Author Archives: Kevin

Toolbox or Trap? Course Management Systems and Pedagogy

Posted on May 18, 2008 by Kevin

Lisa Lane has an article in the most recent issue of EDUCAUSE Quarterly, “Toolbox or Trap? Course Management Systems and Pedagogy.”  For a brief article, she does a good job laying out the criticisms I hear most frequently about course … Continue reading →

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RMA First Friday with Dr. Edward Ayers

Posted on May 14, 2008 by Kevin

Dr. Ayers speaks to the Richmond Merchants Association on May 2. An interesting overview of the University, but it’s especially interesting to see how he’s reaching out to make connections to the community. Thanks to Andy Morton for the link.

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SCS Directors – Presentation Outline

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Kevin

The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology Organization Kevin Creamer, Director (kcreamer@richmond.edu, 804.289.8677) CTLT Liaisons (web site coming soon) Allison Czapracki (aczapracki@richmond.edu, 804.287.6657) Information Systems Jim Groom (jgroom@richmond.edu, 804.287.6872) Teacher Licensure Hill Scott (hscott@richmond.edu, 804.289.8452) Kenneth Warren (kwarren@richmond.edu, 804.287.6656) Liberal … Continue reading →

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A Very Nice Place to Start

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Kevin

On my way out to the ELI Annual meeting in San Antonio, I started reading Derek Bok’s Our Underachieving Colleges.  It’s fascinating reading, and I know the book is something our president has been discussing recently. I don’t have enough … Continue reading →

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Content systems: Joomla! vs. Drupal

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Kevin

Since 1991 I’ve been the list owner / moderator of Milton-L, a discussion list on the life, literature and times of the poet John Milton.  In 1994 I created The Milton-L Home Page as a support site for the discussion … Continue reading →

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A Simple Piece of Cloth

Posted on September 9, 2007 by Kevin

Last night we had our second and final reading of A Simple Piece of Cloth, a play by Jeffrey D. J. Kallenberg. Jeffrey arrived in Richmond Tuesday and provided feedback to the cast as we finished rehearsing the reading. It … Continue reading →

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Seminars on Academic Computing 2007

Posted on August 7, 2007 by Kevin

I’m in Snowmass Village for the 2007 Seminars on Academic Computing.  It’s my first time at SAC, and, after 33 years, the last time SAC will be held in Snowmass Village. I’m not the type that pays much attention to … Continue reading →

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Transmedia Learning

Posted on July 8, 2007 by Kevin

In Convergence Culture, Henry Jenkins spends a chapter describing how the creators of The Matrix engaged storytellers in many different media to tell complimentary parts of the entire Matrix story.  Playing the video games, reading the comic books and watching … Continue reading →

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Social Networking and Network Stress

Posted on July 2, 2007 by Kevin

NetworkWorld has a cover story on the stress that social networking sites like MySpace put on DNS servers.  Pages on MySpace point to content all over the internet, causing browsers to perform dozens, sometimes hundreds of DNS lookups per page.  … Continue reading →

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Welcome, President Ayers

Posted on July 1, 2007 by Kevin

The Times-Dispatch had a profile of our new President, Edward Ayers, earlier this week.  Today President Ayers writes about the strengths and directions for the University as he takes the reigns.  His reflections are juxtaposed to two others who assume … Continue reading →

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