http://lightminds.co.uk/uwic exploring new ways to create and learn Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:17:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Seems like a good read: http://www.columbia.edu/~ss957/book.shtml http://lightminds.co.uk/uwic/?p=395 Excellent article on how internet use changes cognition: http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/05/ff_nicholas_carr/all/1 http://lightminds.co.uk/uwic/?p=391 After reading  a range of books on creativity three key themes keep coming up: imagination, play and dialogue. However on further reflection they seem to refer to the same issue of exploration. Imagination seems to be inward exploration, play outward exploration (either alone or with others), and dialogue (in the ... http://lightminds.co.uk/uwic/?p=385 There have been many writers who have talked about a particular set of conditions where creativity seems to flourish. Some are related to the creative environment but almost all focus on the state of mind an individual is in. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi calls it "flow"; Betty Edwards desribes it in the ... http://lightminds.co.uk/uwic/?p=377 Michael Wesch's work on digital ethnography at Kansas State University is worth looking at, if you haven't already. One of his well known videos is called "A Vision of Students Today". I like it because it highlights how students learn and spend their time, including the power of collaboration, the ... http://lightminds.co.uk/uwic/?p=371 Just watched a lovely talk by David Levy called "No Time to Think". It captures quite a lot of what we covered in our sessions, but does in a much more scholarly way than I did. He highlights how intellect has two aspects - one that is about searching, abstracting, ... http://lightminds.co.uk/uwic/?p=368 Hi all, Ive been listening to the audio sessions and sat down this morning to think about what's going on in my life, my values and other things that I think about. After seeing the post secret blog I thought I'd do something similar only instead of secrets I thought ... http://lightminds.co.uk/uwic/?p=366 There is an interesting centre that has been set up at the Department of Psychiatry at Oxford University called the Oxford Mindfulness Centre. Their work is "to realise the potential of mindfulness-based approaches in mental and physical health". The techniques taught are similar to some of the ones we covered ... http://lightminds.co.uk/uwic/?p=356 I thought I'd add this link which, much like my last post, feels only loosly related to creativity in product design (although on the subject of values it's very strong) . This site is something I come back to time and time again because it's just so darned interesting. PostSecret ... http://lightminds.co.uk/uwic/?p=354 As I mentioned in the last session I have started a project called "Just Druid" - this one of my attempts to put into practice what we covered in the sessions. If you are interested, you can find out more at www.justdruid.com. It would be great to hear about any ... http://lightminds.co.uk/uwic/?p=351