Category Archives: Objects

Uploading image test

Posted on November 5, 2003 by Brian
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Maggot Art: a fantastic new teaching tool for use in the elementary school setting

Posted on October 15, 2003 by Brian

“Grandpa Needs a Shave” by Rebecca Bullard We use only non-toxic water-based paints to make Maggot Art

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SOAPed Up and Ready

Posted on May 23, 2003 by Brian

I previously posted on this metadata repository built by Ming Chen, for a project at UBC’s Faculty of Applied Science led by Jim Sibley. The new look and feel I mentioned has been implemented for App Sci’s LO management needs. … Continue reading →

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LO Development Workshop @ UBC

Posted on May 20, 2003 by Brian

One reason why this space was so quiet last week was that I was hunkered down in a near-frenzy preparing for May 15th’s full-day LO development workshop. It was sponsored by MAPLE, and held at UBC’s Distance Education and Technology … Continue reading →

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Hey look! It’s a learning object repository!

Posted on May 1, 2003 by Brian

An interesting initiative here at UBC is a homegrown repository project that is nearing completion. While the functionality isn’t about to knock CAREO or DSpace off the Internet, it does have its points. It can sit on almost any box … Continue reading →

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Hey look! It’s a learning object repository!

Posted on May 1, 2003 by Brian

An interesting initiative here at UBC is a homegrown repository project that is nearing completion. While the functionality isn’t about to knock CAREO or DSpace off the Internet, it does have its points. It can sit on almost any box … Continue reading →

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Ryan Eby: Trackback, Pingback, and LOR’s

Posted on April 24, 2003 by Brian

An impressive, and apparently new site from Ryan Eby, with a thoughtful suggestion: Phil has an interesting post on the differences between trackback and pingback. I agree with his comments on when trackback and pingback are relevant. I think this … Continue reading →

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Ryan Eby: Trackback, Pingback, and LOR’s

Posted on April 24, 2003 by Brian

An impressive, and apparently new site from Ryan Eby, with a thoughtful suggestion: Phil has an interesting post on the differences between trackback and pingback. I agree with his comments on when trackback and pingback are relevant. I think this … Continue reading →

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Fischli and Weiss flack Hondas?

Posted on April 22, 2003 by Brian

I’m a great admirer of Fischli and Weiss’s 1987 The Way Things Go, and thereby got a kick out of this Honda Ad (Flash 6 required) — once I got over my discomfort about the whole co-optation thing. (Here’s hoping … Continue reading →

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Do you have a metadata repository with a SOAP layer?

Posted on April 17, 2003 by Brian

Or know of one? If so, please email me: brian.lamb@ubc.ca We’d like to do some testing.

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