(2003-02-10) Wentworth On Winer

Donna Wentworth is excited about Dave Winer's WebLog plans at Harvard Law School. True education benefits from as few barriers as possible between the learner and the raw ingredients of learning: access to a generous and diverse library of information and opportunity for the novice to converse meaningfully with the Expert. In my view, what we do when we link to others "in-the-know" (e.g., Blog Roll) is engage in a Self Directed, modern-day ApprenticeShip. Imagine, for example, the benefit to a Home-School-ed child (Educating Kids) of a network of Harvard weblogs in which students and faculty not only engage with eachother but also with the world of experts that inform their studies.