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I just helped Marion set up a blog of his own, since the whole ‘blogging experience’, is a little addictive. Anyway, if you would like to continue following his thoughts on instructional design and his path to a degree (or … Continue reading →

Well, I’ve wrested the site back from my friend, Marion Jensen. Matthew Buckley is once again in charge of this site. :) For those not keeping track at home, I was setting up this site for my book, and Marion … Continue reading →

I recently read a somewhat scathing review of Wikipedia. The article was written by Robert McHenry, a former Editor in Chief of the Encyclopædia Britannica. In his article, McHenry makes fun of pretty much everything Wkipedia attempts to accomplish whether … Continue reading →

I’ve always wanted to try out one of MIT’s open courses, and it looks like I’m finally going to do it. A group of friends over at the Grey Labyrinth have all decided to go through a course. Since we … Continue reading →

OK, here are my two images… The top one is probably cheating, but in 250 days I was able to get 6 learners up to 2510 in the ‘know’ score. The second one was a bit trickier, but I found … Continue reading →

I’m usually an underachiever, but since I have three screen shots, I guess for at least ‘one moment in time’, I am an over achiever. :) I did the ‘things to try’ on the flock of birds program, and came … Continue reading →

In the reading Dave gave us this week, he says, “the success of an OSOSS is heavily dependent on a critical mass of participants”. In other words, for a learning community to be effective, they must have a lot of … Continue reading →

7:56 – Breakfast: “Dad, which monster is stronger, the skeletons or the zombies?” 9:37 – Call from home: “Dad, I bought all five levels of the the mage guild, but my hero can’t cast any of the spells.” 12:45 – … Continue reading →

I’ve got a question for you all, but it’s going to take just a little bit of a set up. But bear with me, if the question doesn’t interest you, I think at least getting there will amuse. Imagine for … Continue reading →