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Category Archives: Abject Learning
It’s so, like, serindipidipitous, man…
First thing this morning, for reasons yet unclear to me, I subjected a group of very nice people to the dreaded introduction to learning objects presentation, puppet show, and dance… The talk was hosted by UBC’s cross-town rivals at Kwantlen … Continue reading
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Google, how fleeting thy loving embrace… (Housecleaning Housecleaning Housecleaning)
Hey… it’s only been a few hours since I posted on this and already my Google-rank for a search on “housecleaning” has dropped four slots, down to #11… Off the first results page entirely. I scream it at you, fickle … Continue reading
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OK, maybe Google loves me a little TOO much…
Mother would be so proud, and more than a little mystified, to see that this site currently ranks seventh on the Internet according to a Google search on “housecleaning”… Apologies to those of you looking for handy household hints. I … Continue reading
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Housecleaning, and a couple of workshops…
I’ve added a couple of new features to the page, neither of which qualify as revolutionary, but both provide useful functionality and were so easy to implement that even I was able to do them… The “in-flux” section on the … Continue reading
Posted in Abject Learning, Administrivia, Emergence, Webloggia, wikis, XML/RSS
Tagged Higher Ed
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The hits keep comin’… (ouch!)
Today’s theme from Ira Glass, on the subject of work: “There are people who are fundamentally lazy, who only get anything done because they put themselves under dreadful deadline pressure. Those people are all my brothers.” — (Spotted at thought … Continue reading
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Finding and reusing digital learning resources…
I just finished a faculty workshop on finding and reusing digital learning resources, as part of a seminar series held by UBC’s Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth. For this workshop I tried to dispense with learning object talk, and … Continue reading
Posted in Abject Learning, Objects, wikis, XML/RSS
Tagged Higher Ed
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It’s like sausage being made…
I’m presenting tomorrow for the NLII Annual Meeting here in San Diego. To the surprise of nobody, I am still well away from finishing my presentation… in fact I am certain I will be working well into the wee hours … Continue reading
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Good news, and weird news…
After a few days off the net due to some manner of server meltdown, Abject Learning is back, and ready to do some serious damage to our collective intelligence. The weird part is that my previous postings seem to have … Continue reading
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A clueless Canuck in Hong Kong
My hotel is in there somewhere One of the glorious things about UBC is its strong international dimension. I’m humbled and grateful to be representing my university at a set of meetings in Hong Kong for the Universitas 21 Learning … Continue reading
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What kind of social software are you?
My results on this test should surprise nobody who knows me. “Junk pile of content”, “many blank pages”… it’s as if they have an RSS feed tapped into my frontal lobe.
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