Sitka Harbor at night
While I’m a 100% advocate of working at a distance, I have to say that occasional face-to-face meetings really have a way of crystalizing the discussion and maximizing productivity. This past week we met with content experts from around the globe and after months of working via audio/web conferencing our prior work really came together. I wonder how much longer it would have taken had we not had this opportunity to meet together? Something about eating lunch together, working and taking walk breaks, it’s all about the side conversations and personalities mixing together in ways that are difficult to reproduce online. So, now I’m a 70% advocate for distance, and a 30% advocate for hybrid occasional real time, face-to-face meet-ups. Very nice change of pace. Glad we were able to pull it off.
Meanwhile, to catch up, we had a busy week at ASTE too. You can find the presentation materials that Maureen and I gave at a presession entitled Breaking Through the Web (2.0) of Confusion at http://aste2009.pbwiki.com/ There are notes, resources, and our PPT on this website and it links to last year’s ASTE 08 presentation that Tina (UAA) and I gave. So enjoy both resource pages.
Just a reminder too, for those asking, my Personal Learning Environment Map is updated and found at: http://www.mindmeister.com/9002694 Had a few people ask about that again lately, so I thought I’d link it again.
The picture to the right (sadly only taken on a cell phone) has a caption created by bubblesnaps.com Kind of fun! Check it out.
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