Author Archives: Brian

About Brian

I am a Strategist and Discoordinator with UBC's Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology. My main blogging space is Abject Learning, and I sporadically update a short bio with publications and presentations over there as well...

MERLOT presentation — the gory aftermath

Posted on August 8, 2003 by Brian

We just gave our dog and pony show on RSS at the MERLOT conference. Previously, I had always tacked on a five minute spiel on weblogs and RSS to the end of “learning object” talks (and always sensed the most … Continue reading →

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Object Learning finally pulls its weight at MERLOT

Posted on August 7, 2003 by Brian

I’m feeling guilty about how hard all the other bloggers here are working, so I thought I would try to post on this presentation on MERLOT’s new federated search technology… even though Alan is sitting next to me, probably doing … Continue reading →

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‘QTI Ready’ almost ready

Posted on August 6, 2003 by Brian

File this for future reference: Adding to the growing pile of IMS QTI compliant software is a new server side plug-in: QTI Ready. Following the emerging trend of supplying applications that are meant to do only one thing, and do … Continue reading →

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Riot at the Hyatt, or MERLOT madness…

Posted on August 6, 2003 by Brian

Day One: I’m nearing the end of the first full day of the conference, and have managed so far to attend two whole sessions (and I was late for them). The barrier is not that the topics don’t seem interesting, … Continue reading →

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BEER! (Or MERLOT, pick your poison)

Posted on August 6, 2003 by Brian

There are a few webloggers attending the MERLOT conference that I haven’t met before… I’d love to be able to put some faces to the people I’ve been reading. Wanna go for a beer? (Coffee is an acceptable non-alcoholic alternative, … Continue reading →

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RSS: A Love Story

Posted on August 4, 2003 by Brian

I’ve been asked to write an introduction to RSS, in less than 600 words, for a general audience. It’s been an interesting exercise. My current working draft: RSS: A Love Story I’m no techie, so I guess I thought I’d … Continue reading →

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Gulping Goblets of MERLOT

Posted on August 4, 2003 by Brian

Things are cranking up for this week’s MERLOT conference. My own travel arrangements are simple, given that the conference is being held here in Vancouver. In fact, the commute will be shorter this week. It’s my privilege to be co-presenting … Continue reading →

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The Eureka Moment

Posted on July 29, 2003 by Brian

Welcome to those of you who’ve arrived here via a link from Paul Stacey’s latest column. Most of us with an interest in weblogs, RSS and nearby environs have experienced a “Eureka moment” (or several) similar to what Stacey describes: … Continue reading →

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More on blogs and wikis…

Posted on July 23, 2003 by Brian

A few webloggers noticed this quite fine comparison between blogs and wikis from that course I linked to below. A few selections from the complete document: blog * personal, less collaborative. * a posting is owned by poster * tends … Continue reading →

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Blogs and wikis in a university writing course…

Posted on July 21, 2003 by Brian

“Because new tools create new ways of understanding” Intriguing online writing course using weblogs and wikis from Minnesota’s Bemidji State University. The way it’s structured looks especially smart. Via EdTechPost

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