I have been reading through more of Dave Wiley’s learning objects text book so that I can claim to be doing something vaguely academic. I’ll write more about learning objects and how I don’t think they are all that useful in a bit, but in the mean time my brain is off on another tangent. …
Month: October 2005
Because I have to say something about learning objects.
My last post was an excuse for this post which will probably suck (don’t all of my posts suck?). I have been reading Wiley’s ideas about learning objects. This is motivated by the fact that in order to get a grade I have to read and then I am supposed to build some bit of…
Sleep is critical for learning
I knew I wasn’t just a lazy butt. Sleep is critical for learning and for productivity. Next time I am late for work just keep in mind that I am working towards being more productive.
WOW, The Internet Archive
One of the most impressive presentations giving at the Instructional Technology conference was not attended by nearly enough people. Stewart Cheifet explained in detail the mission of the Internet Archive, the resources available and the technology used. The infrastructure blew my mind. For an engineer it was like every Christmas from childhood crammed into one…