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October 2019

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RepliesOctober 31, 2019

@bixtweets I find if you write to an audience of one the many will follow. No need for the false audience metrics of the silos that lower the standard

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@bixtweets I find if you write to an audience of one the many will follow. No need for the false audience metrics of the silos that lower the standards of content and community #mb

RepliesOctober 31, 2019

ohh it is much more than a disaster notification tool, the top of fold got me.

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ohh it is much more than a disaster notification tool, the top of fold got me.

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

@scott_gruber I would hope any on the ground crisis management app eventually adds features to create Bluetooth mesh networks for notifications. No wa

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@scott_gruber I would hope any on the ground crisis management app eventually adds features to create Bluetooth mesh networks for notifications. No way cell service won't be swamped or down in the kinds of emergencies and tragedies displayed in pics.

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.

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.

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@BryanAlexander One is a prerequisite, the second drains the first. Is higher ed truly better off with all these new administrative platforms? Seems a

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@BryanAlexander One is a prerequisite, the second drains the first. Is higher ed truly better off with all these new administrative platforms? Seems all to be in service of adults and outside forces not learning.

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

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

@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

@alexpickett @screencasto is literally the best 15 dollars I spend every year. My #OpenEd19 presentation was filmed and edited entirely in @screencast

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@alexpickett @screencasto is literally the best 15 dollars I spend every year. My #OpenEd19 presentation was filmed and edited entirely in @screencasto

RepliesOctober 31, 2019

@geonz Yeah @withknown my all time favorite CMS to use as an alternative to an LMS, we are building a course builder plugin and working on a webmentio

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@geonz Yeah @withknown my all time favorite CMS to use as an alternative to an LMS, we are building a course builder plugin and working on a webmention and #Openbadges plugin as well (second a stretch goal...we will get there).

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

@grumpator Yes agree I would say over 50% of my students print their materials. #OpenEd19 Think I will will leave a library of assigned texts in our o

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@grumpator Yes agree I would say over 50% of my students print their materials. #OpenEd19 Think I will will leave a library of assigned texts in our office so they aren't forced to pay for ink. Thx for idea

RepliesOctober 31, 2019

#ungradingnet unlike many in the #Openpedagogy community I welcome the bots and automation (let's just build open source opt-in tools for students and

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#ungradingnet unlike many in the #Openpedagogy community I welcome the bots and automation (let's just build open source opt-in tools for students and not rely on the leeches that attach to our colleges) #OpenEd19

RepliesOctober 31, 2019

@OnlineCrsLady @econproph https://x.com/jgmac1106/status/1189943410607763456

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@OnlineCrsLady @econproph https://x.com/jgmac1106/status/1189943410607763456

RepliesOctober 31, 2019

#ungrading #OpenEd19 In #edu106 this semester we also have a Monday entrance slip where students must write a status update tracking their progress, e

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#ungrading #OpenEd19 In #edu106 this semester we also have a Monday entrance slip where students must write a status update tracking their progress, explaining how far they have gotten, what is left, and what obstacles they predict could get in the way.

RepliesOctober 31, 2019

#ungrading #OpenEd19 Students also need to learn how to learn in life, and #OpenPedagogy best tool for this, check out our #edu106 class: https://quic

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#ungrading #OpenEd19 Students also need to learn how to learn in life, and #OpenPedagogy best tool for this, check out our #edu106 class: https://quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/2019/10/31/realcollege-studens-need-help-w-time-management this module was "learn something"

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