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Learning Paths, Collaboration Tools, Social Software: A Video Interview With Teemu Arina (Part Two)
Posted by: | Comments Comments OffTeemu Arina: "Key enemies? Well, nowadays when the world is so networked and so complex I think that those people who I might think are ideologically my enemies are really also potential people to cooperate with, so there is no meaning with having a conversation with those who agree with you. Teemu Arina So those who are enemies are actually the most important resource for you to learn and reflect on your thinking, because they bring such different points of view in a conversation, so I can\’t point to any single enemy." While informal and mobile learning were the themes of the first part of the video interview with Finnish futurist and learning scholar Teemu Arina, in this second round …
The Future Of Learning Is Informal And Mobile: A Video Interview With Teemu Arina
Posted by: | Comments Comments OffWhat does the future of learning look like? Thanks to my good friend and senior corporate learning researcher and independent writer Jay Cross, I have had the good fortune of meeting Teemu Arina, a young Finnish educational scholar, with lots of good ideas, a fully working brain and a vision for the future as only a few are able to crystallize. Photo credit: Robin Good video interviewing Teemu Arina in the park of S.Angel Castle in Rome I found Teemu to be a true thinker, and one that does like to stretch the definitions of what is possible and what\’s not. Open-minded and capable of evaluating viewpoints different than his, he is also a pragmatical individual understanding the true limits …