August 6, 2010
by Clint
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Going through some lit for my thesis this evening I came across this study on higher education faculty self-perceptions of technology literacy and how it relates to their pedagogical practice. Not surprising, the research shows that faculty who perceive themselves … Continue reading
August 2, 2010
by Clint
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I don’t play golf, but if I did I am sure a tool like Golfscape would be in my mobile app collection if only to help me explain exactly what augmented reality, and demonstrate why the NMC/ELI Horizon Report picked … Continue reading
July 30, 2010
by Clint
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Facebook announced a new feature called Questions this week that might be the tipping point that makes technology mediated crowdsourcing a commonly accepted everyday occurrence as a way for individuals to find answers and solve problems. Now, crowdsourcing is not … Continue reading
June 23, 2010
by Clint
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I had the great privilege of being invited to talk to the faculty of the Justice Institute in Victoria last week and speak with them about a few of the projects I have been working on with our faculty at … Continue reading
June 10, 2010
by Clint
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At the recent ETUG conference at UVic, I suddenly found myself pulled in as an unprepared participant for the final event of the conference. It was a friendly debate between the green team, arguing that ”technology is an evolutionary change … Continue reading
May 11, 2010
by Clint
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Northern Voice. Finally. After trying to go for the past 2 years, 2010 was the year my stars aligned and I was able to make it across the straight for the big show. If you are not familiar, Northern Voice … Continue reading
March 12, 2010
by Clint
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I finally got around to upgrading our WPMU instance to to 2.9 (2.9.2 to be exact) and playing with some of the new features. So far the image editing has been a bit of a disappointment, but the oEmbed feature … Continue reading
March 4, 2010
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While I have been dipping my toes into the waters of Google Wave for awhile, this month I am taking the plunge (to push the water metaphor) and testing it out with 2 different groups. The first is at SCoPE … Continue reading
February 7, 2010
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I love it when I see teachers like English teacher Jenny Johns at work. Jenny has created a great English lesson using Ning where her students virtually become one of the characters in “To Kill a Mockingbird”. I love this … Continue reading
February 6, 2010
by Clint
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I have just installed a FireFox addon called Dispute Finder. Dispute Finder is an addon developed by Intel Research and UC Berkley that highlights disputed information on a web page and displays alternatives to that disputed claim. It uses both … Continue reading