WordPress
Building a Community of Academics Using Multi-Sites & Multi-Networks – WordCamp A2 2014
Jim Luke Econproph.com, Higher Ed, Presentations Malartu, WordPress
I’m speaking this Saturday, Oct 4, 2104, at WordCamp Ann Arbor 2014. Here’s the teaser from the schedule:
In developing an online voice, higher education faculty face many challenges and a distinct lack of institutional support. Yet there is an enormous opportunity to improve student learning, improve faculty productivity, and reduce costs for faculty through WordPress and related technologies.
Malartu Inc is a non-profit project launched in Michigan to help provide WordPress sites and technologies to higher ed faculty. After a couple of years of planning and experimentation, the project is launching its first sites in summer 2014 using a WP multi-site/multi-network installation. A BuddyPress/Commons-in-a-Box implementation is added to develop a social network space for collaboration within and between schools.
This session will explore the challenges, benefits, and risks of creating a multi-user / mulit-site community with social network features. The presentation is oriented towards: anyone in higher education and power users/developers interested in multi-site.
I’m talking about my recent experiences with my new project, Malartu Inc., a non-profit organization for creating social and web-based technology to help higher education professors be more effective and more productive – especially the legions of professors at teaching schools or that are adjunct.
Here are the slides:
10 Things I Learned At WordCamp This Summer
Jim Luke Econproph.com, Jim Luke, Lansing Community College, presentation, Presentations WordPress
I’m speaking at the Metro Detroit WordPress Meetup, Sept 21, 2014, and shockingly, I’ve got my slide deck ready well before time!
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Links for more info:.
- Brute Protect: https://bruteprotect.com/
- WP Multi-Networks Plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-multi-network/
- Future of WordPress Updates: http://wordpress.tv/2014/06/30/andrew-nacin-advanced-topics-in-wordpress-development/
- P2 theme: http://wordpress.org/themes/p2
- API-JSON: http://wptavern.com/json-rest-api-slated-for-wordpress-4-1-release
- Desktop Server from ServerPress: http://serverpress.com/products/desktopserver/
- WordPress Philosophy: http://wordpress.org/about/philosophy/
- ChalkPress:
- Making Presentations in/with WordPress: Other plugin and theme presentation options include:
- Jetpack Presentation Shortcode http://en.support.wordpress.com/presentations/
- You can see a demo of the Jetpack Presentation Shortcode, including underlying code, at http://bluelotusworks.com/organizing-the-wordpress-backoffice-eight-plugins-that-help/
- 3D Presentation http://wordpress.org/plugins/3d-presentation/
- HTML5 Slideshow Presentations http://wordpress.org/plugins/html5-slideshow-presentations/
- Post Presentations http://wordpress.org/plugins/post-presentations/
- Jetpack Presentation Shortcode http://en.support.wordpress.com/presentations/
Bonus: Year Without Pants
The Cloud and WordPress – Metro Detroit WordPress Meetup
Jim Community Service, Presentations Metro Detroit WordPress Meetup, WordPress
I’m speaking Sunday, Sept 8, 2013 to the Metro Detroit WordPress Meetup group:
Amazon doesn’t just sell books. They’re also the largest provider of “cloud” computing resources. Jim will give a simple intro to Amazon Web Services “cloud computing” and demo how you can use Amazon S3 in WordPress to speed up downloads of media files at lower costs.
The Powerpoint is available from my AWS archive here.