Monthly Archives: February 2006

CFP: E-Learning 2006 October 13-17, 2006 Honolulu

Posted on February 28, 2006 by Lisa Spangenberg

E-Learning 2006 has issued a Call For Participation, with reponses due April 27, 2006. The list of topics is available, as well as descriptions of various presentation types, and the proposal guidelines and deadlines.

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New version of MovableType

Posted on February 25, 2006 by Lisa Spangenberg

I finally bit the bullet and upgraded MovableType, the CMS software/blogging system I use for IT from the venerable 2.661 version to the spiffy new current 3.2.2 version. All seems to have gone well . . . except my template … Continue reading →

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Google Pages

Posted on February 25, 2006 by Lisa Spangenberg

Google has a beta version of their new Web page creation tool, Google Pages. I gave it a look last Thursday and Friday. By Friday Google turned off new accounts temporarily; nonetheless, here are my general impressions. You need to … Continue reading →

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On "Serious" Blogging

Posted on February 23, 2006 by Lisa Spangenberg

New Kid on the Hallway drew my attention to this article in Inside Higher Ed by Jeff Rice. Rice has two central points, I think, in his initial article. I say “I think” because the argument is less than coherent. … Continue reading →

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