So through living here and with staff support I am learning new ways to cope, even though I don't see the immediate effect a lot of the time, am now learning to be a little more patient.

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One good lesson I am learning this week is to shut up and listen.

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The point is: each day I was, and still am, learning to become comfortable with asking for what I want.

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Moreover, I am less interested in passing out blame than I am in learning from and correcting these mistakes to make us safer.

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Moreover, I am less interested in passing out blame than I am in learning from and correcting these mistakes to make us safer, for ultimately the buck stops with me.

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But access and capacity are not the goals driving what I am referring to here as connected learning.

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As a woman and as a businessperson, I am constantly working on and learning how to balance the masculine and feminine sides within myself.

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Many of the lessons I am still learning, but I wanted to share a few of the things I have come to learn thus far.

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"The wealth of knowledge that is made available through ICT and Internet has inspired me and now I am taking MSC in Community Economics through distance learning, " wrote Munira to the workshop sponsors.

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Valerie Thompson from the E-Learning Foundation, which aims to provide learning technologies to children both at home and at school, said that while will.i.am's donation was "fantastic", there remained "a very significant challenge".

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