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"Software design and related practices and methods have had a significant influence over the Instructional Design field. For example, ADDIE, Dick and Carey, and Rapid Prototyping are heavily influenced by software development methodologies" - Mathieu Plourde

My Canadian farmer friends will have the entire last week of December to contribute text, audio and video responses to my students’ questions. When we return on January 4th, students will spend the beginning of my computer lab class reviewing the Voicethread. - Mathieu Plourde

"At Google we believe that open systems win. They lead to more innovation, value, and freedom of choice for consumers, and a vibrant, profitable, and competitive ecosystem for businesses. Many companies will claim roughly the same thing since they know that declaring themselves to be open is both good for their brand and completely without risk." - Mathieu Plourde

"Without further ado, here are our predictions for 2010. We'd love to read your predictions in the comments." - Mathieu Plourde

All agency communication tools should be used in ways that maximize transparency, maintain the security of the network, and are appropriately professional. Social media is no exception. Therefore, the application of social media within state agencies must be done thoughtfully and in a manner that will minimize risk - Mathieu Plourde

Tutorial on the use of social media for North Carolina state agencies. - Mathieu Plourde

"The Ultimate Twitter Search Widget" - Mathieu Plourde

"Keep attendees happy with engaging sessions, Generate buzz through social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, Generate more revenue with unique sponsorship options" - Mathieu Plourde

"oneforty is your Twitter outfitter, with tons of resources for all things Twitter. Currently tracking 2163 apps that make Twitter even better. " - Mathieu Plourde

We long-time conference attendees have time and time again arrived at events with high hopes, only to come away disappointed. In particular, we’ve been frustrated when we attend conferences on “new paradigm” topics (such as sustainability, group process, open source software, social justice, and so on) that take place in rigid, old paradigm formats. - Mathieu Plourde

"I learned that a key to engaging people to move beyond their comfort zone is to first build a relationship — a reciprocal one. A relationship entails eliciting from others their hopes and dreams, along with sharing your own." - Mathieu Plourde

"I’m going to show you how to produce your own video interview guerilla style… I mean, without losing an arm and a leg and without hiring anybody. First let’s review the ingredients:" - Mathieu Plourde

"Fuzzy boundary between SharePoint implementations and Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs)" - Mathieu Plourde

"LINGOs promotes sustainable global development by increasing the skills of workers that deliver programs around the world. Because of limited resources, the key to reaching those workers is online learning. " - Mathieu Plourde

To make big classes act and feel like seminars. - Mathieu Plourde

"The next weasel attempting to steal a laptop computer at SFU could be in for a very unpleasant surprise—a deafening alarm followed quickly by an SFU Security ambush and an RCMP arrest. " - Mathieu Plourde

"Perhaps the most remarkable statement in the report is that the Mobile Internet market will be "at least 2x size of Desktop Internet," which Morgan Stanley bases on analysis comparing Internet users with mobile subscribers." - Mathieu Plourde

"A recent grant program profiled in Campus Technology by DyKnow has ended. Ten recipients--including the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)--will be receiving the company's collaboration software and a plugin that allows users to create content and initiate a DyKnow session directly through PowerPoint." - Mathieu Plourde

"Nevertheless, Internet connectivity in a moving vehicle is something we've waited a long time to see, and we're glad to see Ford recognizing that need." - Mathieu Plourde

"Alfresco is teaming with Right Scale to offer a service that allows users to scale up and down their use of Alfresco's open-source content management software. Users pay according to how much they use the service. The service uses RightScale's cloud management platform." - Mathieu Plourde

"After we have networked digital books, we’ll still have and produce physical books. But will physical books be as ubiquitous and culturally important as radio? Or will they be as cherished but infrequently attended as live theater? " - Mathieu Plourde

"Les jeunes et les moins jeunes ont parfois la mauvaise idée de croire que ce qui se passe en ligne n'a pas de lien et n'affecte pas leur vie réelle. Parlez-en à ces jeunes français qui ont eu l'idée stupide d'insulter une enseignante sur FaceBook!" - Mathieu Plourde

"The University of Delaware has joined other prominent universities, world-renowned museums and academies of life-long learning on Apple's iTunes U, which provides educational audio and video content through the iTunes Store." - Mathieu Plourde

"The goal is not to be a passive consumer of information or to simply tune in when the time is right, but rather to live in a world where information is everywhere." - Mathieu Plourde

"The context around my talk sparked a broad conversation about the implications of turning the backchannel into part of the frontchannel." - Mathieu Plourde

"If you are doing some grouping of content with XSL keys and generating unique ID's, that is really a different problem than generating HTML for display. Abstracting one problem from the other made solving the whole easier." - Mathieu Plourde

"With our new $70 million Jordan Hall of Science, we are preparing the next generation of leaders in science and technology. " - Mathieu Plourde

"Topics include the differences between how we organize and think about physical and digital information, the power of the internet to let us consume information in unique and customized ways and the implications for retailing, politics and education. " - Mathieu Plourde

"the first paragraph on a page needs to be the conclusion - Mathieu Plourde

"Instructors making innovative use of CourseWork, Stanford’s course management system, are encouraged to apply for the 2010 Teaching With Sakai Innovation Award. Last year, Stanford University history Humanities Fellow Edith Sheffer, who we profiled on this blog, came in second place and was flown to Boston to speak about her use of the CourseWork wiki to teach history. " - Mathieu Plourde