Tag: Rant
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Twittering out
There has been much digital ink spilled on Twitter, and this is not likely to be seen above the noise of everything else that is out there, but I have noticed something interesting in the critiques of both Twitter (CPU, and C|Net) and the Semantic Web (OLDaily) combined with some thoughts as to the differences…
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Blogs and ePorts on a deserted island
Recently in talking to a few profs who have been looking at using blogs or portfolios in their own courses, they said that they heard from other instructors that the “magic” that blogs and eportfolios are supposed to bring to the class, just hasn’t happened. The students don’t care about them. They think they are…
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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…
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What makes a good ID/IT combination?
This is something that has come to me today as a conversation ebbed and flowed on one of the university support group lists. On the list, the topic that was being discussed was a recent outage on one of the networks. With a good dose of “geek” being tossed about, it wasn’t really that interesting…
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Tacit Knowledge
Over the last few weeks packing up in Education, one of the things that I’ve noticed is how much tacit knowledge is in my head. Having been present from when the TechPD unit that I am, at least to the end of the day, involved in, there are many things that I know and do…