The one mantra coming from teachers that I keep hearing is “we are building the plane as we fly it” in reference to the challenges of hybrid classrooms. This is new for K-12 perhaps, but old ...
My daughter is 16 and in the midst of learning how to drive (fun times). Of course, this pandemic has disrupted her instructor-led training, but it has gotten me thinking about the parallels betw...
Uncertainty is a central factor in information behavior. We are living in very uncertain times right now, and as you might have observed, a lot of people are struggling with it. We are still lear...
According to a recent Education Week blog post by Stephen Sawchuck, “Students Are Really, Really Bad at Spotting Fake News, Misleading Websites.” No surprise there. But, just why do students ...
Design thinking seems to be the latest and greatest trend that will change the face of education (or not). However, the notion that design thinking can be simplified into a step-by-step process i...
In watching the film Mindwalk, I took away two main points: 1) systems are living organisms, not machines (models of things), and 2) systems are interconnected. On Mistaking the Model for the Rea...
https://designerlibrarian.wordpress.com/2017/11/18/reflection-post-mindwalk/
The planning process for the systemigram depiction in class was both enlightening and overwhelming. It was enlightening because it showed the importance of being able to identify the components (...
https://designerlibrarian.wordpress.com/2017/10/27/reflection-post-week-9/
This week, I learned that the depiction of complex systems in a systemigram is a deeply analytical and methodical process, requiring a micro-level of detail. It is not unlike instructional design...
https://designerlibrarian.wordpress.com/2017/10/13/reflection-post-week-7/
This week’s discussion topics helped me place my system of interest, libraries, in the bigger picture of systems of systems. Discussion topic three asked us to think about how the interconnecti...
https://designerlibrarian.wordpress.com/2017/10/01/reflection-post-week-5/
This week’s class discussion, readings, and film highlighted the driving force that human behavior plays in the health and sustainability of activity systems. The documentary, Boom Bust Boom, ...
https://designerlibrarian.wordpress.com/2017/09/22/reflection-post-week-4/