At Praxis Language, we realize that language learning is a social phenomenon, but when we look across the Internet there is a distinct lack of communities for most language learners. We’d like to help fill this gap by creating forums (much like our ChinesePod forum) for students of other languages.
This is where you come in! […]
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Today with the help of Netvibes we are launching a ‘Netvibes Universe’ for both ChinesePod and SpanishSense. Netvibes is a leading provider of personalized homepages, along with iGoogle, Pageflakes, etc. We have been looking at a number of ways to customize the learning experience and using Netvibes is one good way to start along […]
With our feature in The Economist this week, we have been getting a lot of feedback asking us if we have plans for other language products. We thought this would be a good opportunity to put the polling plug-in back up on the blog and ask you:
What other languages would you like us to do […]
You may have come across references to ‘Praxis Language’ in recent times, so let me give you some background to it.
In September 2005, myself, Hank Horkoff, and Steve Williams put together the resources to begin the ChinesePod project. The experience has been kind of like watching a child grow. Over time, we’ve come to […]
The 21st Century Campus
Published by May 20th, 2007 in Integrated Learning and Praxis Language. 2 CommentsWhile Blackboard created a lot of angst in the e-learning community last year when they tried to enforce their patent on learning management systems, they are the dominant e-learning provider (helped by their WebCT acquisition) in the United States with ~80% market share. While I personally disagree with their use of proprietary, closed systems, they […]
With the launch of our second learning service, SpanishSense, we have had a number of requests from the community to be able to pick and choose between ChinesePod and SpanishSense as they see fit. To address this need, we have created a new subscription level called the ‘Praxis Pass’, which is similar to a Premium […]
Emergent strategies, emergent learning
Published by March 27th, 2007 in Learning and Praxis Language. 0 CommentsJay Cross sees the need for a fluid, dynamic approach to corporate training. The present day knowledge worker is having to learn more, and learn faster than ever before - a situation that will intensify over time. According to Cross, the old, static, one-size-fits-all, training programs are proving hoplessly inadequate in the face […]
There is a second meaning to the word ‘praxis’ that I think is impoirtant. In this second sense, praxis means ’shared practice’, as, for example, when communities of practice bring together learners and practitioners to develop and share usful learning insights. I believe this is as relevant to the Praxis Language vision as the first […]
via Wikipedia…
Praxis is the process by which a theory or lesson becomes part of lived experience. Rather than a lesson being simply absorbed at the intellectual level in a classroom, ideas are tested and experienced in the real world, followed by an opportunity for reflective contemplation. In this way, abstract concepts are connected with lived […]
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