I am interested in using micro-blogging as a way to get students exploring and sharing bits of primary source documents. TwHistory seems to work particularly well with events that were documented with journals. Each student or group is assigned to a historical figure in a particular event. The students prepare and…
Dear Google…
(Note: This blog post is meant to be read while listening to Midnight Oil’s “Sell My Soul.” Dear Google, I just want to say thanks for the wonderful Buzz you have given me. Not that you haven’t already cached and parsed every tweet I ever made on Twitter, but Buzz…
Reflexions on the 2nd Connexions Conference
I’ve just attended another interesting Connexions conference, and now it’s time to dump a few ideas out here so I can get to sleep. Conference summary After a nice welcome and introduction, the first panel shared major content projects, demonstrating the supreme importance the Connexions team places on the content.…
Consortia as far as the eye can see! But why pay the fee?
It seems every time I turn around a new consortium has popped up somewhere on the Open Education landscape. While I see the value of like-minded folks coming together to compare notes, discuss interoperability, etc, I have to wonder if many of them couldn’t operate just as well as chapters…
Free Samples – USU OpenCourseWare is a Virtual Visitor’s Center: Part 2
David Wiley left a comment on my last post about USU OpenCourseWare sustainability that sparked a new post. David’s comment: I think the problem of the moment is that every person on campus is asking, with regard to their specific program, “how do you justify NOT paying for it?” And…