DISQUS and Crowdsourcing Academic Data
Michael Gallagher I am not sure what exactly compelled me to write this post today aside from the fact that I had a few spare minutes to do so. I will briefly…
JSTOR Plant Science
Darwin, the Beagle, and that first job after finishing university: the seeds of revolutionary thought
I am reposting this here as I thought it a fun exploration on scientific discovery and idea leading onto idea. And now the impressionable, inquisitive, and very dedicated among us…
JSTOR Plant Science videos and #mLearn2011
That title is actually two differnet topics just bunched together under one blog post. They aren’t related. Heading out to Beijing on Monday for mLearn 2011 conference (#mlearn2011) where I…
Plant videos and >500,000 views: personal>ephemeral
Why do I consider this to be one of my greatest professional achievements? This page of videos from various botanical organizations throughout the world taken on inexpensive (and now obsolete)…
The Medicinal Uses of Plants by the Akha in Northern Thailand (via )
Since I wrote it and spent more time than I should have researching it, I decided to report it to my blog ahead of a trip to Thailand I will…
Information literacy workshops in Dar and Zanzibar, Tanzania ahead of eLearning Africa 2011
In a few days, I will be heading off to Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar, Tanzania via Amsterdam (and Kiliminjaro, which just sounds poetic). This trip is in loose conjunction…
QR codes, georeferencing tons of data, and unlocking academic energy
This Slideshare from Sidneyeve Matrix is quite good. Generally it steers towards business (rightly so), but I think it has great application to the non-profits/higher education/information services kind of space…