Practitioner theorists

The problem was she listed these in the same blog entry that she announced her withdrawal from hre PhD studies at Curtain and the disappointment she felt at the restrictive nature of academic study that attempted to frustrate her interest in Web 2.0 as a legitimate area of research and referenced based study

Practitioners she mentioned were Stephen Downes, Will Richardson, Doug Johnson, Stephen Abram, Michael Stephens, John Connell, Leigh Blackall, Ewen McIntosh, and Alan November are engaging with the learning needed in new environements, gathering me up in the learning as they go - something my current academic program does not do.

The Global Summit was also mentioned as a place for pportunities to interact with global colleagues like the event at TeachMeet06 will give learning opportunities that no analysis of a “reader” would ever manage. How sad to ‘regurgitate’ to prove understanding.