Author Archives: Antonio Vantaggiato

About Antonio Vantaggiato

Professor, web2.0 enthusiast, and didactic chef.

Zen of Teaching: The Presentation (MOOC version)

I was called to cover for my friend and colleague Rosa Ojeda when she reported she wouldn’t be able to do her talk two weeks ago for George Siemens‘ and Stephen Downes‘ MOOC “Change 2011“. I was thrilled to be … Continue reading

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Alpha et Omega

Since my last post was biblical, allow me to continue here along the same tonic. I am writing this on Easter Sunday, so the inspiration comes from the beautiful words of ancient liturgy. Christus heri et hodie, Principium et finis, … Continue reading

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Things don’t exist if we have no words to name them

“Le cose non esistono se non abbiamo le parole per chiamarle.” From his novel Le perfezioni provvisorie (in English: Temporary Perfections; in Spanish: Las perfecciones provisionales), a detective story, Gianrico Carofiglio quotes a few gems, that I want to share … Continue reading

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Myths of Teaching & Learning: Interview at CUNY’s Baruch College!

At last!! After some full 9 months of delay, I’ve nailed down another big important chapter of the Myths project: Myths of teaching, learning and technology. I have really no excuses, except perhaps the superwork I surrendered to after I … Continue reading

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Caro Dalla

Caro Dalla, Ti scrivo. Ed è la prima volta che in questo mio blog scrivo in italiano. Per dirti quanto mi piaceva la tua musica. Non tutta, vero. Ma quando uscì il disco Futura io me ne sono innamorato. Quante … Continue reading

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