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EDUCAUSE 2010: How Gates Changed the Conversation
This EDUCAUSE Conference has felt different from all the rest, and the reason I think is Gates Foundation Next Generation...
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Au Revoir, Bitch
For bloggers of a certain vintage -- those of us who marched into the academic blogosphere around 2004-5 -- the...
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Portrait of the Scholar as Blogger
I return to one of my favorite subjects, blogging in the academia, but this time with a focus not on...
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Math Geek Mom: Extended Family (Here and There)
Anyone who has taken geometry is probably familiar with the concept of “similarity”, in which two shapes share the same...
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An EDUCAUSE missionary: spreading the word about student affairs and technology
It is now day 3 at EDUCAUSE 2010. I've been to countless meetings, sat in on a few sessions, and...
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Glad Emanuel's gone
Anyone who voted for Obama in 2008, has been disappointed by the lack of moxie that his administration has shown...
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EDUCAUSE 2010 Day 2: Hamel, Gates, Lecture Capture, and Tough Publishers
How was your day two (Wednesday) of EDUCAUSE 2010? Big takeaways? Surprises? Revelations? (okay…maybe that is asking too much). Here...
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What's a Sophomore?
Last week I had a nice discussion with some people who work at nearby four-year schools. We were discussing the...