Review: Piazza
Piazza (http://piazza.com) is an open source Q&A (Question & Answer) platform. … Continue reading
Jerald Dana Cole
What Creates Community in an Online Course?
In answering the question, “What creates community in an online course?” I began with Merriam-Webster’s dictionary definition of the term “community,” given as a unified body of individuals.[i] … Continue reading
Why I LinkedOut of LinkedIn then LinkedIn Again
I opted-in to LinkedIn shortly after it’s founding in 2003, having seen a URL to it on the business card of a “consultant”–handed to me during the coffee break of a SHRM networking event. I began seeing similar references on … Continue reading
Virtualizing K-20 School Information Technology Services
This article concerns the outsourcing of school information technology (IT) services. … Continue reading
Commentary on Guo, Kim and Rubin’s Study on MOOC Videos and Student Engagement
Guo, Kim and Rubin’s How Video Production Affects Student Engagement: An Empirical Study of MOOC Videos is significant in that it is purportedly the first such research based on big data. … Continue reading
Bob The Kelly Girl
Bob tried substitute teaching in 1985 when he was a self-described “confused 19 year old trying to figure out what to do with the rest of my life.” He’s back at it again in 2013, having run out of career options. … Continue reading
The Phantom Academic Publishing Industry
A. J. Liebling famously commented that freedom of the press belongs to those who own one. “Well, we all own one now,” said Mike Godwin, legal director of Public Knowledge, a First Amendment group. (See The New York Times, Sunday, September 25. Page 3.) See http://cpsr.org/prevsite/conferences/cfp93/godwin.html … Continue reading
My First MOOC
I made the decision to MOOC my course over summer-break as I regularly update material at that time and the prospect of crowd sourcing it struck me as a grand experiment. … Continue reading
Beckley Forest Products
Silviculture, from the Latin silva + cultura is the art and science of forest management. … Continue reading
Defending Privacy Against Incursions of the Media
At the intersection of the public’s rights, wants and needs to know, where does the media draw the line with respect to privacy? … Continue reading