Comments on: More on Risk http://wrapping.marthaburtis.net/2007/05/23/more-on-risk/ tales of swimming upstream Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:16:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Gardner Writes » Blog Archive » No more pendulums http://wrapping.marthaburtis.net/2007/05/23/more-on-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-15480 Gardner Writes » Blog Archive » No more pendulums Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:19:04 +0000 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/05/23/more-on-risk/#comment-15480 [...] a course of study that is itself an experience locatable in time and (often) in space. And that location can matter in beneficial ways, like measures in music or a frame around a picture. Context yields meaning. The trick is to teach [...] [...] a course of study that is itself an experience locatable in time and (often) in space. And that location can matter in beneficial ways, like measures in music or a frame around a picture. Context yields meaning. The trick is to teach [...]

]]> By: Laura http://wrapping.marthaburtis.net/2007/05/23/more-on-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-10368 Laura Fri, 25 May 2007 00:34:16 +0000 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/05/23/more-on-risk/#comment-10368 My feeling now--and really I've always functioned this way for the most part, but I'm even more inspired after FA--is that we need to stand up and take those risks and ignore the naysayers and the hand-wringers. As you say, we need to "rush to meet that challenge." I have spoken out loud what you say here about the way that schools and especially IT departments within higher ed (too often) worry too much about rules and regulations and not enough about the core mission of the institution--that is, (not to educate students, which implies we *do* something to them) but to provide a context in which students can learn. And that's not easy and it's messy, but damn it's fun! My feeling now–and really I’ve always functioned this way for the most part, but I’m even more inspired after FA–is that we need to stand up and take those risks and ignore the naysayers and the hand-wringers. As you say, we need to “rush to meet that challenge.”

I have spoken out loud what you say here about the way that schools and especially IT departments within higher ed (too often) worry too much about rules and regulations and not enough about the core mission of the institution–that is, (not to educate students, which implies we *do* something to them) but to provide a context in which students can learn. And that’s not easy and it’s messy, but damn it’s fun!

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