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Social Media, Social Activism, and Edupatents
Back when the Blackboard patent and lawsuit first surfaced in July of 2006, social software was still a pretty new thing. There was a fair bit of surprise in the community when the Wikipedia page on the History of the … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Democracy, Higher Education
Tagged Blackboard-Inc., Desire2Learn, edupatents, Facebook, Million$Mission, Wikipedia
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Vote for the D2L Million$Mission on Facebook
Apparently, somebody started a Facebook group supporting D2L’s offer to Blackboard to donate a million dollars to schools in return for Blackboard dropping the patent suit. Facebook groups have become a way for people to express their support for an … Continue reading
Posted in Higher Education
Tagged Blackboard-Inc., Desire2Learn, edupatents, Facebook
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Things I Like About the Facebook Interface
There’s a lot to dislike about the Facebook user experience. The groups capabilities are pretty anemic, for example. And don’t even get me started about making me go to a web page to respond to a private message. But I … Continue reading
Letting Facebook Be Facebook
My colleague Linda Feng pointed me to an interesting article about a study by the University of Liecester about how students are using Facebook and how it impacts their lives at the university. Two critical points come out of this … Continue reading
SIS to Facebook Direct. Introducing Schools on Facebook.
Hi! I’m Michael Staton and I’m a guest blogger. What I say in no way represents Michael Feldstein or his ancestors. Also, our screenshot here is of our app with Abilene Christian University, a school known for being a thought … Continue reading
