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why humanities?

Posted in bigthink, democracy, education, higher education, humanities, tagged , , , , on February 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I’ve been running across this question all over the place recently. Stanly Fish (Davidson-Kahn Distinguished University Professor and a professor of law at Florida International University, in Miami, and dean emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago) has blogged on the value/need for humanities education twice [...]

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when it comes to encyclopedias, does Google knol best?

Posted in Encyclopedia, Google, Wikipedia, collaboration, education, higher education, information, internet, knol, read-write, technology, www, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

knol
main entry: knol
pronunciation: \ˈnōl\
function: noun
etymology: 12/13/2007 Udi Manber in Encouraging People to Contribute Knowledge, “Earlier this week, we started inviting a selected group of people to try a new, free tool that we are calling ‘knol’…”
definition: A unit of knowledge.
By the end of 2008, the above definition might seem silly. Should [...]

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Is Library 2.0 as Overhyped as a

Posted in Library 2.0, collaboration, education, higher education, participation, tagged , , , , , , , , on November 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Questions:

Does anyone care about Library 2.0 aside from librarians? (We librarians know they should…but do they?)
Why do successful uses of Library 2.0 applications/technologies seem more difficult to find than Web 2.0 applications/technologies?
What good is participatory service if nobody is participating…or, if only a few people are participating?
How much do comments, tagging, and user reviews help, [...]

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my first post

Posted in Library 2.0, collaboration, education, higher education, media, participation, technology, tagged , , , , , , on October 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »

I might as well start this blog off in an “incorrect” fashion. Instead of focusing on a humanities-related subject, I’ll cross the divide and begin with a post that delves into the world inhabited by those kooky social/behavioralists…
YouTube me:

Your thoughts? (please do send them, either via comments or as an [...]

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