Archive for January, 2006



e-Literate is Currently a Little Messed Up for IE Users

Just wanted to let you know that I am aware that the site is not displaying properly for Internet Explorer users at the moment. (The sidebar is pushed to the bottom of the page.) This might have happened when I upgraded to ExpressionEngine 1.4, but I’m not sure. Not being terribly cross-browser-savvy myself, I have […]

More Thoughts About Blackboard: “The fault, dear Brutus…”

Jim Farmer’s financial analysis of Blackboard certainly has gotten a lot of attention—and for good reason. To start with, that ~$250K cost per sale is a truly eye-popping number. But upon further reflection, I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not the most important part of the story that Jim tells. Here is the most […]

Blackboard by the Numbers

Update: Welcome, Chronicle readers. Since it wasn’t made clear in the Chronicle’s reference, I’d like to point out that the paper I’m quoting was written by Jim Farmer, who is the Coordinator of Georgetown University’s new Interoperability Center, formerly the Sakai SEPP Community Liaison and project administrator for the uPortal project. Jim has pretty impressive […]





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