Monthly Archives: November 2008
UCalgaryBlogs.ca feedback survey
I’m trying out a new Survey plugin, which will let you run surveys as part of your WordPress site here at UCalgaryBlogs.ca – and thought it might be a good excuse to try to solicit some early feedback on the service itself.
If you have any feedback that isn’t captured in a checkbox in the survey, [...]
UCalgaryBlogs.ca Redesign
I’ve been meaning to redesign the main site at UCalgaryBlogs.ca for awhile now – the Edublogs Clean theme isn’t intended to be dropped in as a stock theme, but as a starting point for hacking something tailor-made. The Edu-Clean theme is available as part of the fantastic Premium WPMUDev subscription – and it certainly helped [...]
Walking tour of University of Calgary Campus
Back in the heady early days of podcasting – all the way back in 2005 – one of the first use cases of the technology was to create “walking tours” where a narrator could guide students through a tour of an area. When video podcasting became possible, it would make the guided tours more effective [...]
Leslie Reid on team projects in large classes
I had the distinct pleasure of introducing Dr. Leslie Reid this morning, for her presentation “Creating Team Projects that Work in Large Classes: Redesigning a Large Science ‘Service’ Course” – part of the Teaching & Learning Centre’s 10th anniversary series of presentations. She talks about her experience in redesigning a large class (300 students with [...]
got a blog?
I just put up a bunch of these posters in a few of the buildings on campus. Time to spread the word a little more widely…