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Garage Universities
I am wary of playing too much into the Silicon Valley myth, and nothing can be more central to that myth than the garage start-up. Nonetheless, the idea of a “university start-up” seems almost unfathomable, outside the less-than-interesting world of for-profit universities. I may want to buy a Tesla (automobile start-ups probably pre-date the Silicon […]
Posted in Policy & Politics, Teaching Also tagged e - commerce, eBay, Garage Universities, LinkedIn, microcredential infrastructure, Paypal, Reid Hoffman, social media, social networks, Tesla, twitter 2 Comments
Undo It Yourself (U.i.Y.)
There is a TV show called (in the US) Junkyard Wars. The premise of the show is simple enough: two teams meet in a junkyard and are assigned to build something: a trebuchet, a crane, or some other device. I think we can assume that the collection of stuff is, let us say, “semi-random.” I […]
Posted in Policy & Politics, Teaching, Technology Also tagged Chicago, Chris Hoadley, Computing, Designer, Electronics, Ethan Zuckerman, Hacker, hacking, Hip hop, Ingrid Erickson, Lego, media literacies, physical infrastructure, Rafi Santo, Temporary Autonomous Government, twitter, United States Leave a comment
Re-Presenting Badges
Yes, it’s another badge post. Feel free to skip, or take a look at some of the other badge-related stuff I’ve posted earlier to get some background. One of my earliest questions, asked a couple of years ago, about badges and the Open Badge Infrastructure is whether you could put badges into the infrastructure that […]
Posted in Research, Teaching, Technology Also tagged API, badge systems, badges, Fitbit, Four Square, helper site, Heraldic badge, OAuth, twitter 2 Comments
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