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For the mind does not need filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only needs kindling to create in it an impulse to think independently and an ardent desire for the truth.

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Seeding a Learning Community: The Results!

On February 2, 2013 By Nicole Radziwill
In a previous post, Morgan explained how (and why!) we asked 120+ students to self-organize over a break between semesters… to create their own version of the Oh! The Places You’ll Go! video. The only rule was: everyone must participate. Then we, as instructors, got out of the way to see [...]
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Seeding a Learning Community

On February 2, 2013 By Morgan Benton
So Nicole and I were sitting around together at the end of last semester, excited about getting to meet a new batch of students in the spring, when we asked ourselves: How are we going to get these people to form a community? We puzzled about it, and scratched our heads, but there was [...]
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Immediacy: A Janus-Faced Principle?

On January 29, 2013 By Nicole Radziwill
(Image credit: Doug Buckley of http://hyperactive.to) I changed the structure of my simulation and modeling class this semester to better exemplify the principle of Immediacy – contributing your gifts here and now. To do this, I increased the amount of time I was willing to spend in the “classroom” by making [...]
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Participation and Radical Self-Reliance in MOOCs

On December 9, 2012 By Nicole Radziwill
I have a hard time remembering that MOOC means “Massive Open Online Course” because I get it confused with MOOP (obviously) and, unfortunately for me, MUD (“Multi-User Dungeon”). MOOCs are gaining a lot of attention as more and more people experience them — they very effectively support the principle of participation. As expressed [...]
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Image Credit: Doug Buckley of http://hyperactive.to

Everyone Has a Gift. Or 2. Or 20.

On December 3, 2012 By Nicole Radziwill
Thorkil Sonne, from Denmark, knows how to find gifts in the most hidden of places… the autistic mind. When he discovered that his own son had autism years ago, he decided to become an expert observer, and to help his son eventually live as independent a life as possible. He succeeded with that goal… and he [...]
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Why the 10 Principles?

On November 23, 2012 By Nicole Radziwill
A couple days ago I mentioned to a friend that I was exploring how the 10 Principles of Burning Man could help us reinvent the structures, objectives, and experience of higher education. “Why did you choose their 10 Principles?” she asked. “Isn’t Burning Man a Satanic Cult?” Because this was a spirited yet honest inquiry, [...]
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Balancing the Ten Principles–An Opportunity to Care?

On November 19, 2012 By Morgan Benton
We Care About You The ethics of care emerged from the feminist movement in the latter half of the 20th century as criticism and counterpoint to perspectives such as deontology and utilitarianism, which emphasize universal standards and impartiality.  Instead, the ethics of care focuses on human relationships and eschews a one-size-fits-all brand [...]
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The Pedagogy of Radical Self-Reliance

On November 19, 2012 By Nicole Radziwill
What happens if you give a thousand Motorola Zoom tablet PCs to Ethiopian kids who have never even seen a printed word? Within five months, they’ll start teaching themselves English while circumventing the security on your OS to customize settings and activate disabled hardware. Whoa. — Evan Ackerman, in “Ethiopian Kids Hack OLPCs in [...]
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Balancing the Ten Principles–A Roadmap?

On November 19, 2012 By Morgan Benton
Is it okay to pay someone to participate in our community in the way that we want them to? This would foster the principle of Participation, but violate the principle of Decommodification. This post dives into the use of utilitarianism to answer questions like this one.
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The Bliss of Radical Inclusion

On November 19, 2012 By Nicole Radziwill
"They were eager to help me explore my own personal boundaries, develop my confidence, and get my mind off of the weight of the world...in a place where I was fully accepted, appreciated, and valued for the wonder of what I could contribute to the collective." Here is a story that helped inspire this project.
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