Penn LPS Commons

Clay Shirky from NYU argues that "a new set of norms is emerging about what it means to do mathematics, assuming coordinated participation". Our Calc 1 and 2 classes this summer used the Commons social collaborative tools. Are we paving the way for a second scientific revolution?

Debate Over P vs. NP Proof Highlights Web Collaboration - NYTimes.com A claimed proof for one of the most vexing mathematical problems, P versus NP, set off shock waves online, demonstrating the potential of Web-based collaboration.

Wrapping up summer activities: 10 courses, 800+ students. Whew!

Could e-learning help mitigate the "crisis of creativity now affecting American schools and children"?

Po Bronson: “That’s why academics are so boring”[VIDEO] There are few more creative writers than the San Francisco-based Po Bronson . The author of four best-selling non-fiction books, two novels, a book of short stories and many articles for Newsweek, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, Bronson’s work has been translated into 19 different la...