About a year ago, Cristóbal Cobo and I announced a research project called Invisible Learning. After many months of work, collecting experiences, researching literature, interviews, and exchanges with experts (and –above all– many hours of writing), we can announce that in 2011 the Invisible Learning book will be a reality (in print and digital formats).

The month of November promises to be a remarkable series of boundless conversations on the intersections of creativity, technology and innovation in education. First and foremost, I owe many thanks to Fons van der Berg for organizing Education Futures NL at the Creative Learning Lab in Amsterdam, November 2. The event will feature talks by [...]

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Remember nomads? In the pre-industrial age, nomads were people that moved with their livelihood (usually animal herding) instead of settling at a single location. Industrialization forced the settlement of many nomadic peoples… …but, something new is emerging in the 21st century: Knowmads. A knowmad is what I term a nomadic knowledge worker –that is, a [...]

There’s a lot of talk about moving to “Education 2.0″ –but, what would Education 3.0 look like? Here’s my take on the Education 1.0 – 3.0 spectrum: Education 1.0 Education 2.0 Education 3.0 Meaning is… Dictated Socially constructed Socially constructed and contextually reinvented Technology is… Confiscated at the classroom door (digital refugees) Cautiously adopted (digital [...]