Shopping for traces in social software (under construction)
A while ago I read a short post by Martin Kloos, an acknowledged social media professional. In this post Martin struck a tone that displayed critical thoughts against the prophecies of social software. Instead of lip synching the self-proclaimed SlideShare evangelists that vigorously advocate the social super powers of Web2.0, Martin calls for a relativistic [...]
Modernity and the Holocaust
Once in a while you find a thought provoking book, that provides you a leap in your thinking about things, in this case about sociological and organizational theories. My belief is that Zygmund Bauman’s book Modernity and the Holocaust neatly fits that category. The delicate subject of the Holocaust is scrutinized by Polish sociologist Bauman, [...]
Tim on Etienne (Part IV: Reifying College)
Although not planned, this fourth post emerged as a post weaving the earlier three posts together (Part I: Learning in Practice, Part II: Identity in Learning and Part III: Design for Learning) as a final means to prepare myself for the series of lectures on Knowledge Management 2009 at the University of Amsterdam. This post [...]
Tim on Etienne (Part II: Identity in Learning)
This post constitutes the third, and thus last, endeavor in preparing myself to lecture the Knowledge Management 2009 course at the University of Amsterdam. Again, this part is based on Wenger’s (1998) seminal work on communities of practice. Whereas the previous posts dealt with Learning in Practice and Design for Learning, this posts actively explores [...]
