Monthly Archives: September 2004

Spin

Posted on September 30, 2004 by David

The DNC is busy making sure that Bush doesn’t win the debates on spin after the fact so they have made sure to send their followers to make their voice heard at the polls. Online polling is unscientific at best … Continue reading →

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Really? Great?

Posted on September 29, 2004 by David

This is slightly off the path of the original discussion, but when Rovy said “it would be great to have adaptive, exploratory, multi-path instruction for everything we have to learn” it got me thinking. Would it be so great. Rovy … Continue reading →

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Me and People

Posted on September 27, 2004 by David

I was having a discussion with Laura last night about me and how I react to people. It is more pronounced in groups, but the fact is that I keep myself distant from people. Laura told me that it comes … Continue reading →

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Design vs Procedure

Posted on September 15, 2004 by David

I think that Alan has perfectly illustrated the difference between a “design formula” – ADDIE in this case – and real design. It is not that ADDIE is not good design, but if you A then D then D then … Continue reading →

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Cracking the Blocks

Posted on September 14, 2004 by David

Thanks to electoral-vote.com I discovered the efforts of Colorado Democrats who hope not to be disenfranchised in the presidential election this year as reported in the Rocky Mountain News at the beginning of August. This is exactly in line with … Continue reading →

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