Michael just introduced me two posts below. I’m Michael Staton, and I’m a guest blogger.
As Michael already mentioned, my fledgling start up, Inigral, has been included in the alpha partnership with Oracle’s new release of their SIS. I wanna take this post to toot Michael’s horn a little, as he wouldn’t do something like […]
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Purse String Paradigm Shift
Published by July 31st, 2008 in Higher Education, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) and Guest Bloggers. 2 CommentsThe Second Anniversary: Blackboard v. Desire2Learn
Published by July 29th, 2008 in Higher Education, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) and Guest Bloggers. 0 CommentsThis is a guest post by Jim Farmer
Two years ago while speaking at the Desire2Learn Users Conference, CEO John Baker learned that Blackboard Inc. accused Desire2Learn of infringing a Blackboard patent. Following a jury’s decision and failed attempts to reach a settlement, the dispute is now headed for appeal at the U.S. Court of Appeals […]
Please Welcome Guest Blogger Michael Staton
Published by July 27th, 2008 in Higher Education, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) and Guest Bloggers. 0 CommentsMichael is the CEO of a company called Inigral, the company that produces the Facebook Courses application. You may have seen his earlier guest post for the On the Horizon. I have been talking a fair bit with Michael lately because my team at Oracle has been working with his company on integration through the […]
Victory for D2L, Opportunity for Blackboard
Published by July 22nd, 2008 in Higher Education and Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!). 3 CommentsWell, my flight was delayed, so I missed the opportunity to witness D2L’s court victory celebration at Graceland. And I’m sure that they celebrated tonight The court denied Blackboard’s motion for contempt, meaning that Desire2Learn version 8.3 was found to be “more than colorably different” than the infringing version of the software and the court […]
The ‘On the Horizon’ Series Is Complete
Published by July 20th, 2008 in Higher Education, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!), Open Source, Open Content, Open Access and LMOS. 1 CommentWith Jim Farmer’s post, we have completed the series. I want to thank both the authors and the readers who have commented on this post. I’m hopeful that this process has shaped the final product, which will be a journal issue published some time early next year. We hope to have the contents of that […]
