I wrote this a few weeks ago in response to a discussion I was having with some faculty about the value of distance learning vs. residential learning: I don’t think we need to choose between models; I think we are in a great position to cherry-pick from the best models. We can offer the highly […]
Here is an outstanding piece of archival documentary footage, courtesy of the UO Channel. The OIMB has come a long way since 1960 — visit the Institute sometime to see for yourself.
One approach to the study and criticism of video games emphasizes the experiential aspect of action / interaction. Occasionally this approach is applied with a rigor that reveals the functionally identical nature of concepts that we tend to understand as separate, sometimes apposite and others opposite: concepts such as space, and time, and action. Colliding […]
One approach to the study and criticism of video games emphasizes the experiential aspect of action / interaction. Occasionally this approach is applied with a rigor that reveals the functionally identical nature of concepts that we tend to understand as separate, sometimes apposite and others opposite: concepts such as space, and time, and action. Colliding […]
We just recently moved the elearning services blog from blogger over to the wordpress environment on Campus. While there are a few options disabled for “security” reasons and only a select few themes avaliable at the time of this post, our blog space is looking really nice. We plan on using it as a main area to help communicate to our […]
Here is a thought-provoking and well-designed infographic from Nicolas Rapp of FORTUNE Magazine. The timespan is 1999-2010. Where do you think education will be ten years from now? Note that Mr. Rapp’s graphic shows both growth (vertical scale for the … Continue reading →
Here’s the deal: games played on PC and/or Mac, including emulated games from previous generations, present enormous challenges for educational institutions (and the libraries that love them). These challenges are instructive regarding the disconnect between the rapid growth, evolution, and demise of various forms of cultural production, and the laws that ostensibly govern production, reproduction, […]
You would think with all the pressure lately about being transparent about whats in your food that the good people in Odwallas Marketing department would have approved this new labeling. But sometimes people just don’t have their heads screwed on tight and thinks go awry. on the left is the old design, on the right, […]
Awesome Screenshot – Capture and Annotate This is the best I’ve seen for screenshot capture, crop and annotation and it’s all built into Firefox as an extension. A must have for the tech documenter.
Dear Readers: Welcome! This is a personal UfoliO site moved to wordpress.com for further development. UfoliO was a pilot project at the University of Oregon (2009-2011) to use WordPress in a multi-user environment as a personalized, easy-to-use blogging and web … Continue reading →