Category Archives: Instructional Technology

This is why we can’t have nice things in Virginia EdTech

During my time at OpenVA one of the things I really wanted to see happen was various institutions around the state working together to share technical infrastructure. How could we think about scaling something like Domain of One’s Own for the VCCS? … Continue reading

Posted in Instructional Technology, reclaim | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Paleoconnectivism: The Long History of Edtech

One of the three presentations I was part of at Open Ed this year was “Towards a Paleoconnectivist Reader” with David Kernohan, unfortunately our third co-presenter Brian Lamb couldn’t make the conference—and we missed him dearly. I’m sure David will have a … Continue reading

Posted in Instructional Technology, Paleconnectivism | Tagged , , , , , | 3 Comments

Becoming Well Known

It was cool to see Ben Werdmuller’s and Erin Jo Richey‘s Indieweb application Known featured in this recent Wired article. They’ve been red hot lately, with an appearance last week on an episode of “This Week in Google” dedicated to the IndieWeb. The attention is justified, … Continue reading

Posted in Domain of One's Own, Instructional Technology, Known | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Pushing the Known Syndication Hub Beyond RSS

Born of the brainstorming conversation Tim Owens and I had on our way to Oklahoma last month, the push-based syndication hub using with Known for Wire106 has come to pass. It’s pretty exciting, and it marks a welcome departure from the hacky hacking that has … Continue reading

Posted in Instructional Technology, Known | Tagged , , , , | 8 Comments

Two Digital Divides

We have yet to begin to consolidate the opportunities that have opened up for in the last decade of the internet, in terms of the most basic stuff. Jon Udell ended his 2007 “The Disruptive Nature of Technology” presentation discussing … Continue reading

Posted in Instructional Technology | Tagged , , | 8 Comments

Trojan Horses in the Afterglow at Sloan-C

I had a pretty intense day at the Sloan-C Emerging Technologies Conference on Thursday. (It actually took me two days to recover mentally). I presented a workshop first thing in the morning on how to “Reclaim Your Domain.” There were about 15-20 … Continue reading

Posted in Domain of One's Own, Instructional Technology, presentations | Tagged , , , | 8 Comments

Brief History of the Future

John Naughton’s 1999 history of the internet, A Brief History of the Future: From Radio days to Internet Years in a Lifetime, arrived at my house this afternoon. I plan on reading it during my imminent travel to Dallas, but I … Continue reading

Posted in fun, Instructional Technology | Tagged , , | 6 Comments

Taming the Web

Another 2001 edtech book Shannon Hauser gave me earlier this week is Larry Lewen’s Using the Internet to Strengthen Curriculum. This guide to internet research is all about how to domesticate the internet for education, and some of the quotes … Continue reading

Posted in Instructional Technology, The Internet Course | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments

Web-Teaching

Shannon Hauser has been working in the Simpson library at UMW for almsot a year now, and this afternoon she brought DTLT a couple of booksthat the they’re taking out of circulation. I love that she did, kinda makes me want to hook her … Continue reading

Posted in Instructional Technology | 7 Comments

Innovation Lost

Yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible. I’ve been writing a bit about early internet and web history based on the Internet Course I am embroiled in currently. Some of the early deomgraphics of the web are … Continue reading

Posted in Instructional Technology, The Internet Course | Tagged , , , , , | 27 Comments