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Here at UMW we have been going through a CMS Review. It has been a pretty interesting project, and while I only tangentially involved, I have been following the basic rhetorical thrust of the sales pitches from companies like Desire2Learn, BlackBoard, and Angel (well be getting in-house demos of Sakai and [...]
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Course Mangement Systems as the Gentrification of EdTech
Published by July 24th, 2008 in films, insructional technology and movies. 22 CommentsThe Design of Openness
Published by June 7th, 2008 in Uncategorized, insructional technology, wordpress multi-user and wpmu. 2 CommentsPhoto thanks to Bern@t’s Flickr stream.
Cole Camplese recently had a provocative post about open design that has me thinking about a few things that might frame some of the ideas that I think are key to imagining a loosely joined, open, and mashable community for teaching and learning.
I am thinking more about how openness should [...]
Today I got to thinking about something while talking about building a community site: where is my community right now? Well, Twitter, and at this very moment I can see all kinds of cool things happening. I’m currently following two of my favorite people, Shannon Hauser and Brian Lamb, exchange ideas about music. [...]
I recently came to the realization that my best friend in Fredericksburg is my 12 year-old neighbor. I just can’t avoid the fact that I have never really progressed beyond the sixth grade; I am still so dearly enthralled by the product-inspired wonder of my youth. Whether it be Star Wars (and this encompasses everything [...]
Harun Farocki on the Desgin of Control
Published by January 15th, 2008 in art, film, films and video. 0 CommentsMy UBUWEB rss subscription is the feed that keeps on giving. I scan it regularly, and indulge in watching a work by a filmmaker I haven’t heard of before irregularly. This time Harun Farocki’s video/documentary I Thought I was Seeing Convicts (2001) caught my attention. The film is about a maximum-security prison in Corcoran, California. [...]
Freud, der unheimlich, and the importance of aesthetics
Published by June 18th, 2007 in Uncategorized. 3 CommentsBlogs: the look of the future?
Published by February 3rd, 2006 in insructional technology. 1 CommentMatthew Levine’s article “In Search of the Holy Grail” on A List Apart offers a straight-forward way to incorprate a three column layout for web designers with lean code, minimal CSS, and a consistent code order, herertofore a sloppy and difficult task. Levine makes a very interesting point in his article that is excerpted below:
Three [...]
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