Monthly Archives: October 2007

Local Citizen Microreporting

A couple weeks ago I applied for a grant from the Knight News Challenge for creation of a microreporting infrastructure — an idea I’ve been batting around for about a year now but haven’t had time to implement (check out, … Continue reading

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Help me out with my proposal

There’s a story that Will Robinson tells, perhaps apocryphal, Â about a student that took their first draft of a paper, and posted it to Wikipedia. After a week or so they took it down, newly edited, fact checked and … Continue reading

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The proposal I’d like to write

So we’re about 20 hours into this week, and so far I’ve spent over 10 of those hours on drafting an academic technology plan for my institution. I have trouble explaining why it’s so hard to draft, but perhaps if … Continue reading

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Brightcove Test

Been trying out Brightcove as a video service. Test film follows below: If anyone has any thoughts on the use of Brightcove, please share.

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With the exception of the multitasking bit

I think this video does a nice job of showing what a museum a university education has become: (h/t Andy Rush)

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Networked Learning and Distributed Reporting

If I go often to the well of what’s going on in the Politics 2.0 and Reporting 2.0 space, it’s because few areas are going through such a radical high stakes change. Not change in a political sense, mind you. … Continue reading

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Front Page HuffPo

So after all the political stories I’ve labored over, I finally made front page on Huffington Post — with a story I wrote in 5 minutes while downing my morning coffee. Oh well, I’ll take it! Thanks to the Off … Continue reading

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Curatorial Teaching

Finally got around to listening to this. It’s good. It’s nascent, but maybe that’s why I love it so much: http://learnonline.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/10-minute-lecture-george-siemens-curatorial-teaching/ It’s not a total solution to the sage-on-the-stage v. guide-on-the-side but it’s a great rethinking, and it’s very practical … Continue reading

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Entrepreneurship meets Service meets Academic Engagement…

…and it’s not even that hard. I’ve said before that one of the fundamental things the university has not come to terms with is that in an environment where failure is inexpensive, undergraduates can be pushed to solve real problems, … Continue reading

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Support Music over Lawyers. Buy Radiohead.

The end is near. And that’s a very very good thing. Radiohead is offering it’s newest album on it’s website for advance download. The revolutionary thing? You pay what you want for it. Two dollars, ten dollars. Whatever. You make … Continue reading

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