Between multiple family visits and a case of the flu that’s had my flat on my back the last couple of days, I’ve fallen even further behind on my backlog of posts than I was upon returning from EDUCAUSE. In the interest of catching up, this post will be short. First, several bloggers have already [...]
Somebody asked me what I thought the theme of this year’s EDUCAUSE turned out to be. My answer was “Blackboard.” I did not attend a single session in which somebody did not make a derisive comment or joke about it. In many cases, (including the Common Cartridge session and my own session on OpenBRR), it [...]
I 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 [...]
Ken Udas and I had our half-day workshop proposal accepted for EDUCAUSE 2006. The workshop is called A Level Playing Field: How to Evaluate Open and Proprietary LMSs Using the Same Criteria, and it will be drawing heavily on the BRR framework. Here’s the description of the workshop:
When selecting a Learning Management System, decisions are [...]
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Every once in a while, you read an article where the author seems to be able to read your mind and anticipate your every reaction. Brian Lamb’s EDUCAUSE piece on wikis is one of those articles. I’ve never been all that interested in wikis; they just don’t seem like they should work (even though I’m [...]
