I recently moved to a more concise Outlook folder structure: So then I started spending a lot of time simply moving messages from the inbox to the archived folder. Also when I read a message and move it, it was not marked as read. I hated wasting those precious 2 seconds So I googled something [...]

I had a request from a student to show how to connect to a SQLLite db from C#. It turns out it is pretty straight forward. You just need a few tools. I will list what I find here: .NET ADO SQLLite components: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sqlite-dotnet2/ Great tutorial: http://adodotnetsqlite.sourceforge.net/ SQLLite Browser: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sqlitebrowser/

I think I have a good idea for a dissertation. That isn’t the point of this post. I was watching this video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81lBL_5xHno and had a thought. Initially the thought was something like “Books are the original form of distance learning.” And then I realized that when the press was developed that might not [...]

Successful learners try and adapt what they already know to new information being received. Unsuccessful learners try and adapt new information to fit with knowledge they have already mastered. When the latter begins to explore a subject that they have no prior information to check against, they struggle and reject everything about the new subject [...]

Palloff and Pratt describe successful learners in their book Building Online Learning Communities. They make the point that a noisy learner is a successful learner. I agree. Speak up, get involved, and be loud. This is not a one way street. If all I do is preach and you listen you are sure to learn [...]

I started reading The Ask and found it a bit rough honestly. One thing I noticed. It helped me quit drinking. It also motivated me to get some stuff done. Finished five papers in as many days. I was a bit sick, but used my time effectively. Anyway. Good book!

So I was contacted by a Mikogo.com rep after my dimdim post and I gave it a shot. Mikogo is awesome. It not only allows me to share my screen and give control but also let students share their screens and I take control. Just great. It was fast and clear. I recorded using camtasia [...]

I was shocked and dismayed to see salesforce had furchased dimdim and killed it (of course). I was told that my account would be active until 3/11/11. Whatever. I had been using join.me for some time now. Jane wrote about this today and her list fails to mention join.me which I find to be an [...]

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When we train someone we want to be as helpful as we can. We jump at every question and quickly respond to chats and emails. Watkins points out in 75 e_learning Activities that this may not be the best approach. On page 29 he notes that as a course progresses the demand on the instructor [...]

Conrad and Donaldson (2004, engaging the online learner, pp. 28,29) show a great grading rubric. It is really figure 3.1. Can we use that sort of thing in technical training? Sure! The grading rubric tells the student what is expected of the in the assignment. Lazy students will use it to figure out the minimum [...]

According to Conrad and Donaldson (2004, engaging the online learner, p. 17) “Every activity should be scrutinized to determine whether it matches a learning objective.” They go on to add that activities that do not meet this criteria add confusion and frustration. The learner is left asking “why did I just waste my time doing [...]

So I have iCam and some dlink cameras around my house. I have actually had them a very long time and finally got them working with the iPhone. It is a pretty neat setup and here are the results. I will tell you how I did it after the break. So I needed some iPhone [...]

So the front passenger side door locker never really worked that great on our volvo V70. It finally stopped locking so I had to replace it. $150 and I had it replaced. I had to drill out one rivet that was holding in the window rail at the bottom to get out the actuator. I [...]