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Monthly Archives January 2007

Time for the Super Bowl

My campus has experienced a recent rash of thefts involving projectors. Today between 11 and 12 a projector was taken from the lecture bowl I use. The equipment (computers, DVD players, etc. ) are kept in cabinets that are locked (instructors have keys). An instructor left the projector cabinet open so the next instrutor would [...]

Posted 31 January 2007 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Searching for Objective Sources and Good Science

Educators commonly express concern that students rely too heavily on web resources that have not been submitted to a formal editorial process. Even those who see the Internet as the library of the future recognize the uneven quality of web resources and suggest that students acquire a more critical eye as they select their sources. [...]

Posted 30 January 2007 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

UND Position

I am posting this because some of you may be interested in higher ed positions and because the person hired will be my colleague. The University of North Dakota Department of Teaching and Learning is seeking applications for an anticipated tenure-track position in Instructional Design & Technology (http://idt.und.edu) at the assistant or associate professor rank, [...]

Posted 29 January 2007 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

DOPA Jr.

Andy Carvin has generated a very complete analysis of the new version of DOPA. Included in his post is a link to the text of the proposed bill as included in the Congressional Record. One frustrating change in the new bill is that it mashes together a variety of topics some of which would generate [...]

Posted 28 January 2007 † grabe § Research ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Cost of Open Source

I walked into the office of a colleague the other day (the director of our IDT graduate program) and on his office table was a new Xserve blade and a Xserve raid (the Macintosh server with software and storage). Very nice equipment that will allow the IDT students to each have their own accounts and [...]

Posted 27 January 2007 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

State Response to Flat World

A week or so ago I outlined findings and recommendations from a report entitled tough choices or tough times. This report identified changing economic trends and recommended needed educational adjustments to prevent economic decline in the US. Some states appear to be making a commitment to a similar combination of improved basic skills, a more [...]

Posted 24 January 2007 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

State Of The Union

I decided I was going to mark the uniqueness of this year’s State of the Union address by participating in a unique way. I have a CNN Pipeline account so I decided to watch via the Internet. Unfortunately, CNN decided to use the occasion of the event to allow anyone to try Pipeline. The consequences, [...]

Posted 23 January 2007 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °