It’s going to be a challenging year for the Defense Information Systems Agency. When DISA Chief Information Officer Henry Sienkiewicz was asked to name the biggest challenge his agency would face in 2011, he spoke for nearly 12 minutes, and listed four. “BRAC [the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission’s plan to move many DODRead… Read more »
by Patrick Shane Gallagher, Ph.D (ADL). Shane is the Senior Advisor for Instructional Technology to ADL. He is also a senior consultant to the NSF Supporting NSF research programs as an advisor in education and interoperability issues concerning Cyberlearning, Innovations in Education (I3) and Race to the Top. Dr. Gallagher’s prior research included assessing SCORMRead… Read more »
Steve Rubel’s blog A Devaluation of “Friends” May Be Driving Trust in Thought Leaders says “someone like me” and regular employees are losing authority to experts. “Trust in credentialed experts (70%) and company technical specialists (64%) is soaring” I think that is certainly true and a maybe pinhole look at what is going on. AllowRead… Read more »
Many economists predicted that growth in ‘green jobs’ would outpace other types of employment, and help lead the US economy toward recovery. Now, it seems, there is some evidence that this prediction is proving correct. The 2011 Many Shades of Green report, published by Next 10, a nonprofit organization “focused on innovation and the intersectionRead… Read more »
Arizona launched a new website focused on school choice in the state. Arizonaschoolchoice.com is designed to show all of the school choice options available to parents in their area. The website is a key part of the Governor’s, “Four Cornerstones of Reform Plan,” which she claims will empower parents when they make education choices forRead… Read more »
On my recent two posts on bringing the idea of skunkworks to local government, several people made the extremely reasonable point that I probably wasn’t really talking about skunkworks at all. Steph said in the comments: …it seems to me that we’re at risk of hanging more onto the ‘skunkworks’ peg than it’s fair toRead… Read more »
Click on this shortner (http://qwi.ki/fkBPZ5) to watch the Qwiki – “Easy Rider” Easy Rider – The Qwiki! If you have not experienced the Qwiki you ought to try one. The Qwiki, as used in this offering, is a full internet information experience and brings you video, audio and referential ties to information found out andRead… Read more »
It took a couple of attempts (see here, here), but now it looks like web-based public participation will finally get some exposure at SXSW this year. Here’s the announcement: Future15 Lineup for 2011: Shorter is Better At the 2010 SXSW Interactive Festival, we launched a series of short-form panel content called Future15s. These fast-paced sessionsRead… Read more »
I’ve worked in and around government a long time — probably 20 years or more now. And much of that in or around IT and web units in government departments. Today’s announcement by the Special Minister of State that Federal agencies are now required to consider open source options in their procurements is certainly aRead… Read more »
A series of free Education Innovation Workshops is being run during February 2011, by the Educational Development Group, College of Engineering & Computer Science at the Australian National University. These are hands-on sessions intended for those developing courses with ANU’s “Wattle” (Moodle based) Learning Management System. Priority will be given to ANU Engineering and ITRead… Read more »