Duke Univeristy is hosting a symposium on podcasting Sept 27-28. Elements of this should be available online...
There seems to be great interest in integrating podcasts and RSS feeds into the learning mix. Apparently podcasts can be used to distribute content other than mere audio files - text files such as pdfs can be pushed as well. I see the ability to push content as a plus - this is why I've leaned heavily on listservs to notify students of class meetintg schedules, assignment due dates, etc. It removes the variable of attentativeness - "I didn't know this was due; was it in the syllabus"? - a really basic level of grokking that some students just either can't master, or aren't motivated sufficiently to take on the responsibility of self-direction (rememer that I've dealt primarily with community college students to date).
Although the hype for push technology came and went in the early 90's (remember those desktop clients that sucked down news feeds, stock tickers and other crap that cluttered your desktop, consumed bandwidth on the LAN, and just generally distracted you from doing actual work?), RSS and podcasting, along with legacy technologies like list serves, seem to denote not only a need but perhaps an actual desire to have aggregrated content sentto you, rather than performing traditional inet hunter/gatherer googling scavenger hunts.
Friday, September 16, 2005
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Where's Waldo?
Where I have been, you ask? OK, so nobody asked - it was rhetorical freakin' QUESTION, ALL RIGHT?
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Anyway, yes, the avalanche of Fall start up hit, and hit hard. Not so much in dealing with making sure courses were up, profs were alive and actually in their courses, as much as being on the receiving end of a litany of complaints about system slowness. And yes...it...is...sloooooow. Why? Don't ask me - I just handle the pedagogical aspects here. Anecdotal evidence derived from chatting with my profs suggests that at least some students have dropped online courses out of frustation. Yikes.
Rather than add yet another pitchfork to the angry throng of MIDizens chasing after the SLN development team, I reached out and pulled a favor. Got some Keynote data from my old boss, Bob- thanks, Bob, I owe you at least one pint at Clark's - more like two or three.
Will it help? Dunno; but it doesn't hurt to pitch in where you can.
On another front, I've learned a possible workaround in my laptop configuration dilemna. Without spilling top-secret campus security policies, I'll just say that what I thought was an aberration (not allowing an authenticated login via LDAP) is the norm, and that in some cases....insert redacted text here :-) So, I'm off to a wireless hotspot to perform a little "experiment"...
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Anyway, yes, the avalanche of Fall start up hit, and hit hard. Not so much in dealing with making sure courses were up, profs were alive and actually in their courses, as much as being on the receiving end of a litany of complaints about system slowness. And yes...it...is...sloooooow. Why? Don't ask me - I just handle the pedagogical aspects here. Anecdotal evidence derived from chatting with my profs suggests that at least some students have dropped online courses out of frustation. Yikes.
Rather than add yet another pitchfork to the angry throng of MIDizens chasing after the SLN development team, I reached out and pulled a favor. Got some Keynote data from my old boss, Bob- thanks, Bob, I owe you at least one pint at Clark's - more like two or three.
Will it help? Dunno; but it doesn't hurt to pitch in where you can.
On another front, I've learned a possible workaround in my laptop configuration dilemna. Without spilling top-secret campus security policies, I'll just say that what I thought was an aberration (not allowing an authenticated login via LDAP) is the norm, and that in some cases....insert redacted text here :-) So, I'm off to a wireless hotspot to perform a little "experiment"...
Monday, Monday...ahhhr
This Monday is National Talk Like a Pirate Day. That's right, ye swabs, you heard me!
My pirate name is:
Dirty Tom Kidd
You're the pirate everyone else wants to throw in the ocean -- not to get rid of you, you understand; just to get rid of the smell. Even though you're not always the traditional swaggering gallant, your steadiness and planning make you a fine, reliable pirate. Arr!
Get your own pirate name from fidius.org.
Avast with yer simpering complaints about server performance and yer molly coddlin' learnin' styles - we'll be sailin' the high seas o' knowledge and takin' NO PRISONERS :-)
My pirate name is:
Dirty Tom Kidd
You're the pirate everyone else wants to throw in the ocean -- not to get rid of you, you understand; just to get rid of the smell. Even though you're not always the traditional swaggering gallant, your steadiness and planning make you a fine, reliable pirate. Arr!
Get your own pirate name from fidius.org.
Avast with yer simpering complaints about server performance and yer molly coddlin' learnin' styles - we'll be sailin' the high seas o' knowledge and takin' NO PRISONERS :-)
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