Crucial Conversations

What is Creativity?

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:45:02 -0800

What is creativity? This episode explores the nature and function of creativity. I speak to an award-winning, filmmaker Jeff Chiba Stearns, with two poets, Christian Bok, the 2002 winner of the Griffin Poetry prize, and Jake Kennedy, the 2007 winner of the BP Nichol award, and to an up and coming performing artist, Ryan Donn, who recently released a new album, This Life.

Carl Wieman

Mon, 3 Sep 2007 19:00:00 -0700

Why do taxi drivers need more science education? Noble recipient and 2004 U.S. Professor of the Year, Carl Wieman, discusses the connections between the activities of research science and the processes of learning, and the importance of higher learning in contemporary society.

City Hall

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:57:40 -0700

This episode takes me to Kelowna City Hall. Mayor Sharon Shepherd and Councillor Norm Letnick discuss issues related to a growing city and the importance of leadership, community and learning.

George Siemens

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:03:59 -0700

Could the network be the knowledge? According to George Siemens, Associate Director with the Learning Technologies Centre at the University of Manitoba, social networking applications are enabling greater scope for human collaboration. I sat down with George to help me understand his theories on Connectivism and their implications on organizational learning and education.