Entries by Brandon Muramatsu

Call for Papers Extended: Open Education 2009

Here’s the 2009 iteration on the conference I used to run while at COSL. ******************************************************************************* For the first time in its six year history, the international Open Education Conference is moving! After five years at the historic Utah State University campus, this year’s conference will be held in beautiful British Columbia, Canada, hosted by the… Continue Reading Call for Papers Extended: Open Education 2009

Call for Papers: Social Information Retrieval for Technology-Enhanced Learning

I participated in the first SIRTEL workshop in 2007 and think that the organizers are on to an interesting idea of combining social media/social networking concepts with “traditional” computer-science-style information retrieval. *************************************************************************************** Paper Submission by June 14, 2009 the 3rd Workshop on Social Information Retrieval for Technology-Enhanced Learning (SIRTEL’09) http://celstec.org/sirtel in the International Conference on… Continue Reading Call for Papers: Social Information Retrieval for Technology-Enhanced Learning

Fall 2009 TV Shows

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Electrical outlets…

I’ve been in hotels in a couple countries that have electrical outlets that accept plugs from multiple countries/regions. Why don’t all hotels have them? [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] In Mexico, the one’s I’ve seen accept… Continue Reading Electrical outlets…