This is a rant against education and creativity, which I feel is an almost impossible relationship, proved by RocknRoll. After all, no-one goes to Rockstar school, or studies degrees in being a Rockstar (fame schools do not count). RocknRoll has a lot to teach us, especially those in creative fields, but everyone can learn from the RocknRoll model. There are… Read more →
I’ve been talking recently with someone about the need to achieve greatness. What drives some of us to keep on trying, to want more, to achieve. This isn’t about ego. if it was, then all the nightmare X factor heroes would rule. And they don’t, no matter how much money and attention is thrown at them, at us, we just… Read more →
Yesterday I started a class in education theory. It wouldn’t have come to mind as a first choice of how to spend my time, but as I wish to complete a second masters MA, it’s gotta be done. Now, you’d think it’s all stony cold boring, reading a bunch of whining academics ranting on about some theory or other relating… Read more →
My most annoying and recurring mantra over recent times is that of the death of IT as we know it. To any one who will listen I proclaim the new (old) message of: “how can you have an IT ‘department‘ when everything is IT?” it’s like saying the ‘living’ department, or the ‘communicating’ department. Stupid. Of course Americans already know this, and… Read more →
Much has been said about elearning and its role in the future strategies of higher education. While there are many areas of discussion, one of the least popular and most controversial is that of cost saving in providing a supportive learning environment for a diverse student population. Modern students have to work, and this usually means much more stress around time… Read more →
It’s a funny thing, trying to ‘achieve’. It’s usually not about fame or making a name for yourself. It’s usually much more about contributing to the greater good. Doing something worthwhile. Making the world a better place. Most of us aren’t driven by narcissism, we are genuinely nice people trying hard to be nicer to each other. In higher education… Read more →
‘Knowledge’. With a capital K, specific Knowledge and Skills, not the general concept of knowledge. Knowledge is only as valuable as the market dictates. What about ‘pay peanuts, get monkeys’? Recently I said I wasn’t prepared to keep sharing my Knowledge for little or no reward, and certainly no recognition or opportunity for forward progression. A senior colleague told me that… Read more →
via mashable.com Another massive obstacle to change…
Over time, it becomes very clear that most people do not want change. It smells funny, is disconcerting and most of all, threatens the status quo. If my life is already ‘ok’, they think, why would I want to shake it up? The known factor of an average life is far more preferable than the unknown factor. And the ‘average’… Read more →