Corporations
As a user researcher for Unified Communication tools, I always need to ensure that we deliver the right products to our customers. The world of communication and collaboration is changing at a rapid pace. In order to stay ahead of the curve in this fiercely competitive market, we need to always stay on the lookout for the latest shifts in user behaviors, business models, and technology innovations. I receive tons of new information related to my work every day and often it feels overwhelming. So it is very easy to overlook important information that can impact our business. Howard’s course helped me solve this issue. Through this course, I learned about infotention tools and techniques and developed a learning framework that has direct impact on my work. Now I know how to filter and curate information and stay on top of my learning. Although I personally gained more than that, for my company those are the biggest returns on investment as I can directly apply my learning to our business now.”
- Tazin Shadid,
User Experience Researcher,
Microsoft Unified Communication
As a Strategic Design Researcher in the front end R&D space, my job is to sense the edges, recognize patterns, and uncover new opportunities. I find myself in awe of social media’s amplifying power to connect people and ideas, while often feeling overwhelmed by its sheer volume and noise, and uneasy with the new rules of engagement. Howard’s class provided a well guided path for me to learn and experiment with some of the most advanced social media tools. I learned not only how to manage my attention, obtain credible content, but also build my own on-line reputation by reciprocating my networks with well curated, credible and delightful content. The class dynamics fostered an open, supportive and collaborative environment for me to share my discoveries with other co-learners, leverage their experiences, and most importantly, practice the new vernacular and rituals of network participation.”
– Ming-Li Chai,
Strategic Design Researcher
Microsoft Lync Design Group
Educators
If Howard Rheingold is opening up his mind and imagination for general admission, please give me a seat in the first (virtual) row. He’s the Great Teacher, par excellence!”
Cathy N. Davidson
Ruth F. DeVarney Professor of English and John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute;
Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies Duke University. Co-founder, HASTAC
Co-director, HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competition
Sign up for Rheingold U. if you want to shape the future of participatory and connected learning. Always at the leading edge of innovation, Howard is defining a new model for what it means to be a lifelong and self-directed learner.”
– Mizuko Ito
MacArthur Foundation Chair in Digital Media and Learning University of California Humanities Research Institute, Department of Anthropology, and Department of Informatics University of California, Irvine.
Howard’s both brilliant and intuitive, at the highest level I’ve witnessed in some 20 years of teaching and learning. Howard “got” me faster than any teacher I’ve had in recent memory, and I saw him do this again and again with our other co-learners. He’s a very fast learner, cares deeply about what his students learn and contribute, and has vastly expanded my consideration set in new media, cooperation studies, and personal learning networks. Best and most innovative reading/link suggestions of the last decade for me. Really. If you want to grow, Howard’s your guy.”
– Kathi Inman Berens, Ph.D.,
Assoc. Prof. of Writing Instruction, University of Southern California,
Distinguished Fellow, USC Center for Excellence in Teaching
Students
Stimulating! Eclectic! Fast paced! Be prepared to learn…”
– Donal O’ Mahony,
Educator, Ireland
Excellent example of shared-control learning. Fast paced, but fun. A lovely balance between practical (skills) and theoretical content (insight). Rheingold U gives you an insight of the cutting edge (and beyond) of collective learning. I enjoyed the experience of having to work for my learnings, and meet the nicest co-learners on the planet.”
– Ernst Phaff,
lecturer, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands
The Mindamps course was an overclocked, month-long super conference, with a highly motivated and friendly group of co-learners from around the world, orchestrated by a skilled coach and teacher. A wonderful learning experience which has opened up new connections and possibilities.”
– Tom Sepp,
Independent Publisher and Student, first cohort RU,
Toronto, Canada
This class was great. The discussions were very interesting and the people were amazing. I recommend this class for anyone even though they think they know much about the internet.”
– Linda Burns,
Instructional Designer, first cohort RU
Durham, NC
Best co-learning experience of my life….never been so stimulated, challenged to do more, or inspired….just one serendipity after another….So much, much more than what I was hoping for, and I was hoping for a lot. ”
– Ted Newcomb,
student, first cohort RU
Best co-learning experience of my life….never been so stimulated, challenged to do more, or inspired….just one serendipity after another….So much, much more than what I was hoping for, and I was hoping for a lot. ”
– Ted Newcomb,
student, first cohort RU
Best co-learning experience of my life….never been so stimulated, challenged to do more, or inspired….just one serendipity after another….So much, much more than what I was hoping for, and I was hoping for a lot. ”
– Ted Newcomb,
student, first cohort RU
It was a wonderful learning experience that completely altered the way that I relate to and interact with computing devices and the internet.”
– Ken Homer,
Founder Collaborative Conversations and Worldview Literacy
Project Manager for The Institute of Noetic Sciences
It was a wonderful learning experience that completely altered the way that I relate to and interact with computing devices and the internet.”
– Ken Homer,
Founder Collaborative Conversations and Worldview Literacy
Project Manager for The Institute of Noetic Sciences
Howard’s masterful orchestration of the co-learning experience was as inspirational as it was educative. The course was a useful balance of exploring ideas and practical, actionable information. My participation in the course immediately improved my dissertation research, and I will continue to draw upon Howard’s example in my own work as an educator.
– Ofelia Mangen,PhD Candidate,
Educational Communication and Technology, NYU
As a Strategic Design Researcher in the front end R&D space, my job is to sense the edges, recognize patterns, and uncover new opportunities. I find myself in awe of social media’s amplifying power to connect people and ideas, while often feeling overwhelmed by its sheer volume and noise, and uneasy with the new rules of engagement. Howard’s class provided a well guided path for me to learn and experiment with some of the most advanced social media tools. I learned not only how to manage my attention, obtain credible content, but also build my own on-line reputation by reciprocating my networks with well curated, credible and delightful content. The class dynamics fostered an open, supportive and collaborative environment for me to share my discoveries with other co-learners, leverage their experiences, and most importantly, practice the new vernacular and rituals of network participation.”
– Tazin Shadid,
User Experience Researcher,
Microsoft Unified Communications
Through this course, I learned tools and techniques and developed a learning framework that has direct impact on my work. Now I know how to filter and curate information and stay on top of my learning. Although I personally gained more than that, for my company those are the biggest returns on investment as I can directly apply my learning to our business now.”
– Ming-Li Chai,
Strategic Design Researcher,
Microsoft Lync Design Group
