I come from a long line of lifelong learners. I don’t believe there is any other way to be. Reading widely, studying the world around, discussing issues and non-issues with friends and family are all part of my life. Taking a course is the easiest way to learn something like technical innovations, and I have done a good bit of that. It has helped, but the technology to which I have been introduced is often little used by me until (lo and behold) it is obsolete. Being a member of a Mac family in a PC world is another trip-up. So, as I read the Seven Habits of a Lifelong Learner, I truly found that Number 7 1/2 will be the most important, the most challenging and the most useful of the habits. Without the delight and the sense of play, learning will not happen. And the intricacies of technology, the otherness of it, make it difficult for me to keep the sense of play. If I can keep it light, my work will be better and more useful to others and myself.
On Lifelong Learning (Thing 1)
September 16th, 2008 · No Comments
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