Moving into Web2.0 - Delicious

Just finished our departmental retreat today about "Moving into Web2.0". I did a short story on how I am using Delicious social bookmarking service as a vehicle to help me do my job more efficiently.



I felt that the message was very well received during the presentation and demonstration. But yet during the "What are the obstacles in moving into Web2.0?" activity, many said they did not have time to experiment with various Web2.0 tools.

At least, the process of doing the presentation helps me reflect on what I'm doing and how it has been working. I feel very good about this.

Now... Challenge yourself to change some old habits, you can learn to work more efficiently. Yes, you can!

Visit from our Spokane Campus Colleagues about LMS Issues

Our colleagues in Spokane campus visited us to talk about the university learning management system. This is our presentation about the current state of eLearning (powered by Blackboard Learning System CE) which is used by the main Pullman campus.

They also maintain a learning Management system, which is powered by Blackboard Academic Suite, for the urban campuses and Distance Degree Program. Somewhere down the road, we are going to need to migrate, and merge into a single campus-wide solution. We compared notes, and exchanged ideas. It was good to start this conversation with the people who run a LMS day to day.

BbWorld 07 Conference Presentation

Blackboard acquired WebCT in year 2006. There are a lot of changes made soon after the merger. The product WebCT Campus Edition was renamed to Blackboard Learning System CE. A number of senior engineers from WebCT left. The support model was changed. But the main issue is the lack of good and timely technical support, and this have caused us a lot of struggle to support the product day to day.

But our spirits remain strong. We, the same group who presented last year, met again and co-presented "A Year Later : Looking Back and Moving Forward" in the BbWorld '07 Conference. Here are the slides from our university:

WebCT Impact 2006 Conference Presentation

We are one of the first few universities who have migrated from WebCT CE4 to CE6/ Vista4 soonest as the product was released. Together, we presented "Lessons Learned : Migrating From CE4 To CE6/ Vista4" in the WebCT Impact 2006 Conference. Here are the slides from our university:

WSU IT Forum Presentation

The Vice President of Information Technology of our university organized the first Information Technology Forum. I was invited to co-present with the Enterprise Administrator. The topic is Active Directory: Securing the Enterprise.

Here is the slides of my part of the presentation.

Of course, it's my professional responsibility (as a systems administrator) to strip out or obscure any real server name and infrastructure details. But the essence of the presentation, the power of Active Directory and group policies, remains.