Becoming Net Smart with Howard Rheingold
I just bought the Kindle edition of Net Smart, Howard Rheingold‘s new book, published by the MIT Press. I participated in various of Howard’s courses: one about literacies of cooperation, another one...
View ArticleWhat I think about Net Smart
For the first time of my existence, I wrote a customer review for Amazon.com, about Howard Rheingold’s new book Net Smart. I’ll post it here also: Some books are just… interesting, or beautiful. There...
View ArticleThe Daily State of Disruption: Controversy about viral #stopkony campaign
Today’s The State of Disruption is about the the campaign to stop Joseph Kony, a cruel warlord who is accused of abducting, murdering and raping children in Uganda and neighboring countries. A video...
View ArticleThree observations about perseverance in online learning
The blog has been idle for about two weeks now – because of family emergencies, the launching of a liveblog and a column at my newspaper. Which allows me to reflect on the issue of loyalty toward...
View ArticleThe WELL interviews Howard Rheingold, and maybe you should join us
There is a fascinating discussion going on at The WELL, where Howard Rheingold is being interviewed by community members about this book Net Smart. The discussion is wide-ranging. Howard provides...
View ArticleHelp us write the Peeragogy Handbook!
Suppose you want to learn everything about medieval sword-fighting. Or about Python programming in some specific context. Or about alternative currencies – maybe there’s nobody to join or help you in...
View ArticleBook Event: Steven Johnson on the Rise of the “Peer Progressive”| Personal...
“Is there a new political philosophy emerging from things like open source software development; massive community sharing hubs like Wikipedia, Kickstarter, and Reddit; peer-to-peer social networking;...
View ArticleExploring the biology of cooperation
Is there something like a biological underpinning of cooperation? We’re used to the idea that there is competition for scarce resources, but what about cooperation? Biology was very much the topic of...
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What’s the difference between collaboration and cooperation?
In our course Toward a Literacy of Cooperation we are now somewhere between the first synchronous session about the biology of cooperation and the second about the Evolution of Cooperation. The group...
View ArticleLearning about evolution, cooperation and our future
What is the role of cooperation in evolution and how does cooperation itself evolve? That’s the topic of our discussions during the course Literacies of Cooperation, facilitated by Howard Rheingold....
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