Category Archives: Technology

My iPad and “killer apps” for academics, almost four years later

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Steve Krause

I was checking out some of the statistics on hits and such to this site a week or so ago, and one thing that surprised me is that the most popular “all time” post I have on the site (at … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Blogging about blogging, iPad, Technology | 2 Comments

The Comcast Strikes Back

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Steve Krause

Complaining about Comcast is sort of like complaining about death or taxes and about as common.  I know that. But because of a Twitter exchange I had, I thought I’d add to the genre generally and specifically to my latest … Continue reading →

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Enough with the “no laptops in classrooms” already

Posted on September 20, 2014 by Steve Krause

There has been a rash of “turn off the laptop” articles in various places in the educational media, but I think what has pushed me over the edge and motivated this post is Clay Shirky’s “Why I Just Asked My Students … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers and Writing, Teaching, Technology, The Happy Academic | 8 Comments

A Comcast Customer Service Experience: Screwing Up in Reverse

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Steve Krause

We had been having problems with our Comcast/Xfinity/Whatever it’s called internet access for a while, and my calls to Comcast to check on the service were pretty futile (“Is your modem plugged in? Is your computer on? You should unplug … Continue reading →

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In defense of machine grading

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Steve Krause

In defense of machine grading?!?! Well, no, not really. But I thought I’d start a post with a title like that. You know, provocative. There has been a bit of a ruckus on WPA-L for a while now in support of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, technology, etc., Teaching, Technology | 2 Comments

A few miscellaneous comments on online teaching, what I learned about eCollege (again), and MOOCs

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Steve Krause

I’ve been pretty crazy-busy this semester because I took on too much and because there were things I could not refuse. So the blog has been pretty neglected lately, mostly because I’ve been thinking and writing about online stuff and … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Computers, technology, etc., MOOCs, Scholarship, Teaching, Technology | 6 Comments

Five ways EdX can help “the little people:” you know, community colleges, etc.

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Steve Krause

I still have a “what’s good about MOOCs” and/or “MOOCs are textbooks” post in me, but I wanted to post briefly about an article from The Chronicle of Higher Education, “5 Ways That edX Could Change Education” that came out a few … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, MOOCs, Teaching, Technology | 7 Comments

“What did we learn here and what’s it worth to you?” The end of World Music, part 2

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Steve Krause

I probably have only two or three more posts in me about MOOCs generally and World Music in particular. This is one that I’ve been working on off and on while the course was wrapping up.  I don’t know if … Continue reading →

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The end of the World Music MOOC (part 1)

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Steve Krause

Well, that’s it:  I’ve reached the end of Coursera’s World Music,  and it seems like over the last seven weeks the MOOC talk in CHE and InsideHigherEd and other places has done nothing but get even more out of hand.  I was going to catalog/index … Continue reading →

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MOOC week 6, from thousands to hundreds (maybe)

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Steve Krause

First off, this past week of MOOCs in the news: There’s “Learning From One Another” from Inside Higher Ed, which looks at Coursera’s MOOCs generally and from the peer review process in particular.  I’ll chat more about my own peer review … Continue reading →

Posted in MOOCs, Scholarship, Teaching, Technology | 3 Comments