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E.M. Forster described Beethoven's Fifth Symphony as "…the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of man." The dramatic silence after the opening four notes is an example of the use of space in musical composition. To quote Gordon Sumner: "Great music's as much about the space between the notes as it is about the notes themselves."

In her presentation EduChaos: Facilitating the unpredictable Marie Jasinski highlights the importance of leaving space when designing learning experiences: "…it provides an opportunity for learners to self-organise and let learning emerge."

Marie believes role play simulations facilitate "space for participants to interact and create learning experiences for themselves." So I'm eagerly awaiting Albert Ip's ICCE pre-conference tutorial on web-based simulations. As Marshall McLuhan famously said "The interval is where the action is."