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Podcasting things

Created by Joe Sanchez (University of Texas at Austin) on October 18, 2005

I know i'm late on the bandwagon but i've finally been able to take a
look at podcasting for instructional purposes. Duke released its iPod evaluation over the summer
with some interesting results. The first is, iPods are really expensive
portable hardrives. (this is a joke of course) but the study did find
most iPods being most frequently used as storage devices. An
article in the student
affairs e-journal suggests the iPods created some new social norms
on campus, one being that students wearing two ear buds was
simular to a "do not disturb" sign while one ear bud signals "i'm
aproachable".

Denham Grey has an informative take and cool
resources in his post titled Podcasting
for Knowledge.

It includes some flows around Podcasting in a graphical form.

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new web use studies

Created by Joe Sanchez (University of Texas at Austin) on February 7, 2005

This last week new Internet use studies were made public. Some interesting statistics reveal a dramatic increase in adults watching TV while surfing the Net, a finding that adults are more likely to trust information from websites associated with established organizations i.e. libraries, museums, and archives, as well as a confirmation that teen internet-skills are "poor" because of their insufficient reading skills, immature search strategies and easy frustration with poorly designed websites.. (is spending time on poorly designed websites a necessary skill?)

If adults are more likely to trust content from libraries and museums why are they spending so little time on them? The combined results form the first two studies would suggest that adults are surfing library catalogues while watching TV, is that really happening? Another question, why do adults spend most of their time on sites that they don't trust? Personally, I believe that social uses of the Internet are going to continue to increase. The Internet is not only about information in a factual sense; the Internet is a social network. More later....

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First Post

Created by Joe Sanchez (University of Texas at Austin) on January 31, 2005

This is my first blog and first blog post. i'll be posting articles and ideas about Social Informatics, the Information age, and the impacts on higher education.

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		joesanchez's blog Podcasting things Created by Joe Sanchez (University of Texas at Austin) on October 18, 2005 I know i'm late on the bandwagon but i've finally been able to take a look at podcasting for instructional purposes. Duke released its iPod evaluation over the summer with some interesting results. The first is, iPods are really expensive portable hardrives. (this is a joke of course) but the study did find most iPods being most frequently used as storage devices. An article in the student affairs e-journal suggests the iPods created some new social norms on campus, one being that students wearing two ear buds was simular to a "do not disturb" sign while one ear bud signals "i'm aproachable". Denham Grey has an informative take and cool resources in his post titled Podcasting for Knowledge. It includes some flows around Podcasting in a graphical form. ipod \| Knowledge Management \| Podcasting Login or register to post comments 4489 reads new web use studies Created by Joe Sanchez (University of Texas at Austin) on February 7, 2005 This last week new Internet use studies were made public. Some interesting statistics reveal a dramatic increase in adults watching TV while surfing the Net, a finding that adults are more likely to trust information from websites associated with established organizations i.e. libraries, museums, and archives, as well as a confirmation that teen internet-skills are "poor" because of their insufficient reading skills, immature search strategies and easy frustration with poorly designed websites.. (is spending time on poorly designed websites a necessary skill?) If adults are more likely to trust content from libraries and museums why are they spending so little time on them? The combined results form the first two studies would suggest that adults are surfing library catalogues while watching TV, is that really happening? Another question, why do adults spend most of their time on sites that they don't trust? Personally, I believe that social uses of the Internet are going to continue to increase. The Internet is not only about information in a factual sense; the Internet is a social network. More later.... Net Generation Learner Login or register to post comments 3945 reads First Post Created by Joe Sanchez (University of Texas at Austin) on January 31, 2005 This is my first blog and first blog post. i'll be posting articles and ideas about Social Informatics, the Information age, and the impacts on higher education. Family 1 comment 4248 reads « first ‹ previous 1 2 3
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