For the past 15 weeks or so, I’ve been part of a doctoral course (EDH 5931: College Student Populations) that has been trying to understand the nature and experiences of college students who are atheist. A number of products will be / are coming out of this exploration, but there are two specifically that I’d like to highlight. If you look at the updated menu banner above, you’ll now see links to the Supporting Atheist College Students website, as well as a new initiative undertaken by this site, the The Atheist 2.0 Project project. Keep reading past the jump for more information about each. Continue reading
Web 2.0 Tools of the Week: 8/3 – 8/9
This week, no tools were specifically laid out for testing, so that means I had an excuse to try out some of the tools that I had been holding onto all summer (or longer in some cases). Let’s find out what happens when people start using Web 2.0 tools to broadcast their lives!
This Week I Read: 8/3 – 8/9
The new currency of social media
On the docket this week: a few short studies (mainly about Facebook) and a fond farewell to Networked. The summer might be coming to an end, but the digital journey is just beginning.
Higher Education Job Search Wiki!
As a Higher Education Scholar in Training, at some point, I’m going to have to find a job. Unfortunately, doing so efficiently can be challenging because the resources designed to help me (and others in the same position) are scattered all over the place. To try and make things easier to use and keep track of, I created a Higher Education Job Search Wiki, which can be found here: http://hejobsearch.wikispaces.com.
In the true wiki spirit, I hope you’ll not only check it out, but add to the repository of resources by making pages for the ones you have found helpful (or just have access to; helpful or not), or add comments using the Discussion Feature. Use the join code “QTRD7KP” (without the quotations) to make changes to the site.
Together, we are all smarter than any of us are alone.
Thanks for supporting this as well as all of my other projects!
Saturday Round-Up: 8/2/15
Let’s Enjoy What’s Left of Summer, Shall We?
This week in Web 2.0 news, a college president becomes an Uber driver, Yahoo introduces a video messaging app without any audio, and once again, we find an example of the intersection between gaming and learning. It’s the first (Satur)day of August and round-up time!
Web 2.0 Tools of the Week: 7/27 – 8/2
And that’s just the English version!
This week, we are revisiting some classic Web 2.0 tools, making them more suitable for our purposes, and trying out the self-proclaimed “Best Answer to Any Question” that’s (gasp) not Google! Check it out by following the link!
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This Week I Read: 7/27 – 8/2
This week’s articles focused on social media designed for facilitation of various communities as well as some international perspectives on the Web 2.0 world. Horizon broadening and boundary spanning? You bet! And, if you are into Structural Equation Modeling and / or Hierarchical Linear Modeling studies, you are in for quite a treat!
My Webinar with Barry Wellman
This week, I got to participate in a webinar with Barry Wellman, co-author of the 2012 book, Networked, which we are using in the EME6414 course. It was certainly an interesting experience and I’d like to share some of my thoughts on it with you!
Saturday Round-up: 7/25/15
I don’t even watch GOT.
Brace Yourself – After taking last week off, the Saturday Round-Up is Back!
This Week I Read: 7/20 – 7/26
A tower of used books
This week’s readings focused on instructional design in social media with special attention to learners, environments, language, assessing social media-based assignments, and a theoretical framework to tie it all together. If that sounds like a lot — you’re right! Step inside for breakdown of these topics.
Higher Ed Scholar in Training 