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I’m Colin Simpson and I’m an edublogger. I’m also an Educational Media Designer at Canberra Institute of Technology.
I’m currently undertaking a Masters of Education (ICT in Education) at the Uni of Wollongong and thought this might be a useful way to process the reams of reading involved (a slightly old-fashioned approach in some ways perhaps 
) in such a way that I’m able to cherry pick useful quotes and compress the ideas.
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colinsimpson | October 20th, 2007 at 11:30 am
Thanks John – I’m glad that my mad ramblings and wholesale quoting (which makes life easier when putting essays together than highlighting a bunch of stuff) is of interest.
It would be interesting to see how things have changed with the course between then and now, given the techological evolution – will try to drop you a line after the assessments season
cheers
Colin
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John Larkin | October 20th, 2007 at 11:51 am
Hi Colin
Thanks! It would be great to meet up and exchange some notes. In 1994 we were beginning to play with mosaic. Not long after that I was responsible for about a dozen web sites around the university.
I look forward to your correspondence.
Cheers
John
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louise fogg | October 21st, 2007 at 4:05 pm
Hi Colin,
i have just come across this and think its a brilliant idea for recording thoughts and processing as you wade your way through each course. I would like to set something up like this.
I did have a laugh when I read your comments about heuristics and the audible groan accompanying the thought that you had 4 of them to do! They had a similar effect on me particularly the ones for 915.
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colinsimpson | October 21st, 2007 at 5:34 pm
Thanks Louise (Mary?) – yeah, I was literally just talking to someone about how useful it has been to be able to grab the juicy quotes and make it all searchable (not to mention copy/pastable
Couldn’t recommend it highly enough.
I’ve actually come around a little on heuristics – now that I’ve done a few and found the formula, there’s not really that much too them. (Not sure how educational they actually are but I guess they do help to put some ideas together)