Author Archives: Pomerantz

MOOCs and OA

Posted on 25 February 2013 by Pomerantz

One of the FAQs on the course description page for my Coursera Metadata MOOC says: Will there be a required textbook? No. Readings will be selected from freely available articles, web content and open access scholarly literature. When I teach … Continue reading →

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I’m a Courserian

Posted on 21 February 2013 by Pomerantz

Last night, Coursera announced their most recent round of new partner universities, of which UNC-CH is one. Back in November, the Provost issued a Call for Proposals for MOOCs, and I submitted two. About a week & a half ago, … Continue reading →

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TBL for DLs

Posted on 1 February 2013 by Pomerantz

I’m teaching my Digital Libraries course this semester. I’ve taught this course at least once a year for the past 8 years. But this time around I’m doing something different: I’m deliberately trying to use methods from team-based learning. Now, … Continue reading →

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Operation: Read Everything By Philip K. Dick in Chronological Order

Posted on 19 September 2012 by Pomerantz

I’ve had Radio Free Albemuth sitting on my nightstand for a while now. I went to pick it up to read it recently, when I had the harebrained idea that I should instead work my way up to it, by … Continue reading →

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Parsing WordPress URLs for fun and profit

Posted on 3 May 2012 by Pomerantz

I’m writing this post at Yvonne’s urging, as she suggested that this might be of broader interest than just me feeling pleased with myself and bragging to her. What monumental achievement have I achieved? Only this: I’ve just made my … Continue reading →

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Udacity Certificate

Posted on 20 April 2012 by Pomerantz

Bear with me for a moment while I’m insufferable. Because… Highest Distinction, baby! Hellz yeah! So ok, seriously now. These are the levels of certificates for CS101, as articulated in the announcement email: Certificate of Completion: you completed the class, … Continue reading →

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Redesigning the Reference course

Posted on 17 April 2012 by Pomerantz

Please spread this post far and wide (I ask of the 4 people who are reading this)… I’d like to get feedback on this from as many corners as possible. I’m one of the two faculty instructors for INLS 501, … Continue reading →

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Another post about Udacity CS101, post-exam but pre-final grade

Posted on 13 April 2012 by Pomerantz

It’s been several weeks since I posted anything about my Udacity CS101 course… mostly because over the past several weeks I’ve been spending every evening working on the course and not blogging about it. But now I’ve completed all 7 … Continue reading →

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More thoughts on Udacity CS101, upon completing Unit 1

Posted on 28 February 2012 by Pomerantz

I wrote my last post when I was about a third of the way through Unit 1 in CS101, and before the homework for Unit 1 was posted (which happened last Thursday morning). Now that I’ve finished Unit 1, both … Continue reading →

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My experience so far with Udacity CS101

Posted on 22 February 2012 by Pomerantz

I’m really fascinated by the (fairly) recent boom in new models of online education: Khan Academy, MITx, Udacity, etc. And in fact I registered for, and have started Udacity’s CS 101, Building a Search Engine. Actually I already know how … Continue reading →

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