Endorphins & Interactions

Web UX, running, cycling and other stuff by James Wanless

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A vision of students today

Posted on Oct 29th, 2008 :: Filed in academic

This isn’t new and doesn’t pretend to answer anything, but it’s got a solid, haunting quality and certainly gives you something to think about. Does information overload scare students today? Are too many things competing for their attention? Will their education deliver what they expect? I know what I’m doing right now can be ovewhelming [...]

Serious barriers to going open

Posted on Oct 28th, 2008 :: Filed in academic

While the title of this post sounds gloomy and might make it appear that I don’t favour opening up the web as much as humanly possible, in truth it’s the exact opposite. However, I like to think I’m also a realist and as I read and think about the move toward more open and accessible [...]

Writing collaboratively with Skype chat and Google Docs

Posted on Oct 22nd, 2008 :: Filed in academic, pixels

I’d imagine most people find the benefit of Skype to be that of free long distance calls. As long as the person you’re calling is also on Skype you can save airtime or long distance charges. That’s great, but given I do very little long distance calling and use my cell mostly for family chatter, [...]

I’m a citation weakling

Posted on Oct 3rd, 2008 :: Filed in academic

I’m getting my head around writing for graduate studies, but I don’t think I’m using citations the way I probably should be to really provide effective support for arguments I’m making. Maybe it’s my process. I just completed a paper that, while it didn’t have to be academic writing in the truest sense, still did [...]