Category Archives: Build This, Please

When It Comes to Content, Say “Yes” to Wrappers But “No” to Containers

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Michael Feldstein

Scott Leslie has a good post up ruminating on the moving target of open textbooks which reminded me that I have long intended to write a follow-up to an exchange that he, I, and Rob Abel had in the comments … Continue reading →

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Four Key Questions for the Apple Education Announcement

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Phil Hill

There is growing buzz online about Apple’s planned media event on January 19th in New York City. Most speculation is focused on Apple distributing textbooks through iTunesU, as described in a New York Times blog. The basis for most speculation … Continue reading →

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The Zone of Proximal Curiosity

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Michael Feldstein

Gardner Campbell has a great piece at Campus Technology that asks the following question: What if we took another tack, specifying that students should not only remember information but also demonstrate increased curiosity? I have enormous sympathy for this line of inquiry. … Continue reading →

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Social Network Analysis and the LMS

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Michael Feldstein

Many thanks to George Siemens for pointing out SNAPP: Social Networks Adapting Pedagogical Practice. This is something I’ve been urging various LMS communities to  build for seven or eight years (since I was involved with dotLRN). SNAPP extracts information from … Continue reading →

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Permissions and Usability

Posted on December 31, 2008 by Michael Feldstein

In a recent post, I reviewed the advantages of Bodington’s unusual system of assigning access privileges and mentioned that the Sakai community is planning to support Bodington-like permissions in a future version. There was some follow-up discussion of this on … Continue reading →

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