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Unplugging from the Commercial Software Grid: Google Apps for Education
Mountain Moodle Moot Workshop Resources
Helena MT
May 32, 2012
Google applications…
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I was just thinking that our interconnectedness with social media is almost frightening and I feel the pain of, I believe it was, Bellamy Brothers singing "I'm just an old hippie and I don't know what to do....should I hang on to the old, should latch on to the new" except my song is "I'm just an old IT director and I don't know what to do....." As a sporadic blogger I am certainly no Wes Fryer faithfully…
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Unplugging from the Commercial Software Grid: Why Free is Better Even If you Have a Budget
Developing a strategic road map for open source software and free services, such as Moodle, Open Office and Google Apps for Education is important for higher education. As budgets are squeezed and software compatibility issues abound, it is time to determine if open source and alternative software services can be strategic tools in the higher…
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Rodeo and Cowboys are about as American as it gets, but what does that have to does with the sales of textbooks. A lot actually. Let’s first explore a phrase, “Cowboy Up” My favorite definitions of this are from the…
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Introduction
The Western Oklahoma State College story of IT adoption over the past 14 years is certainly one of flexibility and cost savings. We can currently document approximately $350,000 in annual savings related to information technology which go beyond the costs associated with Educational Discounts and “so called” Educational Discounts. This number is very significant for a small institution with an annual budget of less than $13…
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I had one link wrong in one of my other posts so here we go again. Today was the final day of the 2011 Heartland eLearning Conference at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. These are links to the resources I shared in my pre-conference workshops, and breakout session.
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March 8
Micheal Wesch Keynote
Key Statements
Students are meaning seekers
We need to move from knowledgable to knowledge - able
Knowledge-ability
We need to get beyond critical thinking
Your identity is reflected back from others
We have never had higher self esteem than now
Media are not just tools
Media mediates relationships
When media…
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"This life is not practice and if you don't feel that kind of passion all day long for what you are doing then you need to change because this life is too short to not to do so." Jim Stovall Author of The
Ultimate Gift
I was just thinking what a great week of learning this past week was at both…
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Re posted from the Western Oklahoma State College IT Blog
As an institution we have utilized open source tech and ultimately driven costs down in many of our technological deployments. We still talk to people who think that one of our primary motivators is cost
reduction. I would argue cost is a by product rather than a driver. I
believe the primary driver is user expectation. If you can’t…
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