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IT Faculty Opening at USU

June 7, 2003 by opencontent

We have an Assistant / Associate Professor opening in Instructional Technology at Utah State University. The full announcement is here: “http://personnel.usu.edu/W2-123-03.htm”:http://personnel.usu.edu/W2-123-03.htm. Come work on learning objects, online communities, and other fun stuff in a great environment with a new research lab, great doctoral students, and lots of research opportunities.

My love affair with a Steinway

June 6, 2003 by opencontent

Out on my weekly date night with my wife tonight, Elaine reminded me of the only other “true love” I’ve know in my whole life — a “Steinway and Sons Concert Grand”:http://steinway.com/steinway/catalogue/models/001.html.

Learning objects in project-based learning

June 5, 2003 by opencontent

Here’s the paper I’ll be presenting at the “Learning Objects Symposium”:http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/symposium2003.htm at this year’s EdMedia: Using O2 to Overcome Learning Objects Limitations. It explains what I feel are some of the weaknesses with the ways people have traditionally thought about LOs (this will sound familiar if you know my work), and describes a project we … Read more