Posted in Blogging, Eh?, Searching on Sunday, March 16, 2008 | No Comments »
…or they may come back to haunt you. This is even more true in the Internet age.
Lately, on the basis of a very unscientific sampling, the most popular search engine terms people use to get to this blog are “why is carrot good for u”, “carrot is good for”, “what is carrot good for”, and [...]
Posted in Eh?, Future, Solutions, Tech on Monday, March 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Emotiv has created a prototype of a headset that enables limited mind-control over digital objects. According to CNET News, they promise headsets on the market for Christmas. Clearly this technology is still in its baby shoes. Still, it’s intriguing. Who knows, maybe it will take off. After all, only two years ago I would’ve laughed [...]
Posted in Academic, Eh?, Links on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
OER Commons (Open Educational Resources) is a “global teaching and learning network of free-to-use resources – from K-12 lesson plans to college courseware.”
iBerry, the Academic Porthole, claims to offer “Free access to Higher Education (HE) resources and Open Courseware (OCW) from the Universities and Colleges of the world.”
I wish, however, that the iBerry team would [...]
Posted in Academic, Eh?, Service, Tech on Friday, November 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey apparently requires students to buy a cell phone from a specific carrier for security reasons.
At first I thought it was a joke. But no: the MSU Campus Connect Help Center has information and FAQs about the program. My husband, who’s teaching at MSU this fall and next spring, [...]
Posted in Conferences, Eh?, Web 2.0, tagged IL2007 on Sunday, November 4, 2007 | No Comments »
As was to be expected, a lot of the audience had their laptops out and were clicking away (taking notes) during talks. Here we are, preaching to ourselves the usefulness of technological solutions, and then we don’t put our money where out mouth is. Sure, the conference organizers provided a print booklet of any presentation [...]
Posted in Eh?, Libraries, Studies on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 | No Comments »
While walking to the grocery store today, I was musing on the point of undergraduate education (I can only speak for humanities, though). My conclusion: it’s all about analysis. Sure, there’s learning about the history of the Western civilization, considering the wider issues, and expanding your knowledge of the world. But the assignments and discussions [...]
Posted in Blogging, Eh? on Friday, September 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Found via LibrarianInBlack:
The results of Meredith Farkas’s 2007 Survey of the Biblioblogoshpere: Demographics are out. I encourage you to read her comments. What struck me was that there were two questions out of 11 that a significant number of respondents skipped. These asked about any other advanced degrees the respondents had (question 6) and the [...]
