Learning in a World of Plasma

A parent sent me a link to this clip from Ulrike Reinhard‘s blog and specifically her story “Intrinsic motivation will play a major role…”

Thank you for introducing me to the ideas and work of Chief of Confusion: Richard Seely Brown. Brown is a visiting scholar at USC and the independent co-chairman of the Deloitte Center for Edge Innovation. Formerly he was Chief Scientist at Xerox.There are two other videos on his site on creativity and social learning as well as other resources and ideas.

Josie Holford

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