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Category Archives: Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!)
Xplana.com: Is This a PLE?
The title of this post is slightly tongue-in-cheek because I have my doubts about whether there is such a thing as PLEs that are distinct from existing software product categories. If there were, then after years of people talking about … Continue reading
Posted in Blogo-eroticism and Other Hype, Educational Pattern Languages, Emergence, Distributed Cognition, & Aggregation Science, Higher Education, LMOS, Notable Posts, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!)
Tagged Clayton Christensen, DIY U, Education reform, edunomics, Learning Management, PLE, Textbook, Xplana.com
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New LMS Entrant: NIXTY
You may have already heard a bit about NIXTY, since they have managed to make a significant media splash in the last few weeks. There have been a number of interesting analyses, both pro and con. I’d like to highlight … Continue reading
Posted in Openness, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!)
Tagged NIXTY, OER, Open content, Open Educational Resources
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How To Judge Your Vendor’s Support for a Standard
I wasn’t planning on writing this post, but I’ve become aware of several recent conversations that have led me to the conclusion that it would be useful to get this out. For people who adopt software, trying to judge the … Continue reading
Posted in Openness, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!)
Tagged IMS LIS, Oracle-Corporation, SAIP
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Interview With Desire2Learn CEO John Baker
As promised, here’s the interview: I have a couple of take-aways from both the interview and the conference. First of all, I was astonished at how much D2L is growing. Based on what I saw at the Sakai conference, what … Continue reading
Posted in Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!)
Tagged Desire2Learn, edunomics, John-Baker
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The LIS Standard Moves Forward
I’m at the Desire2Learn conference this week and will have a couple of posts up soon about the astonishing progress the company is making on a number of fronts. But I’m writing this post in response to some news that’s … Continue reading



