BITS
1993-2004
I managed BITS which supported innovative uses of multimedia in teaching and learning.
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Entries by Brandon Muramatsu
UC TLtC
2001-2004
I was a consultant in the development of UC TLtC as a virtual center to support the use of technology for teaching and learning throughout the University of California System.
smete.org and the SMETE Open Federation
1999-2004
I was project director for smete.org which was a central portal to the content and services available through partner educational digital libraries and collections of educational resources in science, mathematics, engineering and technology education for K-12 and higher education.
NEEDS—A Digital Library for Engineering Education
1995-2004
I was project director for NEEDS, the prototypical educational digital library that contained a catalog of digital learning resources, and services and tools to find and reuse those resources.
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SFASME
1999-2004
I served on the executive committee of the San Francisco Section of ASME
CFP: Workshop on Recommender Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning
SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS Workshop on Recommender Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning (RecSysTEL 2012) Saarbrucken, Germany, 18-21 September 2012 Organised jointly with the European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL 2012) http://adenu.ia.uned.es/workshops/recsystel2012 —Paper submission deadline: 30 June 2012— AIM & TOPICS Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) aims to design, develop and test socio-technical innovations that will… Continue Reading CFP: Workshop on Recommender Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning
Reconnecting Media in Final Cut Pro X
This recommendation below was necessary before Apple updated Final Cut Pro X in early 2012 to add a “Reconnect Media” command. I’m including it here, just in case, I ever need to find it again. (heh) Create a new event (which you’ll delete momentarily), import the media you want with ALL options unchecked in the… Continue Reading Reconnecting Media in Final Cut Pro X
Trip Report: Thoughts Coming Out of Learning Analytics 2012
My thoughts coming out of Learning Analytics 2012 in Vancouver, BC. (Hint: They’re very similar to my thoughts going in to the conference.) Brandon’s Introduction Use of data by academic institutions is not new. Institutions have done it for years for admissions process, student services, libraries, and so on. Some of the “newer” interpretations of… Continue Reading Trip Report: Thoughts Coming Out of Learning Analytics 2012
Thoughts going into Learning Analytics 2012
Some thoughts going into Learning Analytics 2012 in Vancouver, BC. Since I never got the chance to write up notes from ELI 2012 related to learning analytics, nor my experiences with the LAK MOOK this Spring, I thought I should write this up. Use of data by academic institutions is not new, institutions have done… Continue Reading Thoughts going into Learning Analytics 2012
2011-2012 Work Time Visualized
Here are the visualizations for my work time for 2011-2012. I’ve also included updated charts for 2010-2011 by way of comparison. For April 2011-March 2012 (my annual review period at MIT), you can see a couple interesting things. There are a couple months each year that are significantly above “normal” — those tend to correspond… Continue Reading 2011-2012 Work Time Visualized