Monday, May 17, 2010

Cognitive biases - watch out for them

From Boing Boing, a reminder of cognitive biases.

Link didn't work extremely well for me, but I'm guessing it is swamped because it is a new bb link.

Making good PR videos

Via iLibrarian, this post gives 16 tips for successful online video marketing

Old-school Collaboration Tools That Rock

From web worker daily, a reminder that not all collaboration has to be web 2.0, there are some Old-school Collaboration Tools That Rock

Friday, May 7, 2010

Community College 2.0

Community College 2.0 from Center for American Progress.

The IT Infrastructure in Education -- THE Journal

The IT Infrastructure in Education -- THE Journal might have some interesting suggestions for IT support of education. Might be K-12 oriented, but surely ideas for higher ed as well.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

CC in Education - Creative Commons

CC in Education - Creative Commons is an overview of more nuanced, shareable copyright in education.

People seem to like the short video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FMnVIofuE0 as a quick intro.

Blog U.: First Thoughts on "Frontline" - Confessions of a Community College Dean - Inside Higher Ed

Dean Dad raises some interesting ideas based on his watching of the Frontline episode on for-profit colleges:

Abandon the ridiculous "tenure or adjunct" model in favor of something closer to regular employment.
And for the love of all that is holy and good, abandon the credit hour and go to outcomes-based measures.

Blog U.: First Thoughts on "Frontline" - Confessions of a Community College Dean - Inside Higher Ed