Tim Owens

October 2011

October 19, 2011

Where is the “Change”?

“MOOCs are all about messing with boundaries, barriers, and silos.” In May of this year George Siemens announced the “Mother of all MOOCs”, appropriately titled Change. The philosophy is sound: Why have a single person or even small set of people delivering course content when we have a global network of innovative thinkers to pull - Read More -

October 11, 2011

Custom Post Types in WordPress with Gravity Forms

We recently discovered the great premium plugin Gravity Forms at DTLT from the web group at UMW who purchased it to use with the redesigned UMW.edu site (running completely on WordPress!). One amazing feature of gravity forms is that it allows you to create a form that, when a user submits it, creates a post - Read More -

October 11, 2011

The 7:30 Project

[S]o Andy Rush came up with a great idea, document all the off-the-wall things I come up with in the early hours of the morning when I get to work. You see, for the time being my wife and I are commuting to Fredericksburg from Richmond. Since she likes to get to work by 8, - Read More -

October 11, 2011

This American Life Sex Tape

This is possibly the best parody I’ve heard, and I think it’s a perfect example of how students can use just audio to create a compelling new narrative.

RIP Steve Jobs
October 5, 2011

Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish.

Today, just one day after announcing a slew of new gadgets and showing off yet more amazing software that seems futuristic, Apple replaced their homepage with an image none of us wanted to see. At the age of 58, Steve Jobs lost his battle with cancer and passed away. I’ve never cried for a celebrity - Read More -