Some great sessions at the CALI conference. Personally I didn't get to Tom's presentation but did see a couple today that are worth commenting on.

Logfiles 101: Lies, Dammed Lies, and Statistics was interesting and had some good new ideas. Overall one impression I came away with is a dislike for Google Analytics. Certainly there are plenty of things to be not terribly thrilled about with Analytics but it seems this point of view overlooks one of the most important elements of web analysis in general. If you don't do it, all the log files in the world aren't worth much. So many times the perfect becomes the enemy of the good and this is completely true of analytics. I've written elsewhere about the benefits I see in using Google Analytics.

CALI for Undergraduates and for Transition to Law School by professors Pollman, Shoben and Hays, all of UNLV, presents some excellent ideas for helping undergraduates in preparing for law school. Schools can license CALI for other departments (in this case Political Science) for very reasonable rates (i.e. $250).