http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2007/08/14/macarthur_compe.html making connections where none previously existed Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:10:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2007/08/14/macarthur_compe.html/comment-page-1#comment-16568 John Dodds Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:31:24 +0000 http://ubuntu.my/wp30/archives/2007/08/14/macarthur_compe.html#comment-16568 Ok - so it's a systemic issue not an attitudinal one. Thanks for the clarification. Ok – so it’s a systemic issue not an attitudinal one. Thanks for the clarification.

]]> http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2007/08/14/macarthur_compe.html/comment-page-1#comment-16567 zephoria Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:21:58 +0000 http://ubuntu.my/wp30/archives/2007/08/14/macarthur_compe.html#comment-16567 John - academics publish in journals that are often not accessible or legible to outside folks. Lots of projects take place by individual teachers are schools. These are never documented. Lots of stuff goes on that people never see, that isn't web searchable, and thus people repeat the same mistakes over and over again and don't learn from the small successes. John – academics publish in journals that are often not accessible or legible to outside folks. Lots of projects take place by individual teachers are schools. These are never documented. Lots of stuff goes on that people never see, that isn’t web searchable, and thus people repeat the same mistakes over and over again and don’t learn from the small successes.

]]> http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2007/08/14/macarthur_compe.html/comment-page-1#comment-16566 John Dodds Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:17:45 +0000 http://ubuntu.my/wp30/archives/2007/08/14/macarthur_compe.html#comment-16566 Unless it prejudices your application for an award, I'd be interested (since my work is all about the disconnect between creators of ideas/products and the potential users of them) if you could briefly expand on your statement "Too many good ideas get locked down in small experiments or academic articles that few will ever hear of. " - Why is this? How does it happen? Do you ahve any examples you could offer. Unless it prejudices your application for an award, I’d be interested (since my work is all about the disconnect between creators of ideas/products and the potential users of them) if you could briefly expand on your statement “Too many good ideas get locked down in small experiments or academic articles that few will ever hear of. ” – Why is this? How does it happen? Do you ahve any examples you could offer.

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