Believe it or not, I do occasionally go out and work for a living. I’m going to be tied up for a while and expect my posting rate to drop of quite a bit. I will still post on weekends at the very least, but I don’t know know if I’ll be able to get […]
Archive for September, 2004
Posting Rate About to Slow Down for a Bit
Published by September 30th, 2004 in About This Site. 0 CommentsWhite Paper: Open Source is Good for Education
Published by September 30th, 2004 in Higher Education and Open Source, Open Content, Open Access. 0 CommentsFor those of you out there fighting the good fight to bring Open Source software into your institutions to stave off the extortion of some of the proprietary vendors, here’s a white paper [PDF] that will give you some ammunition.
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Weblog as Online Class Management Tool
Published by September 30th, 2004 in Blogging, Instructional Design and Notable Posts. 1 CommentLee Lefever’s Common Craft site has an excellent piece on how to use weblogs with discussion boards in an online community. Many of his points translate directly into an educational environment. Here are a few examples:
“With the community manager [teacher] having complete control of the weblog, they can use it to develop a stronger voice […]
A Different Take on Social Interfaces
Published by September 29th, 2004 in Usability and Human Factors. 0 CommentsA while back, I wrote a rant on Joel Spolsky’s conception of something he calls “social interface design.” Now there’s a thought-provoking piece out of IBM that defines “social interface” in a second and completely different way:
Social interface theory is built on the results of various studies demonstrating that humans respond socially in their interactions […]
Usability: Improving Perscription Labels
Published by September 29th, 2004 in Usability and Human Factors. 0 CommentsThe Communication Research Institute of Australia (CRIA) has a classic usability study paper out on how to improve prescription medicine labels. It’s well written and easy to learn from.
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