Many years ago in pre-Internet days a friend (Peter) and I spent a week or two on the Greek Island of Patmos. Peter recently wrote up his diary entries of the time, and it inspired me to finally record a song I wrote as I left the island by ferry on a wet and windy night. It's called Lights Across the Water. The lyrics are printed below. I may elaborate on the background to the song at some later date. But for now, here it is.

References:

http://factmyth.com/factoids/liberals-and-conservatives-brains-are-different-on-average/

Turns out there's quite a lot of commentary around this issue in the American context:

https://braindecoder.com/post/politics-neuroscience-1282982492
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/calling-truce-political-wars/
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/how-conservative-brains-are-wired-differently-and-what-means-our-politics
http://www.salon.com/2014/07/29/secrets_of_the_right_wing_brain_new_study_proves_it_conservatives_see_a_different_hostile_world/

https://www.ted.com/talks/robb_willer_how_to_have_better_political_conversations#t-265472

Some not particularly eloquent thoughts about the work of Sugata Mitra (about 8 minutes)

The IATEFL reaction: http://leoxicon.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/to-confer-or-to-concur.html#more

Graham Stanley's blog post: http://blog-efl.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/the-rise-of-soles-part-2-at-heart-of.html

Creative Commons music from Lohstana David: http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/785426/petit-talibe-instrumental-version

Online Presentation for the VET Development Centre (27/3/14; about 53 minutes)
Accompanying slides: http://www.slideshare.net/michaelc/innovation-in-the-australian-sector-is-it-possible

Presentation given to TAFE Australian Libraries Conference (TALC) in Brisbane (22/11/13)

Spoken reflections on a talk from Don Watson at the concluding session of Adelaide's Festival of Ideas. (About 6 mins)

Presentation for the TAFE SA Learn Network (30/9/13). Accompanying slides at http://www.slideshare.net/michaelc/where-is-the-internet-taking-us

Creative Commons Intro and Outro music: Seim by KraftiM (http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/214223/seim)

About 43 minutes

The Assessment Obsession - whatever happened to teaching? Presentation given at the Transforming Assessment for the Digital Era Conference (Melbourne, 31/7/13)http://digitalassessments.com/
Accompanying slides at http://www.slideshare.net/michaelc/the-slow-march-to-eassessment-in-the-vet-sector
About 30 mins.

My presentation at ConVerge12 (November 22nd). Refers to global trends listed HERE. Slides HERE. (About 35 mins)