Creating Significant Learning Environments
Drexel Freshmen Get Help From ‘Personal Librarians’ – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education via kwout
In this age of automation, online tutorials, and self serve learning it is refreshing to see an emphasis on personalized instruction. For incoming freshmen sometimes knowing who to contact for help is half the battle so it will be interesting to see how Drexel’s new program will work.
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The name says it all. Can we rise to this challenge…
If you are Research in Motion (RIM) or Microsoft then the results of this New Media Consortium (NMC) poll will not be very pleasing. It is obvious that RIM has lost its market and mind-share when it comes to Smartphones. RIM is well on its way of becoming a classic case of how a market leader was not able to embrace disruptive innovations.
The NMC survey also reveals that the number of apps, web browsing experience and quality of display are the three most important factors that informed this choice. Looks like the one with the most apps wins.
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In this Keynote Presentation to The Association of Collegiate Computing Services of Virginia Adrian Sannier the former VP and Cheif Technology Officer of Arizona State University makes an an apology for IT in Higher Education. Through his apology and explanation Sannier points to the need for significant change in the culture of IT departments.
50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education via kwout
Being habitually guilty of breaking the established grammatical rules of Strunk & White I found Geoffery Pullum’s argument against this tome of Academia very refreshing. In the Chronicle Review post, Pullum offers several examples of where Strunk & White are not just wrong but don’t even follow their own advice.
More importantly Pullum points out that the grammatical angst that may of us feel as a result of using what he calls on over-opinionated and under-informed little book is not warranted. Rather he encourages us to recognize:
English syntax is a deep and interesting subject. It is much too important to be reduced to a bunch of trivial don’t-do-this prescriptions by a pair of idiosyncratic bumblers who can’t even tell when they’ve broken their own misbegotten rules.
Thank you Geoffery!
