I don’t really have much to say on this subject, but I’m really interested in the articles that are starting to emerge about how Facebook and similar social networking sites are being used for political activism in places like the Middle East and Columbia. When you couple these with phenomena in our more immediate experience, […]
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Facebook as a Tool for Global Activism
Published by February 7th, 2008 in Digital Democracy. 6 CommentsBlackboard v Desire2Learn Trial Is Coming Up
Published by January 15th, 2008 in Higher Education, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) and Digital Democracy. 1 CommentFrom D2L’s patent blog:
Since our last posting, we received word that the judge has decided not to rule on any summary judgment motions – he’s letting all issues go to trial. As a result, Desire2Learn’s legal folks – inside and outside counsel – have been working overtime preparing for trial.
We’re going to trial on February […]
Is Obama’s Victory Partially Driven by Facebook?
Published by January 5th, 2008 in Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) and Digital Democracy. 0 CommentsHere’s an interesting tidbit from BlueMassGroup:
David reported about a year ago, and again in February, that Obama’s FaceBook organizing efforts dwarfed those of his competitors. I think we can all agree that most FaceBook users are under 44. By May, the largest Obama group on Facebook had 323,899 members, compared with 2,089 for the largest […]
Nominations Are Open for the Edublog Awards
Published by October 31st, 2007 in Blogging and Digital Democracy. 0 CommentsEvery year I am impressed with the effort and quality of results from the Edublog Awards crew. Every year I learn about at least a few edublogs that teach me something important. With nominations now open for the 2007 awards, I urge you to participate. Start by nominating those edublogs that you learn from. Try […]
An Open Casket After All
Published by October 30th, 2007 in Higher Education, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!), Open Source, Open Content, Open Access and Digital Democracy. 0 CommentsUpdate: The intrepid Jim Farmer has also posted a copy of the D2L entry in the immagic eLibrary.
As it turns out, one of your fellow e-Literate readers saved the D2L post and pasted it into the comments section of my last post.
I love you guys.
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