Comments on: Doing Things Differently http://comingabout.edublogs.org/2009/06/02/doing-things-differently/ Reflections on Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:35:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Terry Carter http://comingabout.edublogs.org/2009/06/02/doing-things-differently/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Terry Carter Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:40:19 +0000 http://comingabout.edublogs.org/?p=125#comment-46 Hi, Buddy, So nice to hear from you. I really appreciate your response. Just wait until you get into a doctoral program .... the circle of friends with whom you can have the kind of conversations that you're interested in becomes very, very small ....! So glad that I will be among them:-) I had a similar response once when I shared Schein's Leadership and Culture book with the COO at the org where I was working -- it came back to me a few weeks later with the comment that it was too "academic." And this man was a Ph.D. economist ... just goes to show that we are a small CoP with highly defined interests in learning, culture, and performance ... not everyone wants to spend their days pondering on these things. I'm so fortunate to have you to share my interests ... please do continue to stay in touch. We had a great river trip, but little dog got a bad ear infection ... so much for a clean Bay. My best, Terry Hi, Buddy,

So nice to hear from you. I really appreciate your response. Just wait until you get into a doctoral program …. the circle of friends with whom you can have the kind of conversations that you’re interested in becomes very, very small ….! So glad that I will be among them:-) I had a similar response once when I shared Schein’s Leadership and Culture book with the COO at the org where I was working — it came back to me a few weeks later with the comment that it was too “academic.” And this man was a Ph.D. economist … just goes to show that we are a small CoP with highly defined interests in learning, culture, and performance … not everyone wants to spend their days pondering on these things. I’m so fortunate to have you to share my interests … please do continue to stay in touch. We had a great river trip, but little dog got a bad ear infection … so much for a clean Bay. My best, Terry

]]> By: Buddy http://comingabout.edublogs.org/2009/06/02/doing-things-differently/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Buddy Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:53:54 +0000 http://comingabout.edublogs.org/?p=125#comment-45 Dr. Carter, I enjoyed reading this entry. I love the way you realted having to adjust your usual behavior to the confinds of life on a boat with having to rethink your approach to teaching in resoponse to using web 2.0 tools and learning to step back and let the learners 'discover' their learning instead of just handing it to them. I can tell you from first hand experience that while grappling with the data and having to construct meaning as you work through it with others is by far more challenging, it does yield better and more impactful (if that's a word) results. I learned so much more than just the content when we worked this way and I know my ability to transfer what I learned is much greater having had to work through all of the gritty details with others as we went along. I am so glad to be out of school, yet I must admit I really miss the learning and working with everyone. There just isn't the same type of (how do I say this without seeming like an intellectual snot?) intelligent conversation around learning in my work environment as there is in class. Here, the 'fad' of the month is to get away from 'best practices' and develop what works best for us. This is so crazy! I gave Schein's book to my director of HR and she returned it a week later with no comment. My manager told me that the director is not interested in reading what the 'experts' or scholars have to say because that is considered 'best practice' and we are moving away from that now. How insane is that? Dr. Carter,
I enjoyed reading this entry. I love the way you realted having to adjust your usual behavior to the confinds of life on a boat with having to rethink your approach to teaching in resoponse to using web 2.0 tools and learning to step back and let the learners ‘discover’ their learning instead of just handing it to them. I can tell you from first hand experience that while grappling with the data and having to construct meaning as you work through it with others is by far more challenging, it does yield better and more impactful (if that’s a word) results. I learned so much more than just the content when we worked this way and I know my ability to transfer what I learned is much greater having had to work through all of the gritty details with others as we went along.
I am so glad to be out of school, yet I must admit I really miss the learning and working with everyone. There just isn’t the same type of (how do I say this without seeming like an intellectual snot?) intelligent conversation around learning in my work environment as there is in class. Here, the ‘fad’ of the month is to get away from ‘best practices’ and develop what works best for us. This is so crazy! I gave Schein’s book to my director of HR and she returned it a week later with no comment. My manager told me that the director is not interested in reading what the ‘experts’ or scholars have to say because that is considered ‘best practice’ and we are moving away from that now. How insane is that?

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