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Year: 2015

  • Austin we have a problem: University of Maryland drops financial support for Kuali Student project

    Austin we have a problem: University of Maryland drops financial support for Kuali Student project

    Some things are too coincidental to be a coincidence.                                                                            -Yogi Berra I received an message the other day…

  • Portals are a Terrible Thing

    We didn’t have a portal when I arrived at Casper College in 2011. We also had serious budget constraints and other spending priorities when I arrived so the extensive list of expensive commercial portal options we explored…were not actually options. We rolled out an instance of Moodle, our campus LMS, as a temporary portal but…

  • Kuali/ KualiCo Update: One Year and a Cloud of Dust

    The Dust Bowl was the name given to the Great Plains region devastated by drought in 1930s depression-ridden America. When drought struck in the 1930s the arid grasslands which had been broken out for farming no longer had a strong root system as an anchor. The winds easily picked up the loose topsoil and swirled…

  • The Little Moodle Moot that Could: Mountain Moot 2015

    I think I can, I think I can, I think I can, I think can – The Little Engine NOTE:  Wow I am slow getting this out.  Too many projects.  Hope it is still useful.  Here it goes… As best as I can tell, a Mootineer is one who helps run the Mountain Moodle Moot.…

  • Rent Seeking and the Demise of a Sharing Culture

    The classic example of rent-seeking is that of a feudal lord who installs a chain across a river that flows through his land and then hires a collector to charge passing boats a fee (or rent of the section of the river for a few minutes) to lower the chain. There is nothing productive about…

  • Tidbits of 'The Woz' at eLive 2015

    The whole tone and feel of Ellucian Live 2015 was a bit different to me.  I attend the CIO Forum and the first day and a half of the regular conference.   Some of you will be shocked I am saying this because of various things I have written or tweeted over the years, but there…

  • The Magic of the Conference Hashtag: An AACC 2015 Primer #Nextbigthings

    April 17, 2015 | Filed under: community college, Conference, Social Media and tagged with: 95th Annual Conference, AACC, AACC 2015, hashtags, San Antonio 2015, social For me Twitter is another way for this “wee acorn” to mingle with the “giant oaks” of my profession. What is a Hashtag? In general a hashtag is a word…

  • The Top 15 Community College CEOs on Twitter 2015

    April 16, 2015 | Filed under: Social Media, Twitter and tagged with: ceo, community college, president, social, social media As we approach the 2015 American Association of Community College Conference in San Antonio I thought I would push out a few Twitter related posts.    To kick off this barrage of social info, here is my…

  • Top 20 Tweeters at AACC Annual Through Wednesday April 9, 2014

    Meaningful social collisions are still flying of the devices for AACC Annual.  If you didn’t become engaged in the conversation here are some resources to help during your next conference or event:  Intro to Twitter for Attendees at the 94th Annual AACC 2014 Conference 10 Reasons to Tweet at a Conference  Could you Tweet that…

  • League for Innovation 2015: The New Challenge of Doing Less with Less

    I have been under the weather so I apologize for not getting this out sooner.   At any rate I have attended several League for Innovation conferences over the years and have always been amazed at the solutions presented and the dedicated professionals who are doing great work in challenging circumstances.   The League for Innovations annual…