Monthly Archives: November 2009

“Outworld” Social Media Services

By Jared Stein | Published: November 30, 2009
I don’t know if Carlos Santos coined the use of “outworld” to mean non-institutional social media services in his presentation on SAPO Campus’s institutionally-supported systems, but it is a very apt and suggestive description of a certain perception of or mindset about non-institutional social media that exists amongst educators and administrators. I’ll be mixing this [...]
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Reconsidering dotProject

By Jared Stein | Published: November 19, 2009
We’ve used dotProject in my Instructional Design Services unit for almost two years. dP is an open source project management and task tracking tool that has benefited our unit organizationally, and has helped us follow-through on projects in a more efficient manner. It has also helped me as a manager manage staff resources and understand [...]
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Project Concern Resources

By Jared Stein | Published: November 19, 2009
David Wiley listed the following areas of concern for managing a project (specifically a grant project)
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Reconsidering dotProject

By Jared Stein | Published: November 18, 2009
(This is a copy of a post made earlier at http://jaredstein.org) We’ve used dotProject in my Instructional Design Services unit for almost two years. dP is an open source project management and task tracking tool that has benefited our unit organizationally, and has helped us follow-through on projects in a more efficient manner. It has [...]
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Web 2.0 attitudes survey budget

By Jared Stein | Published: November 17, 2009
The following draft budget covers human resources for conducting a survey of campus attitudes toward institutional vs informal social media systems.
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Proposal outline: survey of attitudes toward social media systems

By Jared Stein | Published: November 17, 2009
About half-way through the semester I decided to switch tracks to a project that is small (but very challenging for me), relevant to my work, and may have an impact beyond the immediate project, here is an initial outline of my proposal for a survey of UVU educational community attitudes toward an institutionally controlled social [...]
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Moving forward…with a new project

By Jared Stein | Published: November 3, 2009
I’ve let myself fall behind on assignments for IP&T 682, in part from indecision on a topic, but mostly from diverting my time to other work and personal projects. Throw in WCET09 and a bout of the flu, and it’s Really Time to Get On Track. The class wiki reminds me that I still need [...]
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