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Sri Lanka, what comes to mind when you think of this country? Politics, poverty, tea, home of a great sci fi author, all of these I am sure. What about a country that is home to one of the best home tool secrets? Sri Lankans have for many many years been creating some of the [...]

Simple Ideas Clean Up!

How often do you find yourself saying, “why didn’t I think of that?” Well here is a great one that landed at my feet, literally, from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. The foot turtle. How often do you carry something from the sink in the kitchen and drop a bit of water on the floor? Often! [...]

WOW working & WOW failing

8 weeks on the road this summer I want to call my vacation, “In Search of WOW.” It was amusing to see so many organisations from car rental companies to souvenir shops trying to cash in on the idea of providing a beyond expectation experience or WOW. At times I actually wondered if Tom Peters [...]

The New Face of Media-thinking.

TEDxDubai did many things and one of the most important things was give the UAE permission to push its media bar in a totally different direction. Leo Laporte made a wonderful daring presentation to TEDxDubai. The media is changing but are we ready? Do we believe the media environment is really changing? Call our media [...]

The New Way to Present Academia

It is time to modernize the way we academics present the fruit of what we do in the Ivory Tower. Lets face it we academics are without doubt experts in not only HOW teaching and learning takes place and is disseminated today but we are also experts in our own particular fields of study. So [...]

Idea Space… DIY!

I love the idea of Idea Paint. The 1st thing I love is the site. When you go watch the upload counter and stop it to see the words! 00=limitations or zero limitations, very cool! The second thing I like is the institutionalized idea of breaking the rules and thinking out loud all over the [...]

An Education rethink?

There is no better place to be than the UAE when it comes to rethinking how education can, should and might be delivered to meet the challenges the next generation will face. Primary and secondary education is rapidly evolving in the UAE and trying to come to grips with the lessons from welfare states around [...]

Do Academics Design Lectures for the Space of Delivery?

I was watching David Byrne’s TED video where he was talking about music and the room. It makes a lot of sense that music would be created for the way and where it would be played. Does this apply to other presentations? In particular I am thinking about academics like myself. How much time, when [...]

Designing a Convergent Media Space

If you could dream big and design the ultimate learning/lab space to transform the way we think and do communication today what would it look like? The problem, and there is a problem, is that the space needs to function as a classroom, lecture hall, studio, think tank, recording facility, technology incubator, and new convergent [...]

Can a professor be a social media expert?

www.gapingvoid.com for the image! Social media is an important part of our education, communication, political and economic environments today. I have seen the writing on the wall for a bit over 2 years and the writing is in neon paint! The problem we are confronted with is academia really has not been listening, walking around [...]

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