Quinnovative models

If you’re a visual thinker, take a look at the wonderful page of learning models on Clark Quinn’s site. For example,

Clark and I are pals. I rarely read his blog, preferring to kibbitz over a microbrew, but the models piqued my curiosity. Clark’s concept of slow learning is right on. It’s a compelling way of looking at learning as a process, not an event. This is in sync with George Siemens’ way of looking at knowledge: it’s subjective; it’s shared; it’s an accumulation of info-scraps and connections; it never ends.

There’s a place for slow learning; there’s also a place for deep learning. Reading through a few months of Clark’s blog was deep learning; the continuity is apparent. One post builds upon another, and Clark helps out by referencing past posts.
On the slow learning front. I’ve been looking at RSS aggregators a lot lately. They provide sound-bite learning, and sometimes inspire a deeper dive. I keep coming back to a simple river-of-news format or to riffing through my newsy Del.icio.us tags. Feedblitz brings updates from a half dozen must-read blogs to my email.
SpeedyFeed gives me a quick scan of sites I frequently visit. I’ve got several accounts on SuprGlu (and here and here). I opened a Fwicki account to play with intermixed threads but it isn’t ready for prime time. PageFlakes was handy for keeping track of bloggers in our unworkshops.

Corporations are slow learners (double-entendre intended), and one wonders how long it will take for them to begin taking advantage of feeds and folksonomies.

Dr. Quinn at the Informal Learning coming out party.