June 2019 – Latrlab

Creative Workspace

June 26, 2019 Gary Natriello 0

Looking for an inspiring setting in which to work? Consider the new headquarters for Audible in Newark, New Jersey. Audible has reclaimed an abandoned church. The story is inspiring on multiple levels from immediate workspace […]

New Version of Rhizr Released

June 26, 2019 Gary Natriello 0

Wow! The team at the EdLab has released the latest version of Rhizr, their content curation system. The new version allows greater flexibility and has a blazingly fast search. If you have used Rhizr in […]

Forms of Distance Learning In Higher Education

June 26, 2019 Gary Natriello 0

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Learning Settings

Low Road Buildings and Creativity

June 21, 2019 Gary Natriello 0

In this episode of his BBC series on architecture Stuart Brand explains that old unrenovated buildings seem to allow for more creativity due to the freedom that inhabitants seem to have to alter them for […]

Virtual Centers and Labs

June 21, 2019 Gary Natriello 0

I have long been interested in the prospects for virtual organizations, particularly as a strategy for accelerating change and innovation. LatrLab can serve as a proof of concept for this genre of organization. Centers, labs, […]

Innovation Zones?

June 21, 2019 Gary Natriello 0

As we consider the relationship between settings and learning activities the example of campus innovation zones or districts may be instructive. Numerous colleges and universities have invested in the construction of facilities designed to house […]

Distance Learning and Higher Education

June 18, 2019 Gary Natriello 0

Distance learning initiatives have been developing within higher education institutions for decades now and the broader impacts are being felt. This piece by Richard Williamson, Paul Burton and Shelly Sigo discusses some of the more […]

Prospects for Automating Research

June 15, 2019 Gary Natriello 0

With discussions of the growing prospects for automating work spreading to more and more tasks and professional groups, it may well be time to start considering the ways in which the various dimensions of the […]

Searching for Self-Directed Learning

June 14, 2019 Gary Natriello 0

While proponents of self-directed learning understand that learning is taking place literally everywhere under all sorts of circumstances, they also know that the quality of self-directed learning can be enhanced with appropriate scaffolding. Such scaffolding […]

Welcome to LATRLAB

June 10, 2019 Gary Natriello 1

Welcome to LATRLAB. This is the beginning of an experiment in creating an online venue to think about the future of learning. I hope to incorporate a number of themes that I have been developing […]