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Can You Keep a Secret?

This post is one of many, related to my participation in Harold Jarche's Personal Knowledge Mastery Workshop. The Medium: The...
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Why Isn't RSS More Popular By Now?

It was a bit of a relief to have well-traveled terrain as the today's topic in Harold Jarche's Personal Knowledge...
Navigating complexity

Scooping Up Adulting and the Benefits of Being Curious

My first year or two after graduating from college, I kept wanting there to be some instruction book that would...
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Engaging with Intentionality and Curiosity

Thus begins week two of Harold Jarche's Personal Knowledge Mastery workshop. This week's schedule already feels overly crowded, when my...
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Connecting Birds, Grief, and Communities

This week, I got to welcome Clarissa (Rissa) Sorensen-Unrue back to Teaching in Higher Ed. She's been on a few...
Personal Knowledge Mastery: Curiosity

Let's Get Curious

I've been curious about curiosity for a long while now. That foundation made it that much more rewarding for me...
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Getting Curious About Network Mapping

I’ve just embarked on Harold Jarche’s Personal Knowledge Mastery (PKM) Workshop (October–November 2025). The first invitation Jarche gives is to...
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2025 Top Tools for Learning Votes

Drat. I missed getting to officially contribute to the votes for this year’s Top 100 Tools for Learning, collected and...
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Quiet Moments Before Another Interview with James Lang

I'm sitting quietly this morning, reflecting in the final minutes before my interview with Jim Lang. Our conversation will focus...
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Balancing Structure and Emergence in Teaching

Throughout my teaching career, I’ve often swung between two extremes when it comes to structure and flow. At times, I’ve...
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Lessons Learned from Intentional Teaching Podcast Episode About AI Across the Curriculum

I drew much inspiration from this morning's listen to Derrick Bruff's interview with Jane Southworth about AI across the curriculum....
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Overcast Reports My 2024 Top Podcasts

Dave posted on LinkedIn about a recent podcast catcher app update which has both of us looking at our listening...