In an apparent move to call attention to its language pack support, and in honor of “Talk Like a Pirate Day,” Blackboard has apparently released a “Talk Like a Pirate” translation pack.
[Insert your own joke here.]
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There’s a write-up of the edupatent flap in eSchool News. It provides a reasonably good summary of the basic history, as far as these types of stories tend to go, and also gives a high-level account of the current state of the legal battle. (Short version: It’s dragging on.) All in all, it’s a useful […]
Sakai has had some fairly serious usability problems since its inception. The development community has been aware of these problems for some time; however, the efforts toward improving the situation have been sporadic and fragile to date. Today, I’m happy to point to some tangible signs that this is changing, and that we have a […]
Last week at the IMS conference, the LTAC (Learning Technology Advisory Council) had an interesting and, I think, fruitful discussion about “analytics.” In this context, the term umbrella term covers various types of data analysis that would be useful in helping ensure that more students learn more and better. One example that came up a […]
After a brief summer hiatus, Ken Udas’ Terra Incognita blog is resuming its series of guest posts on open source and open educational resources in higher education. The latest post is from Gavin Baker, a member of the board of directors for FreeCulture.org (among other things).
Good stuff.
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