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Comments, reflection, peer evaluation and feedback (week 9)
2008-05-01 13:27:00 see Wikiversity More About: Comments , Peer , Feedback , Evaluation , Week
Sharing Video(s) (OER - week 8)
2008-04-22 21:57:00 see Wikiversity More About: Video , Week , Sharing
Taking and Sharing Pictures (OER - week 6)
2008-04-13 18:39:00 see here More About: Pictures , Week , Sharing , Taking
OER week4 - Copyright and Alternatives
2008-03-31 18:29:00 see at Wikiversity More About: Copyright , Alternatives
week 3 - philosophical background of the OER movement
2008-03-17 19:01:00 Assignment for this week: read mostly articles on Wikipedia (WP), discuss them, e.g. show similarities and differences I think I will start with the German WP articles first and read then the English ones - I guess with this I can help also WP: optimize both articles perhaps, at least get more info, … Continue reading ... More About: Week , Philosophical , Background
week2 assignment: wanna join Wikiversity ? use my help for free
2008-03-10 19:36:00 You can find this post here. More About: Free , Join
Study the open education projects online and write a commentary about them
2008-03-04 19:01:00 read more here More About: Education , Commentary , Projects , Study , Open
Open Educational Resources: What they are and why do they matter? (week1, 2
2008-03-04 18:04:00 Not yet finished, but snoop more here. More About: Resources , Educational , Open , Matter
Composing free and open online educational resources - week1 - 1st post - p
2008-03-04 17:57:00 Greetings from Germany, you can find the 1st post here. More About: Resources , Educational , Post , Open , Free
I do not blog anymore ? Who tells this ?
2008-01-14 19:14:00 find me at Wikiversity please More About: Blog , Tells
Where is Erkan ?
2007-10-06 13:13:00 Friends certainly wonder: Where is Erkan ? I am taking a break (again). At the moment I am fullfilling an old dream of mine: I am reading a book (see here) together with secondary literature. And this demands a lot of time (looking up facts, making notes, thinking on what you just read,…) and I must ...
How does it feel to be a guinea pig ?
2007-09-13 15:41:00 I just watched the video of our online session with Elisabeth Hendrickson. Though we had at the begin technical problems, this did not stop us: it was fun, we laughed a lot (to answer the question above). We were 6 persons and I guess this is what made the online virtual training experiment so ... More About: Feel , Guinea , Guin
When did you read ALOUD the last time ?
2007-08-12 02:24:00 I am reading a foreign language book - aloud. I remember the last time reading aloud - over a longer period of time - was in school, when we read set books in class. Why am I doing this now (again) ? Perhaps to get more of my senses activated ? Could also be because of the ... More About: Time , Read , The Last
Did you read already the Birbal tales ?
2007-07-29 19:58:00 I agree fully to Pradeep’s comment about the Birbal stories. They are so smart, funny, addictive, … So, if you didn’t buy the book yet, you missed a chance. If you want to buy it also for your team here are some arguments to convince people who do not believe it is a book for/about ... More About: Read , Tales , Tale , Ready
8-year-olds should test my code
2007-07-29 03:29:00 Another example for the category playing and asking questions: I had played with … for two weeks and hadn?t made it crash once. Brian brought the whole thing down in three commands. … If only I could get a room filled with 8-year-olds to test my code. Read Michael’s whole story here. BTW Michael: if the mountain will ... More About: Code , Test , Year
Are you a fairy?
2007-07-22 23:43:00 … Ofelia - a little girl - asks this to a creature. Her mother in contrast does not believe in the mystical world: “Fairy tales - you are a bit too old to fill your head with such nonsense” she tells Ofelia. Well, I (Erkan) can tell: NO and I recommend you all to watch this movie. The ...
What kind of sweets do you share with your team ?
2007-07-15 14:23:00 So, this week I will surprise my team with … … some other sweets than usual (this time I bought a 1 kg package). I hope this lasts longer and I am also curious if they like them. People might now perhaps talk on the effects for the quality of work or other issues, but it ... More About: Sweets , Team , Share , With You
Helping open source software - what is your progress ?
2007-07-12 23:47:00 I asked exactly 2 months ago this question: When was the last time you helped to make open source software better ? So, what did you do since then ? I have decided to e.g. help these projects primarily in my free time: ClamWin - a free antivirus tool (with support from ClamAV) Pardus - a Linux distribution (includes many things, ... More About: Software , Open Source , Open , Source , Open-Source
Why don?t you use Pardus ?
2007-07-08 16:34:00 My brother is a great fan of the Linux distribution Pardus (Pardus-Kurulan-2007.2-RC.iso) and I am a great fan of any sorts of cats (see picture at end of posting and my about page point 7). So I thought, let my other Linux have another companion … Truth is … I didn’t come so far initially. At ...
Should I go 64 bit?
2007-07-05 19:47:00 … yes, I bought a 64 bit system. You want to know why ? Read here some of the arguments. Imagine … this is cockaigne for any tester (so many training possibilities to discover bugs). When do you want to buy one ? Well, the whole thing makes more fun with a 64 bit operating system ...
How do you spend your precious time ? Me?
2007-05-24 21:12:00 …I am reading at the moment a foreign-language book. This is challenging - both: the content and non-standard linguistical expressions. And now you know, why I am at the moment not so much participating online (see here). How long has it been since you were busy with a really challenging book ? (please do not reply here, ... More About: Time , Precious , Reci
waiting for the battle to come and then making during that new friends?
2007-05-20 23:15:00 Today we 4 (Andre, Erkan, Martin, Widodo) went to the park to play some table tennis. Well, since there were some already playing table tennis, we explored the playing machines nearby. Here are some pictures: I am boarding the carrousel: ok, let’s make some speed to have fun: hm, perhaps this was a little too much speed ok, ... More About: Friends , Battle , Waiting , Maki , Makin
audio podcast: Indian testers and fake experience
2007-05-14 21:24:00 Don’t miss Pradeep Soundararajan’s first audio podcast about: “Indian testers and fake experience” I tell only the title, the rest Pradeep will tell you with his own voice: click here to listen (6:38 mins) Please mail your comments to him Erkan YILMAZ More About: Audio , Podcast , Experience , Fake
Which children?s book did you like most as child ?
2007-05-14 02:16:00 After reading Christian’s article addicted about his book-buying-adventure, I feel the need to also post about this topic. For my books-to-buy-list I am still searching for some children’s books. And the kid in me needs your help ! I have recently read Peter Pan and I am thinking about the next to be: - Alice’s ... More About: Children , Book , Child
A day in the park
2007-05-14 01:23:00 When I looked in the morning outside I saw already Christian how he was learning (he has an exam on Tuesday). (btw: you see also the place where I play table tennis - so, if you once drop by, let’s have a game) Well, I could not let Chris learn all alone and learned with him: Later ... More About: Park
If the original software does not work, try ALWAYS the free alternatives
2007-05-13 14:13:00 What you should know, before you read the article: Why I am writing on this issue ? This goes out to all software vendors: I am a potential customer who is not allowed to use the software and has to search for other ways to achieve his goal. If you want me to use your software ... More About: Software , Original , Work , Free , Alternatives
When was the last time you helped to make open source software better ?
2007-05-13 00:20:00 Are you a person who uses open source software ? Do you like it ? Did you spend until now time to make it better ? For the first question your answer might be: yes If the answer for the second is also yes, I would be interested in the third answer. With this posting I do not want ... More About: Software , Open Source , Time , Open , Source
Sorry, I was busy with longhorn
More articles from this author:2007-05-10 01:51:00 Unfortunately I did not have much time lately to do my “normal” online tasks. I was busy with: Microsoft Windows Server (TM) Code Name “Longhorn ” beta 3 I will catch up with you ! Erkan More About: Busy , Horn , Sorry 1, 2, 3 |



