Monthly Archives: November 2007

Oracle Doing the Web 2.0 Thing

I generally don’t blog about my employer too much, since this is a personal blog. But Oracle is doing some interesting (and perhaps surprising) Web 2.0ish things that I thought were worth noting. First, the company now has an official wiki, based on WetPaint, which is open to customers and employees alike for building up [...]

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Sakai Foundation Board Platform: Vision for the Technology

I am honored to announce that I have been nominated to the Sakai Foundation Board by current Board member Ian Dolphin on behalf of the University of Hull. Over the next few weeks between now and the election, I’m going to outline my platform in series of blog posts, starting with this one about the [...]

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Blackboard Is Losing Customers, but What Does It Mean?

After Blackboard’s recent earnings announcement and conference call, Jim Farmer and I had a chat about what we learned. One thing that struck us both was that Blackboard’s total number of LMS license customers is declining. Jim, being handy with Excel, put this chart together:

There is a clear long-term trend toward reduced number of total [...]

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Louisiana State University Moves to Moodle

This is a guest post by Jim Farmer, instructional media + magic, inc.
UPDATE: With his permission, we have appended an email response by LSU CIO Brian D. Voss in the comments section of this post.
On Saturday, November 3rd, MoodleRooms Michael Penny reported that Louisiana State University would be moving to the Moodle Learning System. LSU [...]

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My Nominations for the 2007 Edublog Awards

Since I have urged all of you to nominate your favorite blogs for the 2007 Edublog Awards (or “Eddies”), I figured I should put my (virtual) money where my (virtual) mouth is and put some of my own nominees on the table. So here are mine:
Best Individual Blog: Cole Camplese and Seb Schmoller. The reason [...]

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