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Burks Oakley

News: 'The World Is Open' - Inside Higher Ed - 0 views

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    Good review of Curt Bonk's latest book. I'm mentioned on pages 125 & 126!!
Burks Oakley

MediaPost Publications Report: Four Out Five Americans Online Visit Social Networks 08/... - 0 views

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      Amazing to see this statistic!
Burks Oakley

Who's Driving Twitter's Popularity? Not Teenagers - NYTimes.com - 1 views

  • Though Twitter’s founders originally conceived of the site as a way to stay in touch with acquaintances, it turns out that it is better for broadcasting ideas or questions and answers to the outside world or for marketing a product.
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      This is the power of Twitter - in forming a "personal learning network".
Burks Oakley

Illinois falling behind in Internet connection speed - Chicago Breaking News - 0 views

  • According to the union, Internet connection speeds in the United States lag considerably behind those in South Korea, Japan and Sweden, which it said are "many times faster."
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      This is really serious - many other countries are way ahead of the USA in this important area!!
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    Illinois is falling behind in Internet connection speed - not very good news for Illinoisians!
Burks Oakley

Eastern European Cyber Criminals Target U.S. Businesses - washingtonpost.com - 0 views

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    Good article about a new type of cybercrime
Burks Oakley

The Wired Campus - How Students, Professors, and Colleges Are, and Should Be, Using Soc... - 0 views

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      Today's students are forcing professors to change! Or at the very least, to think about their teaching!!
  • It’s really forcing university professors to think about their teaching style and the pedagogical techniques that they use in the classroom.
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    Good summary of the expectations of today's college students
Burks Oakley

Sentiment Analysis Takes the Pulse of the Internet - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • The rise of blogs and social networks has fueled a bull market in personal opinion: reviews, ratings, recommendations and other forms of online expression. For computer scientists, this fast-growing mountain of data is opening a tantalizing window onto the collective consciousness of Internet users.
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      This is a really interesting concept - well worth keeping an eye on in the future.
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    This is an interesting concept!
Burks Oakley

News: H1N1 Scenarios - Inside Higher Ed - 0 views

  • Expand or create distance learning programs for those who need to be isolated.
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      This is very important - we have "Blackboard for All" at UIS - so we are ready for this.
Burks Oakley

Innovate: Positioning Faculty Support as a Strategy in Assuring Quality Online Education - 0 views

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    Good paper about the need for strong faculty support in developing quality online courses - access to full article requires free registration
Burks Oakley

News: Teaching the Quarantined - Inside Higher Ed - 0 views

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    Teaching the Quarantined
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    Teaching the Quarantined - good article about how the Univ. of Michigan is preparing to serve students who may contract the H1N1 virus this coming year
Burks Oakley

Social Media is Killing the LMS Star - A Bootleg of Bryan Alexander's Lost Presentation... - 0 views

  • Meanwhile, we need to watch for where innovations occur. That’s largely going to be Web 2.0, a hub of invention so busy that it’s difficult to keep up.
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      I wonder if we still will be using Blackboard in another 3-5 years...
Burks Oakley

Gorsky - 0 views

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    Really good research paper about how an instructor can impact an online class.
Emily Boles

JOLT - Journal of Online Learning and Teaching - 0 views

  • tand the pedagogy of the adult learner.  To use the online tools effectively, instructors must be familiar with the technology available to them as well as how to use it. This paper describes effective andragogical methods for adult instruction. It will also present the available tools and the method and reason for using them. By reviewing the research of current methods of instruction, a road map to course design will be recommended. There are effective techniques to
  • ture, discussion, lab, and practice. They move the course to the online environment using the same
Burks Oakley

Cyberwar - In Cyberweapons Race, Questions Linger Over U.S. Offensive Capability - Seri... - 0 views

  • The White House declined several requests for interviews or to say whether Mr. Obama as a matter of policy supports or opposes the use of American cyberweapons.
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      What are the public policy issues involved here?
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    A good reference for anyone interested in cybersecurity and cyberattacks.
Burks Oakley

Cyberattacks Jam Government and Commercial Web Sites in U.S. and South Korea - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • A wave of cyberattacks aimed at 27 American and South Korean government agencies and commercial Web sites temporarily jammed more than a third of them over the past five days, and several sites in South Korea came under renewed attack on Thursday.
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      Will cyberattacks increase in the future?
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    A good reference for anyone interested in cybersecurity and cyberattacks.
Burks Oakley

HDNews.net - fhsu052609 - 0 views

  • It's the latest chapter in an evolving debate about the place of innovation in higher education. Is outsourcing teaching -- especially for huge and often poorly run introductory courses -- a way for colleges to catch up with other industries and rein in out-of-control costs? Or does it mean gutting what makes universities special?
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      This is an interesting concept - to outsource the teaching of introductory courses.
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    This seems really bad for higher education (IMHO).
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