tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613423631076984479.post3328814934117151806..comments2023-05-31T10:24:28.763-04:00Comments on Diary of a DAS Student: Class No. 3: Digital Curation: Creating an Environment for SuccessErica Boudreauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02547320024030858437noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613423631076984479.post-86444968310993100562012-02-15T09:33:50.678-05:002012-02-15T09:33:50.678-05:00I have taken and passed the exams for all three of...I have taken and passed the exams for all three of the courses I've blogged about. You have two hours to complete the exam, which is more than enough time, but you have to complete it in one sitting - there's no going back to it if you get interrupted by something else. That makes me nervous each time, but so far I haven't had a problem completing the exams. I think it would be quite hard to cover all of the concepts from a day-long workshop in 10 or 15 multiple choice questions, and sometimes it seems like the goal is to find a very specific phrase hidden somewhere within the presentation slides, but overall I've found the exams relatively easy to pass as long as I was paying attention and taking notes throughout the course.Erica Boudreauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02547320024030858437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613423631076984479.post-70724469553251717232012-02-14T13:24:24.852-05:002012-02-14T13:24:24.852-05:00Have you taken any of the exams yet? What was your...Have you taken any of the exams yet? What was your experience?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613423631076984479.post-67895389132980083932012-01-30T22:36:50.020-05:002012-01-30T22:36:50.020-05:00This part related to my Digital Stewardship class ...This part related to my Digital Stewardship class at Simmons College with Ross Harvey: "Whereas a box of paper can sit on the shelf for decades, a born-digital accession may only last a short time - something like 5 years - before the media becomes obsolete and inaccessible."<br /><br />Here's an idea I had while in class last Friday. Imagine if there was a website where you could choose an old operating system from the past and open a simulated machine on the web page. Then you could upload an "obsolete" file (that is currently in an inaccesible format) and download it into whatever kind of file you wanted (PDF, Word, HTML, etc.). It would pretty much solve our problem of obsolete file formats, and I think it's DEFINITELY doable, especially from seeing other simulation software used with application development for the iPhone! Ross Harvey has enlightened us about the problem of obsolete file formats through exercises and theoretical scenarios on the Digital Curriculum Laboratory http://gslis.simmons.edu/dcl/lab/exercises/mainhwwnoreply@blogger.com