Design Sponge Northampton City Guide

By izzy | December 20, 2011

View Larger Map   Today’s Northampton, MA, city guide comes from designer Mary Wiseman who five years ago moved to Northampton from Beijing, China. Living right downtown Mary keeps a sharp eye on this quaint little city and its happenings while she develops instructional materials and online courses. Situated in the scenic Pioneer Valley of […]

30 Things to Start Doing for Yourself

By izzy | December 20, 2011

I recently discovered this lovely blog called Marc and Angel Hack Life: Practical Tips for Productive Living and since I’m always looking for ideas to streamline my productivity, these two have loads of advice.

MIT Open Courseware Expands

By izzy | December 19, 2011

MIT today announced the launch of an online learning initiative internally called “MITx.” MITx will offer a portfolio of MIT courses through an online interactive learning platform

NYC in DEC 2011

By izzy | December 19, 2011

We put on some miles trotting around the island of Manhattan the other day. We had a agenda and did divert from it upon occasion-due to weather and/or time.

Wildwood

By izzy | December 18, 2011

I just finished reading this wonderful story, by Colin Meloy, called Wildwood.

The Self-Directed Learning [SDL] Support Model: Training Educators for Online Learning

By izzy | December 16, 2011

Since August, I have been on a journey working with some fabulous educators, instructional designers and just all-round wonderful women drafting outlines and creating the content for a chapter that will be published in the International Association for K-12 Online Learning [also known as iNOCOL].

Twelve Things You Were Not Taught in School About Creative Thinking

By izzy | December 16, 2011

Twelve Things You Were Not Taught in School About Creative Thinking

A 2-MinutePrimer On How To Design Iconic Brands

By izzy | December 15, 2011

a 2 minute primer on how to design iconic brands

Millennials

By izzy | December 15, 2011

There is a very interested infographic of the 18-29 year old Millennials.

Maurizio Cattlean’s Guggenheim Installation

By izzy | December 15, 2011

Maurizio Cattlean’s Guggenheim Installation