"The idea is to open a Web site where students and professors can post their IT woes and share their solutions. College officials tell me they hope it will grow into a self-service support center for colleges nationwide—a kind of Wikipedia for campus computer problems."
- Jay Collier
"E-learning platforms presented here at the Educause conference are vying for attention from universities with promises of enhanced engagement of 'lifelong learners' and alumni. ... Maintaining student connections to the university is something of great interest to institutions as they struggle with new models of education that transcend campus boundaries, but cost money to produce."
- Jay Collier
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"We have encoded all of our video inventories in Theora/Ogg format as well as the usual mp4 formats. VideoPress users are now able to access the Ogg file URL from within the Media Library, and the video can be played directly on browsers that support HTML 5, such as Firefox 3.5 and Chrome."
- Jay Collier
RT @BryanAlexander: I bet they learn to play Calvinball pretty quickly. (JFC: We're already trying to learn their ever-changing play rules.)
"20 years ago, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. For his next project, he's building a web for open, linked data that could do for numbers what the Web did for words, pictures, video: unlock our data and reframe the way we use it together."
- Jay Collier
"The film was much more about instilling a feeling of pride in our new students. We wanted to grab their attention and make them feel excited about the institution they are now part of. The scope of the film was vast – we were asked to try and cover the College’s history, past and present achievements and what new students can expect – all in less than four minutes!"
- Jay Collier
"The purpose was to give new students a brief summary of the history and traditions of the university to help them feel a part of the Missouri S&T family from their first day."
- Jay Collier
"The purpose was to give new students a brief summary of the history and traditions of the university to help them feel a part of the Missouri S&T family from their first day."
- Jay Collier
RT @markgr: In a focus group with students who all use Twitter!
"What do 450 web nerds do when they’re trapped in a hotel ballroom listening to someone who’s insulting their intelligence? They get out their laptops and smartphones and start tweeting."
- Jay Collier