Tag: Brain Dump
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Just enough technology II
One of the discussions that is likely just as active on my campus as anywhere else that has either Blackboard or WebCT running as their CMS is “what about open source”? Many institutions are looking at either Moodle or Sakai because they are open source and their costs can be controlled. I am surely hoping…
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Clickers – Just enough technology
Tomorrow’s Professor has an interesting story today (it will be #781 when it’s posted) that tells of a prof that went the extra mile and found that it may not have been the way that he wanted to go. The prof in the story put in loads of extra time and content into his lectures,…
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It’s always been about communication
One of the things that we know for sure is that technology is something that moderates power. Largely the technologies that do the most moderation are those that deal with communication. So when we think about those who don’t have access to technology, we usually look at those that don’t have the money. But what…
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Drop the “e”
This is somewhat relevant after the webinar this afternoon, about how we should really be looking beyond the technology (nee chrome) to see how the means actually delivered the “meat” that is learning. I’ve mentioned before that one of my peeves is the whole e/i/(d)igital prefix on things, but then it struck me that there…