Tim Owens - Throw Out The Manual (Page 9)

Tim Owens

Rebuilding DS106TV

Rebuilding DS106TV

2 weeks ago DTLT got it's own copy of Wowza Media Server and we loaded on our media server to start experimenting more with live video streaming. Of course the setup isn't new to us, we had used Wowza for DTLT Today extensively, but that was with Amazon EC2 instances

Yet Another MOOC

Yet Another MOOC

I blame Andy Rush. It's all his fault I found myself signing up for another MOOC today. And who knows, maybe I'll fail this one like all the others. I signed up for MIT's Learning Creative Learning course, which they're bringing online with help from P2PU's open source Mechanical MOOC

3D printed chain mail.

3D printed chain mail.

Learning on Their Own Terms

Learning on Their Own Terms

I'm knee-deep in the first of many Master's courses I'll be taking to get a degree in instructional design from George Mason. My plan all along has been to throw much of my work up here to get feedback from a wider audience than the classroom walls. The course has

My inbox needs help

My inbox needs help

Boosting Page Load Times with Amazon Cloudfront and W3 Total Cache

Boosting Page Load Times with Amazon Cloudfront and W3 Total Cache

The more I dig into what's possible with Amazon's Web Services the more excited I get. The last time I really played around with them was a year and a half ago when I figured out how to setup a live broadcasting stream using EC2 that would only cost pennies

Notes on The Digital Scholar: Chapter 2

Notes on The Digital Scholar: Chapter 2

In Weller's second chapter he attempts to take the rhetoric of how technology might be changing education head on with real data. Too often the hyperbolic proclamations of higher education's impending upheaval as a result of X, Y, and Z are made by people with a dog (or startup) in

Thanks to Reddit I now know that otters hold hands when sleeping so they dont drift away from each other.

Thanks to Reddit I now know that otters hold hands when sleeping so they dont drift away from each other.

Notes on The Digital Scholar: Chapter 1

Notes on The Digital Scholar: Chapter 1

This semester we are working on a faculty initiative in collaboration with UMW's Center for Teaching Excellence and Innovation run by Mary Kayler. We have 29 faculty on board who have committed to getting their own domain and hosting through the Domain of One's Own and building out their digital

Back to School

It hardly feels real, even as I type it. I'm going back to school. No, I'm not grabbing my backpack and leaving DTLT. In fact it's because of UMW that I'm able to do this. I'll be taking one class each semester in the Instructional Design and Development program at

Why I'm getting rid of Kaltura (and why you should too)

Why I'm getting rid of Kaltura (and why you should too)

5 months ago I wrote a post about the beginning stages of our experimentation with Kaltura to provide an open source video management solution on our campus. The possibilities were extremely promising with the ability to stop offloading video hosting by faculty and students to third-parties like YouTube. The built-in

Building a Domain of One's Own: Plugins, Add-ons, and Plans

Building a Domain of One's Own: Plugins, Add-ons, and Plans

In this final post I wanted to take a look at some of the plugins and extensions that are currently out there that we're thinking of using to build a better interface for users as well as some ideas of what could make the project even better. I've mentioned quite

Building a Domain of One's Own: The Sign-Up

Building a Domain of One's Own: The Sign-Up

We considered a lot of different options when developing the strategies for signing up for Domain of One's Own. It sounds inconsequential but in contrast to many University-run programs this project was offering something that many didn't have experience in and with first impressions being important we had to consider

Building a Domain of One's Own: The Panel

Building a Domain of One's Own: The Panel

In part one of this series I talked about our different hosting options for running the Domain of One's Own project. In many ways those options are no different than any major project a school might be considering whether it be a new LMS, a blogging platform like UMW Blogs,

Building a Domain of Ones Own: Hosting

Building a Domain of Ones Own: Hosting

I have a deep dark confession to make. While working as an instructional technology specialist I've been moonlighting as an alter ego. At first I thought it would be a fling, a one time experiment. But the more I put this new hat on, the darker down the rabbit hole

@BenjaminHarwood @DrGarcia A hint? It's a full on beard!

@BenjaminHarwood @DrGarcia A hint? It's a full on beard!

Just discovered today that you can use white wine in a SodaStream to make champagne. This changes everything!

Just discovered today that you can use white wine in a SodaStream to make champagne. This changes everything!

It's never been easier...

It's never been easier...

...to get your own domain name. ...to self-host your own space. ...to install Wordpress or Drupal. ...to map your domain on top of existing services like Tumblr. ...to find templates for your website that look beautiful on all devices. ...to publish your photos, your videos, your thoughts and ideas to

3D Printing Volkswagen Parts

3D Printing Volkswagen Parts

One of my coworkers, Martha Burtis, recently came to me with a challenge for the 3D printer (ok admittedly not recently, more like beginning of the semester and I've been slow to get back to it). Her family is big into Volkswagen's (mostly as a result of her husband Eric

I think this month's wine club knew that @DrGarcia was going to be in town. French Bordeaux

I think this month's wine club knew that @DrGarcia was going to be in town. French Bordeaux

Tangled

Technology is awesome

Technology is awesome

Enjoyed the holiday get together with DTLT plus @Saptiva and @jslezak. We played Cards Against Humanity at a bar.

Enjoyed the holiday get together with DTLT plus @Saptiva and @jslezak. We played Cards Against Humanity at a bar.

Funky pencil holder

Funky pencil holder

AnimatedGIFAssignments

Together Again

How can I resist the siren call of the animated GIF when Michael Branson Smith tempts me with a Muppet GIF assignment? I cannot. I chose the opening frames from my favorite Muppet movie of all time, The Muppets Take Manhattan. Special tribute to GNA's triumphant return to Fredericksburg less