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  • Preparing to Tweet a Conference as an Attendee

    Speed is What We Need Getting the most out of any conference or event is hard work.  Spending time before you get to a conference will pay big dividends during and after the conference.  This advice is beneficial regardless of whether you’re Tweeting the event or not.  If you are Tweeting it becomes even more…

  • RCCA Keynote 2016: Never Rest on Your Technology Laurels: Community College Trends for the Future

    Never Rest on Your Technology Laurels: Community College Trends for the Future is a look at issues which will impact the deployment of technology at the rural community college. Thanks to the Rural Community College Alliance and Dr. Randy Smith for allowing me to share my thoughts on this topic as the closing keynote address…

  • Kuali Days 2016? Why Bother

    Kuali’s formula after their for-profit direction is more problematic than that of a commercial vendor such as Ellucian, because Ellucian never asked for membership or “project contribution”  money to develop software with the intention of selling the result back to you as SaaS products. In my last Kuali related blog; “The Numbers Don’t Lie”, I…

  • 10 Reasons to Tweet a Conference?

    Here is the latest version of my “10 Reasons to Tweet a Conference?” post.  It has changed slightly over the years but is still very relevant.  Hope it is helpful… Share, Share, Share Tweeting at conferences has allowed me and others to share info from sessions we may not have been able to attend.  Once I committed…

  • Change is in the Air

    Change is in the air.  Thanks for your patience while we tidy up a bit. My archives will soon be available again.  If you want to see anything sooner it is available (minus many images) at https://web.archive.org/web/20150401000000*/http://kentbrooks.com

  • Top 15 Community College CEO’s on Twitter 2016

    As we approach the 2016 American Association of Community College Conference in Chicago I thought I would push out my 2016 list of Social Community College CEOs on Twitter.  I am not going to make to Chicago this year but I am confident this very social group will keep me informed on the happenings at…

  • The Numbers Don’t Lie

    The transition from Kuali to Kualico has been a rough ride for all involved. Out of control and utter failure some might say. The process has eroded the reputation of open source in education and declining memberships and revenues have pushed the once passionate Kuali community to the edge of being just another failed IT…

  • 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…

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