This is a guest blog post by Jim Farmer, Coordinator, Scholarly Systems Group at Georgetown University and editor at the eReSS project, University of Hull.
On September 4, 2007, a summer morning in Adelphi, Maryland, the workgroup, breakfast in hand, slowly assembled into in a large conference room at the University of Maryland, University College (UMUC). […]
Tag Archive for 'common-cartridge'
Common Cartridge: e-Learning Made Easy
Published by October 8th, 2007 in Higher Education, Instructional Design, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) and Content Management & Taxonomy as Knowledge Management. 4 CommentsWhy Teachers’ Unions Should Demand Support for the IMS Common Cartridge Standard
Published by October 13th, 2006 in Higher Education, Open Source, Open Content, Open Access and Digital Democracy. 2 CommentsI just got back from the EDUCAUSE conference and man, do I have a lot to write about. I’m going to start with the IMS’s announcement of the new Common Cartridge standard. Now, I know that technical standards aren’t always the stuff that gives you goosebumps. But if you are a teacher—particularly a unionized teacher—pay […]
Patents and IMS Common Cartridge
Published by August 30th, 2006 in Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!), Open Source, Open Content, Open Access and Digital Democracy. 5 CommentsA while back, IMS CEO Rob Abel was kind enough to comment on my post regarding the potential impact of patents on educational technology standards. As part of his summary at the end of the comment, he wrote,
It’s difficult for Blackboard or any other vendor to “game” the standards process in IMS due to our […]
An Example of How the Blackboard Patent Could Chill Innovation
Published by August 6th, 2006 in Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) and Open Source, Open Content, Open Access. 1 CommentBlackboard’s General Counsel Matthew Small has said that their patent and lawsuit is “not about hindering innovation.” It’s important that we not allow this claim to go unchallenged. I’d like to start gathering concrete examples of initiatives that are beneficial to the educational community and could be directly harmed by Blackboard’s actions. I’ll start. The […]
