Sunday, August 23, 2009

Internet learning trumps face-to face learning

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/study-finds-that-online-education-beats-the-classroom/

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Learning about oneself

Today we had a very interesting class about learning about oneself. It begs the question of what we like about ourselves and what we dislike. What we want to change and what we want not to change. The best idea I heard was to collect emotional data and then ask questions. Why did that situation make me uncomfortable? What could I have done? Invariably where you are most uncomfortable is where you will learn the most.

Monday, August 17, 2009

How the internet is changing the world

A video on how the internet is changing business and social fabric
http://film.usnowfilm.com/

The Beginning

I have been through the best of what traditional learning instituions have to offer. I have finally come to the understanding of how little one learns from these places. I have a bachelor's degree, a master's degree and am now completing a MBA. All of these have provide little true learning. In all these places, my learning has not come from the business of education, but from the people who have come for the same reasons as me. Join me as I engage the internet in order to show that traditional education is dated and the internet can provide the real learning