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“Reverend” Jim “The Bava” Groom, alias “Snake Pliskin” is a charlatan and a fraud, a self-confessed “used car salesman” clawing his way into the glamour of the education technology keynote circuit via the efforts of his oppressed minions at the University of Mary Washington’s DTLT and beyond. The monster behind educational time-sink ds106 and still recovering from his bid for hipster stardom with “Edupunk”, Jim spends his days using his dwindling credibility to sell cheap webhosting to gullible undergraduates and getting banned from YouTube for gross piracy.
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Category Archives: DTLT Today
Who’s afraid of the big bad #sopa?
…I am! And in the latest episode of DTLT Today Boone and Wally Gorges lay out a pretty compelling case why anyone doing anything related to open education online in higher education should be too. Boone and Wally brilliantly talked … Continue reading
DTLT Today’s 100th Episode
I guess today is a day of milestones, not only has the bava turned six years old today marking my sixth year at UMW, but DTLT Today has cranked out its 100th episode—which is a pretty amazing feat. When Tim … Continue reading
A funny thing happened on the way to the hangout…
Andy Rush and I were talking about what we were gonna do for today’s DTLT Today episode, and I pushed the idea of having a breakout chat space for the K12 Online Conference video session on ds106. I figured the … Continue reading
EDUPUNK won’t die, but faith in universities may
It is almost four years old now, and I swear EDUPUNK won’t die. Maybe that’s not a bad thing either if we can divorce it from a brand as Sarah Cunnane’s article on the topic in Times Higher Education suggests. … Continue reading
James Harding on Stages and Context of 9/11
In yesterday’s episode of DTLT Today, I had the pleasure of sitting down with University of Mary Washington professor James Harding from the English Linguistics and Speech Department. Professor Harding specializes in avant-garde theater and has published far and wide … Continue reading
Claudia Emerson on the “poetics of preservation”
We had our first DTLT Today episode (#33!) that actually featured a UMW faculty, and we were fortunate to get none other than Claudia Emerson, who is not only an amazing poet, but also as cool as they come. She … Continue reading
A DTLT Today Weekly Round Up (9-2-11)
There were a ton of solid DTLT Today episodes last week. Tim Owens and I interviewed Antonio Vantaggiato on his work in progress (The Zen of Teaching) that interviews a variety of folks about the myths surrounding teaching, learning, and … Continue reading
DTLT’s Corporate Cuddle Couch
This is why I love what I do and the folks I do it with. DTLT Today is a total blast, every EdTech shop should try this—it’s a great daily exercise for conversing, sharing, trust and thinking. Below is a … Continue reading
DTLT Today: “Hey MOOCie!”
Today’s DTLT Today episode explored the recent explosion of Massive Open Online Courses (a.k.a. MOOCs). 2011 is quickly becoming the Year of the MOOC qs more and more universities like the University of Illinois, Georgia Tech, and Stanford are experimenting … Continue reading
DTLT Today: The UMW Blogs Upgrade Show
I can’t begin to tell you how much fun it has been having Tim Owens at DTLT rocking the joint. He’s been experimenting madly with Andy Rush‘s Wirecast/Live Boradcast setup, a.k.a “the kit,” and it’s evermore apparent we’ve only scratched … Continue reading