Tag Archives: Academic-Commons

The Blackboard Patent Crisis at Two and a Half Weeks

By Michael Feldstein | August 13, 2006

While marveling the events of the last several weeks, Jim Farmer suggested that it might be worthwhile to pause and reflect back on the sequence of events. I thought that was a good idea, so here it is. I don’t claim that it is any sense a definitive history. To the contrary, it’s just my [...]

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The Promise and Perils of Social Software

By Michael Feldstein | June 18, 2006

My friend Joe Ugoretz has a new article on social software in the Academic Commons. He provides a good overview of a number of social software tools and suggestions about how to use them. But also embedded in his piece is a warning about what happens if we fail to embrace the new technologies and [...]

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