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Joshua Yeidel

Drupal Moves Into the White House - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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drupal opensource

shared by Joshua Yeidel on 31 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Joshua Yeidel on 31 Oct 09
     
    "To some, the White House shift to Drupal from a proprietary software package represented a serious seal of approval for open-source software."
Joshua Yeidel

Running the White House Web site on Drupal is a political disaster. - By Chris Wilson -... - 1 views

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software Drupal

shared by Joshua Yeidel on 05 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Joshua Yeidel on 05 Nov 09
     
    "But I can't help but think the new software represents the triumph of hope over experience. Drupal looks great in theory: It's a powerful way to govern a Web site that is born out of the collective efforts of the community. In practice, it tends to be a bit of a mess."
  • Joshua Yeidel on 05 Nov 09
     
    Noew that the White House has launched its new Drupal-based site, a Slate columnist weighs in on Drupal's negatives.
Gary Brown

A New Digital Repository for Sociology Instructors - Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Hi... - 1 views

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SoTL

shared by Gary Brown on 27 May 10 - Cached
  • the leaders of the American Sociological Association—believe that it also helps if instructors bring to their lecture halls a well-designed syllabus and a decent idea of how to engage students with the material.
  • Materials will be assessed by peer-review committees for their fidelity to a set of principles of high-quality teaching that have been identified by the association.
  • Our goal for the peer-review process is not only to sort out which materials belong in the repository, but also to promote a conversation within the discipline about effective teaching and learning
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  • include them in their tenure-and promotion portfolios.
  • As Ernest Boyer said, faculty reward systems will need to be revised in order for faculty members to truly be rewarded on the basis of their scholarship of teaching."
  • Gary Brown on 27 May 10
     
    Here's a repository in the making, and argument we have been making.
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