by mariawidmer | Sep 27, 2016 | Blog
The Humanity of Design “The new beginning inherent in birth can make itself felt in the world only because the newcomer possesses the capacity of beginning something anew, that is, of acting. In this sense of initiative, an element of action, and therefore of...
by mariawidmer | Sep 27, 2016 | Blog
Corporate training and development efforts have long relied on formal learning programs – in person, off-site, delivered by trainer to employee. Requiring employees to leave the workplace to engage such programs, though, has proved over time an expensive, disruptive,...
by mariawidmer | Sep 27, 2016 | Blog
July bears down heavily in Southern Louisiana. The twin oppressors of heat and humidity render a dullness to the air that 2 o’clock thunderstorms do little to abate. In his 1851 memoir “The Manhattaner in New Orleans”, A. Oakey Hall described the plight of the “can’t...
by mariawidmer | Jul 9, 2016 | Blog, LDT 505
As the field of mobile learning has matured, educational researchers like Looi et al. (2010) and Kearney, Shuck, Burden, & Aubusson (2012) have moved from an initial focus on software and device design to instead place at the nucleus of inquiry the kinds of...
by mariawidmer | Jun 26, 2016 | Blog
Legs worn out from a Sunday afternoon spent pacing the gallery halls, we found reprieve in the cool darkness of the Walker Art Center’s Mediatheque. An aimless scroll through the touchscreen remote controlling the cinema collection landed on a charmingly blunt...
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