Monthly Archives: August 2011

Free Online Polling Applications

Academic: Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Polling Resources: 18 Awesome Survey/Poll Apps SurveyMonkey is the tried and true online polling, quizzing, survey service.  Their features are powerful, but you only get 30 responses for free. Gopollgo seems like its the simplest service … Continue reading

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Stephen Fry was the 2nd Adopter of Mac in England

http://www.videojug.com/player?type=interview&id=59f9e5c3-4f01-14c8-1fc2-ff0008c9724d Interviewer: Are you an early adopter of new technology? Fry: I think I was the second person ever to have a MAC in England; Douglas Adams being the first. And before that I had BBC computers, the Micros – … Continue reading

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What does Google’s Acquisition of Motorola Mean?

Google’s acquisition of Motorola may lead to stronger and more stable implementations of the Android platform and may reduce fragmentation of the OS Google may not limit itself exclusively to mobile. Motorola is also a market leader in the home … Continue reading

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Vcards

As I’ve been preparing to speak to a group of Instructional Design grad students at the University of Utah, I’ve been searching for material that will help them the most. I’ve learned from speaking with some of their professors and … Continue reading

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New Definition for Mobile Learning (8/2011)

Mobile learning is not about the size of your device. Rather, it is about people moving through environments, learning as they go, both from the real context in which they are immersed and from use of any electronic device that … Continue reading

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Tips on Navigating Difficult Conversations

I learned some lessons from a difficult phone call today.  Here’s what happened: A potential on-call employee was waiting by the phone for me to call her in to the office and start work on a project I had verbally … Continue reading

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