Tag Archives: Chuck-Severence

The Blackboard Announcements, Part 2: Can Open Source Be Bought?

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Michael Feldstein

I have gotten a lot of email from folks who moved to Moodle (often from Blackboard CE) because they wanted to get away from Blackboard and they thought that open source was “safe.” In my first post on the announcements, … Continue reading →

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Charles Severance’s “Sakai: Free as in Freedom:” A Review

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Jim Farmer

This is a guest post by Jim Farmer, instructional media + magic inc. Jim has been Treasurer of the Sakai Foundation since December. When building a complex software system developers want to use the latest technology. Users want business processes … Continue reading →

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Openness: Finally, We're Getting Somewhere

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Michael Feldstein

Update: The Sannier vs. Wheeler smackdown is available on video here. Microsoft Silverlight is required. As I sit on the flight home from the EDUCAUSE conference thinking back on the themes of the week, it is clear to me that … Continue reading →

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Secret Society Maybe Not So Secret

Posted on June 18, 2008 by Michael Feldstein

Since I complained recently about the IMS needing to open up more, it’s only fair that I should give credit when they actually do it. Chuck Severence, who now works part-time for the IMS, has a public test site up … Continue reading →

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Cost of Exit

Posted on May 10, 2008 by Michael Feldstein

A while back, I picked up on D’Arcy Norman’s complaint about how Moodle doesn’t export content to a standard. In a response to one of the comments on my post, I suggested that open source LMS communities like Moodle’s should … Continue reading →

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