This is the first installment of my promised non-patent (and non-patented) coverage of the Sakai Atlanta conference. I’m going to start with Bodington, in part because I continue to be really impressed with these guys. In my opinion, they are doing some of the most interesting work in the LMS/VLE space today. They are also […]
Archive for December, 2006
Bodington at the Sakai Conference
Published by December 29th, 2006 in Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!), Open Source, Open Content, Open Access and LMOS. 0 CommentsThanks to Guest Blogger Stephen Marshall
Published by December 28th, 2006 in About This Site and Higher Education. 0 CommentsIn all my comings and goings, I failed to notice that Stephen has finished his run as a guest blogger here at e-Literate. If you missed his posts, I highly recommend checking them out:
A Kiwi’s Perspective on e-Learning
So What is the eMM Anyway?
Change
The Sesame Street Syndrome
The Problems of Benchmarking
Also, be sure to check out (and […]
Blackboard Patent Celebrity Death Match
Published by December 10th, 2006 in Blogo-eroticism and Other Hype, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!), Open Source, Open Content, Open Access, Digital Democracy and Notable Posts. 25 CommentsI note with satisfaction that Eben Moglen’s keynote speech [MP3] and debate with Matthew Small [MP3] have already been reported and commented on in a number of places. (See, for example, Seb’s analysis.) This pleases me for two reasons. First, it means we have developed a healthy community response mechanism to make sure we are […]
Ex Parte and Inter Partes Patent Re-Examination
Published by December 3rd, 2006 in Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!), Open Source, Open Content, Open Access and Digital Democracy. 1 CommentAs you know by now, the Blackboard patent has been challenged at the USPTO by separate requests filed by the SFLC and D2L respectively. SFLC filed what’s known as an ex parte request, while D2L filed what’s known as an inter partes request. I think it’s important for the community to become familiar with these […]
What the Sakai/Moodle/ATutor Re-Examination Request Really Means
Published by December 2nd, 2006 in Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!), Open Source, Open Content, Open Access and Digital Democracy. 0 CommentsBy now you’ve probably seen that the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) has filed a request to re-examine Blackboard’s patent with the USPTO on behalf of Sakai, Moodle, and ATutor. You may have also seen that D2L has filed a different kind of re-examination request with the USPTO. (SFLC’s request is what’s known as ex […]
