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The Blackboard discussion board system is really quite amazing, in that it couldn’t have been designed any worse. It is easily the most awkward, clumsy, and deliberately obtuse discussion board software I’ve ever used.
There aren’t many things in life that are more fun than using the Blackboard discussion board system. But if we find any, [...]
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I’m reading up on Likert scales, and came across this section on the Wikipedia page:
Rensis Likert, the developer of the scale, pronounced his name ‘lick-urt’ with a short “i” sound. It has been claimed that Likert’s name “is among the most mispronounced in [the] field.” Although many people use the long “i” variant (‘lie-kurt’), those who attempt to stay true to Dr. Likert’s pronunciation use the short “i” pronunciation (‘lick-urt’).
also, I did a whole bunch of reading before thinking to look at the Wikipedia page – I was hoping to find links to other original sources. relax.
bite me.
- mr. grumpy pants
I had a conversation with a prof today, who was wondering which app to use for hosting the activities and discussions for her online course. We were discussing the pros and cons of various options, including WordPress (via UCalgaryBlogs) and Drupal (via campus IT) and others. I wound up saying something along these lines:
Once you switch from Blackboard, everything else is so many orders of magnitude better that it really doesn’t matter what you choose.
The biggest shift is to get out of Blackboard. Everything else will flow from that.
I was really excited that a TEDx event was being planned for Calgary. I was looking forward to TEDxYYC, and was planning to attend and help out in any way that I could. The website for the event went live today, so I went to register.
I got to the registration form. Except it’s not a [...]
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trying to figure out how to describe various options to faculty members. this diagram’s been flashing in my head for awhile now. it’s rough, but it’s a start.
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I wrote this for an assignment in the Conceptualizing Educational Technology grad course I’m taking. I figure it’s worth planting my flag publicly as well…
“Educational Technology” is one of those terms that makes me squirm. I’m not comfortable with any of the definitions of it, primarily because they posit that “educational technology” is a separate, [...]
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