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Measuring ds106

cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo shared by wester I’ve been asked to write a short case study profile of ds106 for a book someone is writing about online teaching and the question came up about how many people have participated in it. I’ve been tinkering at the main site to compile […]

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Cut Off from the Internet

cc licensed (BY) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog Since I’ve been home, I’ve not been able to get any AT&T signal on my iPhone- it was moderate signal, 2-3 bars, when I left in January. They said service was weak here. NO SECRET, but also some towers were being reconditioned. It makes little sense; I […]

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Owning Your Massive Numbers

cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo shared by Marina Cast. If a course is going to be pumped up on the massiveness of its open enrollment, it ought to own how much or little comes out at the other end. I still maintain that the idea of a “dropout” in an open course– […]

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Dearth of Good Writing

What has happened to good writing? Are we so reduced to status updating that the skills of forming coherent, interesting sentences, believable characters, and interesting plots has gone by the wayside? I am not talking about essays, articles, or even blogging- I am talking about when email spam was somewhat credible. I cannot accept that […]