This past weekend I attended a symposium on authentic learning, in Santa Barbara, California. I gave a talk there about Open Source, and how we emulate the practices of a learning community (as often seen in colleges and universities) and whether the pedagogal practices we engange in (to help get new contributors started, and hopefully guide them to becoming committers) are applicable to other fields. Unfortunately the talk wasn't recorded, however my slides are available online, there is also an accompanying paper that will be available in the future.
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Lately I've been thinking quite a lot about education, both my own and in general. I ended up writing quite a bit about it. You can find all my thoughts here (PDF warning). I stuck it in a PDF because I think it's a more canonical form. I'm interested in hearing any thoughts people have, both about what I wrote and about education.
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