinction.I have to admit that this blog was a new one on me. I didn’t know of it until Scott Merrick drew my attention to its existence in his announcement at the beginning of September. Blogger Mark Oehlert maintains a mean blog. I recommend you check it out.The runner upsThe other nominees were The Bamboo Project, by blogger Michele Martin and Donald Clark Plan B, by Donald Clark no less. I was privileged to be nominated alongside such prestigious bloggers!Michele Martin’s blog has been in my RSS Reader and blog roll almost since I first wrote a blog post. In May 2008, Michele not only convinced me I should get into blogging, she also furnished me with nearly all of the blogging skills I possess today. (I am indebted to you Michele.)The posts Michele publishes on her blog make me think, and I salute her ability to solicit thought by her incisive choice of topics. If you have not already done so, I’d recommend you hop over to The Bamboo Project and check out what’s happening there.Donald Clark, of Plan B fame is another whose blog has been in my RSS Reader and blog roll since I began blogging. I have always viewed Donald as a bit of an icon in elearning. He is an icon in elearning!Donald’s blog provides topical conversation with a variety of topics that I so much enjoy. Whether you have a plan A or a plan B, I advise you to check out Donald Clark Plan B.Thanks to ISTE and to Scott Merrick for the nomination and for delivering to me a new and interesting topic for posts in the month of September.

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Great website for kids ... and everyone else.  This interactive site offers many online and offline activities for students to learn about energy conservation from the U.S Department of Energy.  View some popular excuses we hear over and over about why we don't save energy. Find videos and other resources under Energy Extras. Click on Posters to create your own energy conservation poster or to see posters created by others. Play the Energy Rescue Game (more entertaining than educational) or go to the Lost Excuses Land to save energy by eliminating the excuses and learning the facts. Check it out:  http://www.loseyourexcuse.gov

At the ending of 2013, IBM revealed its predictions for five big innovations that will change our lives within five years. The number one on the list is "The classroom will learn you". In the next five years, IBM believes teachers will use "longitudinal data" such as test scores, attendance, and student behavior on electronic... Read More ›

I’m on leave this week. I decided to paint the bathroom. This was no small undertaking for me. Not the painting - the decision!I’m no great shakes as a painter. I do the job thoroughly though, which is why I won’t get someone in to do it. But I’d rather watch TV.This is the third time I’ve painted our bathroom in almost as many centuries. So I know what’s involved. But for me, it’s still a major project. Where do I start?Around the scraping, sanding, swearing, stepladder and pots of paint,I have to organise the family. That includes one loveable teenage daughter. Bathrooms are it for teenage girls, and we have only one bathroom. The strategy needed to coordinate even a small family around an arguably useful bathroom-being-renovated is a major project in itself.Pale Sky Blue seems like a good colour for the walls - Oriental Bay, that’s the tint! It’ll match the nearly new shower and window curtains that everyone’s so fond of. We’ll get some new vinyl for the floor - replace the vanity mirror and everything will be hunky-dory.I’ve forgotten where I put the old paint-roller and tray. Yes, I could really do with some new paint-brushes. There was a hardware sale advertised in the Weekender. Perhaps I should pay the store a visit and have a look. And there was the advert we saw on TV last night. Pity I didn’t take a note of the dates. Maybe there’ll be an ad on TV - now.So you can see that I have a problem starting a major project!Where to start?At home and at work, I’ve had lots of major projects that I’ve deliberated over. One thing has come clear to me over the years. Procrastinating gets me nowhere when it comes to the major project.So where do I start?The answer is . . .anywhere.With a task like this, postponing the inevitable just runs away with the valuable time I need for scraping, sanding, swearing and messing about with stepladder and pots of paint.So I get into town and buy the paint. Return home, change, grab the scraper and sandpaper and start preparing the walls."What about the family and access they have to the bathroom?" you say. Needs must. They’ll just have to make the best of a bathroom-being-renovated the same as I will.So that’s it really.Where do you start a major project? The answer is 'anywhere'. Oh, a bit of planning won’t go amiss. But it’s the same with planning. In fact, for some projects, just the planning becomes a major project. So you have to draft a plan.Where do you start with that? Anywhere!It’s the starting that’s the thing.The weight on the mind of any major project can be profoundly burdensome. And a project doesn’t really have to be all that big for it to be considered major. Take writing this blog post for instance. I really wasn’t up to writing a post today. I’d just finished nursing my aching back after painting the bathroom ceiling. But where did I start?Anywhere!I just have to get started, that’s all. Sometimes starting a major project can be as difficult as completing the rest of the project!