Author Archives: Jim Farmer

Blackboard Inc. v. Desire2Learn Inc.: “Grey” Monday March 10, 2008

Yesterday, 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 [...]

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Blackboard Inc. v. Desire2Learn Inc.: Lunch with Fred Hofstetter

In 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 [...]

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An Eye-Witness Account of the Trial

With 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 [...]

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CIOs, Community Source, and the New Management

Here’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 [...]

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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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