You might also , learn from motivational speakers like Tony Robbins, Dr. Wayne Dyer, or Deepak Chopra. So much is now , why we even need to learn in a physical setting anymore?
The project area is about an hours drive from the dig house, so we settle in to our nine-passenger mini-bus - named Slanderer after the Albanian national hero - and sleep or chat during the trip. It contains rich detail about the excavation and recording activities her team is conducting. Sitting here from office at Indiana University, I find myself among them. Through tools like Google Earth, the Web can serve as a global partner in extending what we know about the history of this region as well as nearly any part of the world. The new players he is referring to includes those in India, China, and Eastern Block European countries. And instead of emphasizing the new economic players, playing fields, and processes, as Friedman eloquently did, this triple convergence brings us a new set of pages of free Web content and courses, pipes for accessing and searching such online content, and a participatory learning culture that freely shares and collaborates on the information and knowledge found there.
How this Web of Learning is viewed from different regions of the world or educational sectors will become apparent from reading this book. I have given hundreds of talks during the past few years. I have seen the WE-ALL-LEARN trends repeated repeatedly in different cities, countries, and cultures. I felt it was time to limit such travel for a year or two and document what I have seen, read, and heard about in a few books. This book provides a big picture lens on what I have observed. Others will offer specifics on what instructors and learners can do about them. Taking that kernel of knowledge or object and sending it to one or more friends, relatives, or professional colleagues, or to those in an online learning forum or group you have never physically met but have mentally delighted in a culture of giving and receiving.