Assignment 26: Reading: The computer delusion

http://www.tnellen.com/ted/tc/computer.htmOh, haven't we all suffered from the computer delusion at one time or another? Something that will make our life easier ends up taking up more time than if we had just done it the old-fashioned way.Wasn't it supposed to get rid of the stacks and stacks of paperwork I have to do?

Assignment 26: Reading: The computer delusion

http://www.tnellen.com/ted/tc/computer.htmOh, haven't we all suffered from the computer delusion at one time or another? Something that will make our life easier ends up taking up more time than if we had just done it the old-fashioned way.Wasn't it supposed to get rid of the stacks and stacks of paperwork I have to do?

Assignment 25: Digital Diplomas Mills A Desenting Voice

http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue4_7/white/index.htmlThis is from firstmonday which I used to read abit when I was in "library school".The author notes the following points:Where he agrees on the topic of digital diploma mills:
  • Technology is used as a means of social control (e.g., there is a division between those who are pro-technology as a new mechanism for teaching and those who feel that teaching is best served in a traditional setting) As he points out, change is neither good nor bad and does have th

Assignment 25: Digital Diplomas Mills A Desenting Voice

http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue4_7/white/index.htmlThis is from firstmonday which I used to read abit when I was in "library school".The author notes the following points:Where he agrees on the topic of digital diploma mills:
  • Technology is used as a means of social control (e.g., there is a division between those who are pro-technology as a new mechanism for teaching and those who feel that teaching is best served in a traditional setting) As he points out, change is neither good nor bad and does have th

Assignment 24: Digital Diploma Mills PT 1

http://communication.ucsd.edu/dl/ddm1.htmlOk, first let me say that I lost my first post on digital diplomas which was long to the blogger monster. I will try to summarize that post below. Also, I am very tired & yucky feeling, so please pardon, any typos.Basically, this article divides higher ed into two camps:faculty & students vs. administrators & legislators (for those of us in public institutions)In other words, learning vs.

Assignment 24: Digital Diploma Mills PT 1

http://communication.ucsd.edu/dl/ddm1.htmlOk, first let me say that I lost my first post on digital diplomas which was long to the blogger monster. I will try to summarize that post below. Also, I am very tired & yucky feeling, so please pardon, any typos.Basically, this article divides higher ed into two camps:faculty & students vs. administrators & legislators (for those of us in public institutions)In other words, learning vs.

Ohhhh.

Ok, I just finished a big part of my chunk of the webquest assignment (I think). I still need to review the web resources and help out with the evaluation stuff, but the part that is the most important to me is done. I say the most important to me, because it is really the only area of the webquest I feel any competence in. I do not know any high school students. I do not teach and the only classes I have taught have been college freshmen or con't ed kinds of things. I have no clue what appeals to a senior in highschool.

Ohhhh.

Ok, I just finished a big part of my chunk of the webquest assignment (I think). I still need to review the web resources and help out with the evaluation stuff, but the part that is the most important to me is done. I say the most important to me, because it is really the only area of the webquest I feel any competence in. I do not know any high school students. I do not teach and the only classes I have taught have been college freshmen or con't ed kinds of things. I have no clue what appeals to a senior in highschool.

Project updates

Institutional Repositories Well, the Institutional Repositories Metadata subgroup(? I'm not sure what we are actually called but that will suffice for me) met. It was very interesting ---so many perplexing issues in terms of metadata for a group digital repository. We will be meeting again in the near future. Online Portfolios I'm also going to be working with a few folks to look out online portfolios/profiles for library staff. I think the idea is that the portfolio/profile could be linked off of the staff directory.

Project updates

Institutional Repositories Well, the Institutional Repositories Metadata subgroup(? I'm not sure what we are actually called but that will suffice for me) met. It was very interesting ---so many perplexing issues in terms of metadata for a group digital repository. We will be meeting again in the near future. Online Portfolios I'm also going to be working with a few folks to look out online portfolios/profiles for library staff. I think the idea is that the portfolio/profile could be linked off of the staff directory.
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