From the monthly archives: February 2012

Wanna play?

On February 24, 2012 By

The Horizon Report 2012 Higher Ed Edition identified Game-Based Learning as one of two technologies expected to enter mainstream use in the next two to three years.  For those of you unfamiliar with the Horizon Report, it reports annual findings of the NMC (New Media Consortium) Horizon Project, “a decade-long research project designed to identify [...]

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There has recently been a lot of talk in the blogosphere and at various events that I have attended about learning analytics and data mining to improve student learning. What’s a librarian to do with this information? Below I’ve provided some highlights about learning analytics, links to projects that are currently underway, and [...]

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Nothing like a good CHAT

On February 10, 2012 By

 

 

 

 

I was fortunate this week to have time to attend part of this year’s CHAT Festival (Collaborations: Humanities, Arts, & Technology), conveniently hosted at Duke and just outside my office for much of the week.  On Monday afternoon, I attended a faculty panel highlighting successes and lessons learned from the [...]

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Fighting Fat

On February 2, 2012 By

I’ve been thinking about dieting lately, and it’s not just an after the holidays preoccupation.  Let’s talk, not about bodies, but about instructional materials.  How can we make our web pages, guides and other tools leaner (but not necessarily meaner)?

My teaching load has been especially heavy and early this semester, so I’ve been [...]

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