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Re: [Sponsor] Browser Wars - A New Take on Streamgraphs

Jon K. — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:11:42 -0000

While the originator of that link didn't benefit from the link love, perhaps it was the commentary (via comments) provided at FlowingData that was the impetus for the link here rather than the original. Going back to the OG post, doesn't really do much more than hey, spend fifteen seconds looking at the pretty picture.

Re: My CCK09 PLE

Jon K. — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:15:14 -0000

I'm looking forward to CCK09 as well, and I'm interested if there will be more video as well - that's my area of interest this time so maybe I'll take it on my self to contribute in this manner.

Re: Top 10 iPhone Apps as Judged by Mashable Readers

Jon K. — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:44:18 -0000

I'd like to see the next two or three. It's not that surprising that Facebook is #1.

Re: The Nexus One Vs. Philip K. Dick’s Daughter

Jon K. — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:14:11 -0000

Considering that Nexus One is the first Tyrell Replicants, and Google has already released the Droid (Replicants were basically super-Androids), PKDs descendents might have a case, but let's face it, it's a nice tribute to a sci-fi great. I'm sure he would've seen it that way.

Re: Here's a Thought: Let's Banish Critical Thinking

Jon K. — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:02:39 -0000

To pile on from the above comment (4. Even if you can look up something instead of memorizing it, that something has to make it into your head before you can use it.)

At some point, probably within our lifetimes, people will have almost instantaneous access to information, much like how our brain works now. The two things they'll absolutely have to be able to do is know how to look it up, and how to evaluate whether it's good information.

Your target though, misses the mark for me. Learning, to me is the process you go through. What does learn mean in this context? I'm also not clear on reason as well.

Otherwise good post, and I certainly agree that all thinking should be critical.

Re: The Periodic Table of Science Fiction

Jon K. — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:55:51 -0000

Looks like they missed Blade Runner.

Re: Win 15 Copies Of Professional Web Design E-Book

Jon K. — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:37:50 -0000

Excited for the chance to win (I know it doesn't take much)!

http://twitter.com/dietsoci...

Re: Minds for Sale

Jon K. — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:35:12 -0000

Brian - thanks for the link to the video and Harold Jarche for pointing me over here a couple weeks ago. I really think that you're dead on with the statement that humans are looking for duality. Not just a binary one either, but of absolutes... the world is so complex that the sooner we understand that there are a million shades of grey, and not just two, we'll be better off. I've been meaning to write about this video and how it relates to building critical thinking skills, but I didn't. I think I'll just link here instead.

Re: Librarians as Learning Designers?

Jon K. — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:15:35 -0000

While I agree that Instructional/Learning Designers are in short supply, the answer is not to dilute their role, but to continue designing spaces collaboratively. Instead of creating several jack-of-all-trades, we keep using people's skills in their best roles - basically hire more Learning Designers.

Re: Credit Card Numbers Now on Google Thanks to Blippy (Updated with Blippy's Response)

Jon K. — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:06:58 -0000

@Phil - except you still have a trail at Facebook (probably Blippy too).

Re: [Sponsor] HTML5 visualization readiness

Jon K. — Wed, 19 May 2010 10:06:49 -0000

It's not slow for me, running FF 3.6.3 on a Core 2 Duo box with 4 GB which is not a powerhouse. Perhaps it's your connection or the number of add-ons you have?

Re: 10 Years Ago: The Anarchist Cookbook

Jon K. — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 06:01:23 -0000

A long time ago a lot of the lefties thought this was a work of governmental agents spreading disinformation. Guess that was *kinda* true...

Re: 10 Years Ago: The Anarchist Cookbook

Jon K. — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 06:01:23 -0000

A long time ago a lot of the lefties thought this was a work of governmental agents spreading disinformation. Guess that was *kinda* true...

Re: Win 5 Copies of the Using WordPress Book

Jon K. — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 09:46:13 -0000

Looking forward to this - WordPress Themes are something I wanted to explore, but never had the time.

Re: The 100th Engadget Mobile Podcast Giveaway: win an HTC Flyer!

Jon K. — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:50:48 -0000

Contests are great!

Re: Episode 88: Why Universities Should Experiment With ‘Massive Open Courses’

Jon K. — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:20:28 -0000

Critical thinking skills and information assessment can,. and are, taught online. In fact, if you don't develop those skills online, you are sadly able to believe anything that's said there. To make such a blanket statement as "cannot be taught in cyberspace" should confirm a bias. Certainly some things are not taught as well online, but I suspect that given time, everything CAN be taught online.

While one can debate the value of Business degrees, the same can be said for Liberal Arts degrees as well. I see many graduates across all disciplines unable to use critical thinking skills, as well as logic or other basic academic qualities.

Re: Pearson and Google Jump Into Learning Management With a New, Free System

Jon K. — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:12:25 -0000

“I believe the world will be shifting away from a classic LMS approach defined by the institution. Openness and social education is a very powerful idea.”
Neither of these are using my idea of what openness is, certainly not in the spirit of open source software. Can I install this at my institution? What guarantees of privacy are there when Google's #1 money maker is that they profile consumers? The sharing aspects are certainly important, but the collaborative side of what Google's involvement allows is the real game changer. Lots of people who use traditional LMSs have been using Google Docs or any number of other collaborative web 2.0 tools in conjuction with the LMS. To build that functionality in is a big difference.

Re: Pictures of people about to smash something but they obviously aren't really

Jon K. — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:54:00 -0000

Except he did smash it.

Re: Clive Thompson on Why Kids Can’t Search

Jon K. — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:29:47 -0000

Exactly, the study is flawed beyond belief!

Re: Contest: Submit the best caption and win a brand new Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 (Updated with Winner)

Jon K. — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:17:46 -0000

Frenchman on the right: Sorry, didn't see you was trying to recover my SMS messages that Android 2.2 deleted.

Robot on the left: That's OK I squashed that bug.

Re: Some Ohio Schools Say Computers Don’t Belong in Classrooms

Jon K. — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:19:13 -0000

You said it yourself though, the teachers are brilliant, creative, talented, innovative... that has nothing to do with technology. You could add brilliant, creative, talented and innovative teachers to a technology filled room, and come up with the same results.

Your idea that technology will be obsolete is finding fault with the wrong thing. Chalk was once the pinnacle of instructional technology, now is it "obsolete"? Hardly. A talented teacher can do wonders with chalk, pen, paper, computers.

Re: Who Decides What Gets Sold In The Bookstore?

Jon K. — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 09:35:28 -0000

Mike, that's a bit harsh - I tend to follow the openness issue with content, and I had never heard about the App Store rejecting an Android magazine or rejecting ebooks that mention Kindle versions (ironic, because I have the Kindle app on my iPad). Sometimes things don't get mentioned because, well, they don't affect the person. Can't say it's a selfish thing particularly.

Re: The Discussion Forum is Dead; Long Live the Discussion Forum

Jon K. — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:56:46 -0000

I agree with most of your comments, but I think the missing piece is aggregation of all these different tools. I wish LMS's were better at what they are really strong at - aggregating data inside to students. If the discussions tool were a way of aggregating a hashtag in different venues, so that students could get a global view of what is being discussed (wherever it occurs) that might be useful and student centred.

The only reason discussions should occur in the LMS is if they are being marked. Otherwise, discussion, should occur elsewhere, wherever the students are comfortable. They way they are implemented often are lip-service towards communication, or as a way to present "collaboration" in a rudimentary way.

As for another commenter's statement about admins/institutions don't have imagination. I'm positive they do, however they are so risk adverse that they don't want to risk doing something different.

Re: The Learning Management Systems’ Quality Evaluation Survey

Jon K. — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 09:57:45 -0000

I chose to answer N/A to those questions for the reasons you stated, Shane. The functionality may be there, but whether it's used is up to the designer/faculty/instructor.

Re: Showcasing the Co-Curricular: ePortfolios and Digital Badges -- Campus Technology

Jon K. — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 09:40:34 -0000

Digital badges can also contain metadata, which might include information about what the badge means, and/or links to evidence of meeting whatever the badge represents.