Month: January 2009


  • Karlyn Morissette posted her Master Higher Ed Twitter List. Other than @eironae and @barbaranixon, I didn’t know anyone on the list. So I thought to post a list of higher education professionals I follow categorized by primary expertise. Blackboard twitterers might be another post. Those in bold are coworkers. College / University / Departments @atsu_its…

  • Correct: <script language=”Javascript” type=”text/javascript”> if (top != self) { top.location = window.location; } </script> Incorrect: <script language=”Javascript” type=”text/javascript”> if (top != self) { top.location = “/webct/urw/lc18361011.tp0/logonDisplay.dowebct”; } </script> The problem with incorrect is the address used here is not the address in the location bar.  The one in the location bar has the values required…

  • Time Stamps

    Blackboard Vista uses epoch time stamps quite extensively. These are calculated down to the millisecond. So if you want to use something like Epoch Converter, remove the last three numbers (the milliseconds).

  • Heh. Blackboard Vista is headed for a brick wall? Who knew? 7. Course Management Systems are Dead! Long Live Course Management Systems! Proprietary course management systems are heading for a brick wall. The combination of economic pressures combined with saturated markets and the maturing stage of the life cycle of these once innovative platforms means…

  • Read 10,000 pages of science, economics, health, history, or policy books. For 2008, it was read 25 books. This year, I thought to change it page-based as the previous one shied me away from larger books. Two 350 page books vs one 700 page book shouldn’t be a concern. See Reading for last and this years’…

  • Christmas Vacay

    We ate a good meal Christmas Day. I neglected to get any pictures I guess. On Boxing Day, we decided to go to the beach. So Saturday we drove down to Jekyll Island. Shrimper Embeached at the southeast tip of the island. The 2005 version. Gnarley Shadow Jekyll Island Club Hotel where we ate a…