This is a guest post by Jim Farmer.
“Today the four firms providing electronic transcript services [to U.S. colleges and universities and school districts] have agreed to form a network so transcripts will be delivered to any user of their service regardless of where the transcript originated.” Speaking from hastily-written text, Larry Furth, Executive Director of […]
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Real-time College and University Transcripts Coming
Published by May 2nd, 2008 in Higher Education and Open Source, Open Content, Open Access. 4 CommentsBlackboard Inc. v. Desire2Learn Inc.: “Grey” Monday March 10, 2008
Published by March 7th, 2008 in Higher Education and Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!). 0 CommentsYesterday, Desire2Learn submitted its response to Blackboard’s request for injunction (which was apparently submitted under seal) and accompanying letters from various school and university officials arguing that preventing D2L from selling their product in the United States would be against the public interest. Barry Dahl has done a terrific job of summing up the case […]
Blackboard Inc. v. Desire2Learn Inc.: Lunch with Fred Hofstetter
Published by February 29th, 2008 in Higher Education and Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!). 1 CommentIn another post in his series of eye-witness accounts of the trial, Jim Farmer provides us with an interview of a fact witness who also happens to be one of the early pioneers in online learning.
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Fred Hofstetter was a fact witness in the recent Blackboard Inc. v. Desire2Learn trial. In a break, we […]
An Eye-Witness Account of the Trial
Published by February 27th, 2008 in Higher Education, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) and Digital Democracy. 10 CommentsWith all the coverage of the Blackboard v. Desire2Learn case, most of us (including me) have very little insight into the actual trial process. And with emotions running high about the case, it’s easy for people to jump to extreme conclusions about the process and everyone involved in it. That’s why I’ve asked Jim Farmer […]
CIOs, Community Source, and the New Management
Published by February 17th, 2008 in Higher Education and Open Source, Open Content, Open Access. 2 CommentsHere’s another post from frequent guest poster Jim Farmer. For those of you who are eagerly awaiting news of the Blackboard v. Desire2Learn trial, Jim will be in East Texas next week and has promised at least one blog post regarding the trial.
Several weeks ago Luke Fernandez, Weber State University, asked should knowledge of “community […]
