Knowledge and Learning In The News - 6/06/2005

A Workflow Learning Pattern Language A preview of Jay Cross' presentation for the Innovations in eLearning Symposium. Camcorders Revisited: Why Didn't I Think of That? Amazingly, the answer is that a camcorder and lightsmith actually works better than a traditional — and much more expensive — digital imager. Time to (re)innovate the office? It isn't news to anyone reading this that Microsoft and IBM have been fighting over the knowledge sharing and collaboration (collectively: collaborative business knowledge) space for many years. Does racial diversity help students learn? There is some research backing these claims: schools with greater racial diversity tend to have better retention, satisfaction, and intellectual development. How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry John Markoff's new book What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry will be highlighted at Borders Books.