Cmap: Free and easy tool for concept mapping I was wrong; it happens sometimes. I have avoided trying out Cmap for years because I assumed that something developed at an Institute for Human and Machine Cognition would be arcane, hard … Continue reading
Remember the old joke “SEX! Now that I’ve got your attention…”? It turns out that this is a humorous but accurate description of how the brain works. When human brains evolved, they did so where needs were basic. When we … Continue reading
Australian University to Roll Out 11,000 iPads to Students and Staff Next Year. Article also mentions other schools/school systems that are deploying iPads. Nice that they included staff as well as students, a necessary step if professors are to develop … Continue reading
Knowledge maps fascinate me. I started out repelled by certain visual representations of information in my first career (in international development); I just detested a particular working paper of one important organization which had as its cover design a project … Continue reading
Welcome to the very first session in our year-long look at Productivity for Academic Librarians and Researchers! We are excited you are checking us out and hope that you stick around and participate throughout the year. You are welcome to … Continue reading
Mary Axford and Crystal Renfro, two of the three authors of the Academic PKM blog (http://academicpkm.org), are pleased to announce a new, FREE online course called “A Year to Improved Productivity for Librarians and Academic Researchers”. The course will consist … Continue reading