Comments on: Informality pays http://www.informl.com/2008/03/05/informality-pays/ from Jay Cross and Internet Time Group Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:02:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: www.David Grebow.com http://www.informl.com/2008/03/05/informality-pays/comment-page-1/#comment-1038 www.David Grebow.com Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:21:57 +0000 http://informl.com/2008/03/05/informality-pays/#comment-1038 Jay: I'd add my thunderous applause but you already know I think the book is great and - staring at it right now in my bookshelf above my computer ... listening to Glen Miller and Orchestra playing The Wabash Blues ... looking forward to the next version ... please keep me informed. David Jay:

I’d add my thunderous applause but you already know I think the book is great and – staring at it right now in my bookshelf above my computer … listening to Glen Miller and Orchestra playing The Wabash Blues … looking forward to the next version … please keep me informed.

David

]]> By: Jay Cross http://www.informl.com/2008/03/05/informality-pays/comment-page-1/#comment-1033 Jay Cross Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:43:34 +0000 http://informl.com/2008/03/05/informality-pays/#comment-1033 Blush. Blush.

]]> By: Alex Kaufman http://www.informl.com/2008/03/05/informality-pays/comment-page-1/#comment-1037 Alex Kaufman Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:26:59 +0000 http://informl.com/2008/03/05/informality-pays/#comment-1037 Hi Jay, I just wanted to thank you for republishing this review here - what an honor! I also appreciate your link back to the SelfReliant site. Ultimately, SR is all about acknowledging this organic, informal learning that is a natural part of the human experience, and finding innovative ways to catalyze it, enrich it, and accredit it - with finer and finer granularity. My idea is that "microventures" are an emerging focal point for education, because they are both financially and intellectually productive. The course-driven model has narrow time horizons, and so it fails to give students the chance to find meaning in their own ideas or projects. Online platforms give you the opportunity to be an amateur "everything" - film director (YouTube), encyclopedia editor(Wikipedia), book publisher (Lulu), marketing director (Google AdSense), retailer (eBay), banker (Prosper) - and the list goes on. I'll be updating that site soon, and likely moving it to another address - please visit sometime if you feel so inclined :) Thanks again, Alex Kaufman Founder, SelfReliant LLC Hi Jay,

I just wanted to thank you for republishing this review here – what an honor! I also appreciate your link back to the SelfReliant site. Ultimately, SR is all about acknowledging this organic, informal learning that is a natural part of the human experience, and finding innovative ways to catalyze it, enrich it, and accredit it – with finer and finer granularity.

My idea is that “microventures” are an emerging focal point for education, because they are both financially and intellectually productive. The course-driven model has narrow time horizons, and so it fails to give students the chance to find meaning in their own ideas or projects. Online platforms give you the opportunity to be an amateur “everything” – film director (YouTube), encyclopedia editor(Wikipedia), book publisher (Lulu), marketing director (Google AdSense), retailer (eBay), banker (Prosper) – and the list goes on.

I’ll be updating that site soon, and likely moving it to another address – please visit sometime if you feel so inclined :)

Thanks again,

Alex Kaufman
Founder, SelfReliant LLC

]]> By: NewSunSEO http://www.informl.com/2008/03/05/informality-pays/comment-page-1/#comment-1036 NewSunSEO Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:47:15 +0000 http://informl.com/2008/03/05/informality-pays/#comment-1036 Great review Jay, I read Informal Learning about a year ago and I cant wait to see 2.0. It was very informative and gave off a good vibe. It is a good source of inspiration. Great review Jay, I read Informal Learning about a year ago and I cant wait to see 2.0. It was very informative and gave off a good vibe. It is a good source of inspiration.

]]> By: Christine Martell http://www.informl.com/2008/03/05/informality-pays/comment-page-1/#comment-1035 Christine Martell Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:28:58 +0000 http://informl.com/2008/03/05/informality-pays/#comment-1035 Jay, I read Informal Learning last May. I appreciated it right away, it affirmed so many of the things I think about but hadn't put them together in the same way you were able to. Nine months later, I look back and see how reading your book was the start of a totally new way of intersecting with learning. I behave differently now on a day to day basis. And I facilitate in new ways. It took a while to allow it to all sink in and for me to realign my own activities. Thanks for continuing to inspire me. Can't wait to see what you do next. Jay,
I read Informal Learning last May. I appreciated it right away, it affirmed so many of the things I think about but hadn’t put them together in the same way you were able to.

Nine months later, I look back and see how reading your book was the start of a totally new way of intersecting with learning. I behave differently now on a day to day basis. And I facilitate in new ways. It took a while to allow it to all sink in and for me to realign my own activities.

Thanks for continuing to inspire me. Can’t wait to see what you do next.

]]> By: Joseph Wehr http://www.informl.com/2008/03/05/informality-pays/comment-page-1/#comment-1041 Joseph Wehr Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:04:39 +0000 http://informl.com/2008/03/05/informality-pays/#comment-1041 Kudos, Jay. Nothing like "formal" recognition. Well-earned. Looking forward to seeing you speak in NYC on 3/25. Keep up the great work. It's appreciated. Joe Wehr Kudos, Jay.

Nothing like “formal” recognition.

Well-earned.

Looking forward to seeing you speak in NYC on 3/25.

Keep up the great work. It’s appreciated.

Joe Wehr

]]> By: Ken Carroll http://www.informl.com/2008/03/05/informality-pays/comment-page-1/#comment-1034 Ken Carroll Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:10:10 +0000 http://informl.com/2008/03/05/informality-pays/#comment-1034 Great review. I read Informal Learning several months ago and I can now put it into better perspective. I loved it when I read it but I can tell you that the insights have actually grown deeper for me since that time. It's tremendous to hear that you are working on IL 2.0. I look forward to it. Ken Carroll Great review. I read Informal Learning several months ago and I can now put it into better perspective. I loved it when I read it but I can tell you that the insights have actually grown deeper for me since that time.

It’s tremendous to hear that you are working on IL 2.0. I look forward to it.

Ken Carroll

]]> By: Karyn Romeis http://www.informl.com/2008/03/05/informality-pays/comment-page-1/#comment-1039 Karyn Romeis Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:01:23 +0000 http://informl.com/2008/03/05/informality-pays/#comment-1039 I had to smile at the last paragraph of Kaufman's review, since I read this post immediately after making <a href="http://karynromeis.blogspot.com/2008/03/big-question-for-march-scope-of.html" rel="nofollow">my own contribution</a> to this month's <a href="http://learningcircuits.blogspot.com/2008/03/scope-of-learning-responsibility.html" rel="nofollow">Big Question</a>, in which I include the words "sadly, I have to admit that few audiences seem ready to assume the mantle of this approach, accustomed as they are to "being told", but we can't use that as an excuse." I had to smile at the last paragraph of Kaufman’s review, since I read this post immediately after making my own contribution to this month’s Big Question, in which I include the words “sadly, I have to admit that few audiences seem ready to assume the mantle of this approach, accustomed as they are to “being told”, but we can’t use that as an excuse.”

]]> By: Informality pays · The Spin Doctor http://www.informl.com/2008/03/05/informality-pays/comment-page-1/#comment-1040 Informality pays · The Spin Doctor Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:00:38 +0000 http://informl.com/2008/03/05/informality-pays/#comment-1040 [...] Read the rest of this great post here [...] [...] Read the rest of this great post here [...]

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