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October 2019

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RepliesOctober 31, 2019

If THE major focus is HTML/CSS you could get up to a common feed by getting up to a level of h-entry, and a rel=me to GitHub, then use a space like @m

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If THE major focus is HTML/CSS you could get up to a common feed by getting up to a level of h-entry, and a rel=me to GitHub, then use a space like @mblaney's unicyclic for a common space to hang. I chose Known as its an intro to all the tech class

RepliesOctober 31, 2019

@BryanAlexander And I promise not to be pedantic about the definitions of analog and digital for unlike #highered I believe definitions have the power

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@BryanAlexander And I promise not to be pedantic about the definitions of analog and digital for unlike #highered I believe definitions have the power to change with time.

RepliesOctober 31, 2019

I am also biased by crappy US Networks, most of the world probably much better.

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I am also biased by crappy US Networks, most of the world probably much better.

RepliesOctober 31, 2019

Then Halloweeny it up...Do a challenge to add a costume to your website. Working on mine https://jgregorymcverry.com #clmooc #mb #ds106

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Then Halloweeny it up...Do a challenge to add a costume to your website. Working on mine https://jgregorymcverry.com #clmooc #mb #ds106

RepliesOctober 31, 2019

@scott_gruber If you want turn key and no #admintax just build @microdotblog into the budget of the program for participants. Everything will just wor

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@scott_gruber If you want turn key and no #admintax just build @microdotblog into the budget of the program for participants. Everything will just work with all the other #IndieWeb parts and now has domain registration.

RepliesOctober 31, 2019

Hey folks I know you think you have a "teacher voice" "theater voice" "loud ass white cis male voice" what you don't have is an accessible voice. Plea

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Hey folks I know you think you have a "teacher voice" "theater voice" "loud ass white cis male voice" what you don't have is an accessible voice. Please always use the microphones: https://twitter.com/Dean_Stomp/status/1189943117945823233 #OpenEd19

RepliesOctober 31, 2019

@scott_gruber I am hoping to /Sawyer @iamjessklein's team working on the new mobile editing experience to make sure there could be a offline/local fir

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@scott_gruber I am hoping to /Sawyer @iamjessklein's team working on the new mobile editing experience to make sure there could be a offline/local first option for remote places with no signal....can't imagine the UI complexitities of conflicts there......

RepliesOctober 31, 2019

@scott_gruber I am sure you will run, or probably have, run into this issue, we need an offline first solution to data collection. We are hoping to us

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@scott_gruber I am sure you will run, or probably have, run into this issue, we need an offline first solution to data collection. We are hoping to use @wikidata and @wikimedia tools for scientist and students to collect data.

RepliesOctober 31, 2019

#realcollege studens need help w/ time management (as do I supposed to be writing DEC letters) sometimes a binary 1/0 is enough. I often never get to

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#realcollege studens need help w/ time management (as do I supposed to be writing DEC letters) sometimes a binary 1/0 is enough. I often never get to upgrading gradebook after writing real feedback. Solution: By a paper gradebook #OpenEd19 #ungrading

RepliesOctober 31, 2019

We are doing monthly meet ups now with a goal of hosting an event in Accra, Ghana in Feb. Travel cost probably prohibitive for most but doing joint ev

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We are doing monthly meet ups now with a goal of hosting an event in Accra, Ghana in Feb. Travel cost probably prohibitive for most but doing joint events in two different locales could be fun.

RepliesOctober 31, 2019

@ken_bauer Coyotes can't sell a seat. Time to move the to Hartford and #BringBackTheWhale....like for realzzzz whose into hockey in the desert (Vegas

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@ken_bauer Coyotes can't sell a seat. Time to move the to Hartford and #BringBackTheWhale....like for realzzzz whose into hockey in the desert (Vegas doesn't count) ....Kidding (not really) but looks like a great time. Sad we did not get to meet. I call you have to go to #IndieWeb Summit this year #OpenEd19

RepliesOctober 31, 2019

@ElizabethADill Here is an IES grant we submitted about information literacy, #openpedagogy and using all #oer https://jgregorymcverry.com/questionthe

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@ElizabethADill Here is an IES grant we submitted about information literacy, #openpedagogy and using all #oer https://jgregorymcverry.com/questiontheweb...Fingers crossed but IES always such a gamble. Here is course I ran a few back: https://courses.jgregorymcverry.com/the-courses/question-the-web/ #OpenEd19

RepliesOctober 31, 2019

@scott_gruber Come to think about it our program is part of the @Mozilla Open Leaders X program, we had plans to target Ghana but we could easily netw

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@scott_gruber Come to think about it our program is part of the @Mozilla Open Leaders X program, we had plans to target Ghana but we could easily network with you folks regardless of #IndieWeb solution you choose.

RepliesOctober 31, 2019

Halloween a good day to sponsor the event since most Higher Ed just sticking on an expensive digital costume to mask the problems of higher education

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Halloween a good day to sponsor the event since most Higher Ed just sticking on an expensive digital costume to mask the problems of higher education digital could never solve.

RepliesOctober 31, 2019

@scott_gruber watch the video @sadike25 and I made on https://goifnetwork.org explains our workflow a bit. @withknown has a bit of an #admintax but we

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@scott_gruber watch the video @sadike25 and I made on https://goifnetwork.org explains our workflow a bit. @withknown has a bit of an #admintax but we want to use that as a feature and not a bug to teach some into dev ops. and server basics

RepliesOctober 31, 2019

Using subdomains to keep cost down. No way we could roll out program across Ghana and pay even $5 a Domain. We just give each participant a subdomain

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Using subdomains to keep cost down. No way we could roll out program across Ghana and pay even $5 a Domain. We just give each participant a subdomain on the groups domain. We hope to spread this model across Ghana beginning in 2020. Each group their own

RepliesOctober 31, 2019

@BryanAlexander Maybe it's a graph showing the extra cost of exorbitant licensing fees higher ed pays at each level of transformation to get more into

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@BryanAlexander Maybe it's a graph showing the extra cost of exorbitant licensing fees higher ed pays at each level of transformation to get more into the student data surveillance business.

RepliesOctober 31, 2019

@BryanAlexander or a plot of the number of buzzwords and wasted committee minutes at each level of "transformation"

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@BryanAlexander or a plot of the number of buzzwords and wasted committee minutes at each level of "transformation"

RepliesOctober 31, 2019

You know what would be a really cool transformation in Higher Ed? An Adequate funding transformation. I would take that over digital trnasformation an

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You know what would be a really cool transformation in Higher Ed? An Adequate funding transformation. I would take that over digital trnasformation any day.

RepliesOctober 31, 2019

@harmonygritz Here is my brief review of the ShinDig terms of service: https://quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/content/all/?q=shindig tl;dr pretty b

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@harmonygritz Here is my brief review of the ShinDig terms of service: https://quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/content/all/?q=shindig tl;dr pretty boilerplate but you are giving rights to your data and likeness now and forever to the company.