Category Archives: Commentary

Last week, I went to the Sloan-C/Merlot Emerging Technology Conference to present a tutorial on accessibility issues. Below is a report of some of the themes from the conference. Note: The Sloan Consortium (aka Sloan-C) is an organization devoted to… More On: Sloan-C Merlot Conference Review

Sloan-C is a huge conference and I got a chance to view presentations on a number of topics. I did find a few recurring themes though. Mobile Tech in Education I went to several report outs on different mobile projects… More On: Back from Sloan-C

We wrapped up the Baylor New Media Seminar this week, and our discussion turned again to the format. I think almost all of us had a love/hate relationship with the selected readings from The New Media Reader (MIT Press). I… More On: New Media Seminar Final Thoughts

I think we would all agree that this week’s “New Media Reader” essay was a little difficult to digest, but I did want to end the week with a light hearted wrap up. I was listening to a recording of… More On: Example of Medium vs Message

One of the projects I’ve been working on is a Global Snapshot conference in which teams have been capturing comparative data about e-learning and m-learning around the world. I’ve been working on researching Africa in particular. Someone asked what ETS… More On: M-Learning in Africa: Lessons in Adapting

Tony Bates pointed out a new research article indicating that college students are less empathetic today than a few decades ago. Tony Bates is skeptical, and frankly so am I. Here’s my favorite headline: Today’s college students are not as… More On: Those Kids Today….

The recent criticism of Facebook’s lack of transparency in its new privacy settings has restirred the pot on the Web vs privacy debate. While some like danah boyd are concerned, others like Jeff Jarvis seem to think the issue is… More On: Your Connectivity is Freaking Me Out

Something that caught my eye in the weekly W3C Newsletter was the release of EmotionML 1.0 XML schema (link corrected). The main purpose is to annotate emotional reaction within a recording (video/audio, but conceivably text as well), but the other is… More On: EmotionML – A Real XML Schema

Every now an again, I am involved in discussions about either defining the role in ETS or my role as an instructional designer – preferably in a short sentence. This has been remarkably difficult and subject to interpretation, but for… More On: My Mission Statement as a Graphic