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Category Archives: General
Site undergoing some maintenance
Just an FYI, due to a recent barrage of comment spam, I’ve temporarily turned on ‘required login’ for comments. Once I find some time to upgrade to the recent version of WP and apply some better spam protection, it will … Continue reading
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Growing awareness
I wish I could find more time to continue writing in this space regarding games and game-related issues pertaining to learning. I’m nearing the 6-month mark at my new position with the Schreyer Institute, where I’m learning a great deal … Continue reading
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Authenticity
I recently picked up ‘Authenticity‘ by Gilmore and Pine (authors of the Experience Economy). I have not read the whole book yet, but spent time jumping to different sections while traveling, and read through the first 100 pages or so … Continue reading
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Goodbye IST, Hello Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence
I was going to do this in an email, then I realized putting together the recipient list might take the better part of the morning, and I still would probably forget to include people I’ve worked with over the last … Continue reading
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“If I could do it all over again…”
I was talking with Cole a few weeks back about various types of social networking services, and he said something along the lines of “I’m not getting much out of Facebook. I wish I could go back and start all … Continue reading
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Organization vs. search
It’s been an interesting week for a lot of reasons. I was interviewed for a show on the Big Ten network called “The Millennials” about generational differences, primarily around technology. I also had to deal with filing a few insurance … Continue reading
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Spring 2009: Semester of Doom
Just wanted to post something quick before the craziness starts. I’ll be teaching two courses this semester, one that I’ve never taught before, consisting of ~200 students. I’m also trying to defend my dissertation by the end of April. Also, … Continue reading
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Facebook Usage
I had the opportunity last year to talk with a potential student about the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State. His father, a renowned researcher from Singapore, was visiting for the day and had his son in … Continue reading
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Identity
I just got back from the first talk at the Learning Design Summer Camp, an event that Cole has blogged about recently. Cole and Scott gave a good recap of their graduate course on Disruptive Technologies. They had a slide … Continue reading
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Summer Blog Cleanup
I spent some time this morning pruning all the trackbacks to my site. A few colleagues sent me the results of Google searches lately, and apparently some of the pages directly linked from my site had adware/malware. I’ll be disabling … Continue reading
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