Posted in Classroom Technologies, General CIS, Online Education on Dec 19th, 2007 Comments Off
In some parts of academe, professors hold on tightly to what they’ve created – lesson plans, content, lecture notes, a/v materials, and so on – for fear that someone will “steal” it, perhaps reuse it, remix it, or otherwise profit from it. Certainly that can happen, and it’s not right. But another idea that is [...]
Posted in Campus Technology Services, Classroom Technologies, General CIS, Online Education on Aug 21st, 2007 Comments Off
I recently noticed that a company that offers free wikis (PBwiki.com), including commercial-free wikis for educators, is advertising: Education (no IT department required!). Why is that? What could it be that would bring about this type of promotional theme? Clearly they are tapping into a widespread phenomenon regarding the relationship between IT and instructors. This [...]
Posted in Campus Technology Services, Classroom Technologies, Online Education on Aug 15th, 2007 Comments Off
Lee LeFever has been making these excellent videos which explain many Web 2.0 concepts “in plain English.” They are simply dynamite – because they explain some concepts that are very helpful, useful, and efficient for working on the net these days – and in a way that is easy to understand, fun, and dynamic. Highly [...]