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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.8.4 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:38:19 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Present ideas persuasively</title><subtitle>Present ideas persuasively</subtitle><id>http://patrickdunn.squarespace.com/present-ideas-persuasively/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://patrickdunn.squarespace.com/present-ideas-persuasively/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://patrickdunn.squarespace.com/present-ideas-persuasively/atom.xml"/><updated>2005-11-07T21:56:07Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.8.4 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Present ideas persuasively</title><id>http://patrickdunn.squarespace.com/present-ideas-persuasively/2005/11/7/present-ideas-persuasively.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://patrickdunn.squarespace.com/present-ideas-persuasively/2005/11/7/present-ideas-persuasively.html"/><author><name>Patrick Dunn</name></author><published>2005-11-07T21:55:46Z</published><updated>2005-11-07T21:55:46Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[<p>As learning design shifts from an engineering model to a genuine design model, learning designers will need to learn the arts of creative persuasion. An engineering mindset assumes that solutions can be objectively assessed, whereas a design mindset assumes that there are many solutions that may require subjective approval. Presenting facts and objective evidence may be less effective than well argued personal viewpoints.</p><p><strong>Could you complete this pattern? </strong>If you're interested in contributing, <a href="mailto:patrick@networked-learning.com">get in contact</a>. If you've something already written that you like us to consider, you can <a href="http://patrickdunn.squarespace.com/upload/">upload it here</a>.  <br /> </p>]]></content></entry></feed>