Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Educators’ Conference 2018

    Slideshow from Conference   Program Proposal for Conference  

  • Drop Some Knowledge about SDL

    Drop Some Knowledge about SDL

    We finally launched the self-directed learning hub at my current organization. A lot of blood, sweat, and perhaps a few tears went into this project. We are proud of this accomplishment, but we are mostly excited about the opportunity that this provides for the development of our peers. Take a listen to our internal podcast…

  • Using an Online Resource to Support SDL

    Using an Online Resource to Support SDL

    Recently, my learning and development team was challenged to create a way for our organization to be able to easily access and manage their own development. We knew we wanted to create a space for our 6500+ employees to be able to access learning experiences that had been vetted by the talent development team to…

  • Myles Horton – Highlander Folk School

    Myles Horton – Highlander Folk School

    Myles Horton was a special kind of an educator. He didn’t consider himself a fan of academics, but more a proponent of the practice of empowering people to empower themselves. He took every opportunity he could to influence people to make changes in their lives, and some of those people would go on to influence…

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