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 Friday, June 1st, the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance released their report “Turn the Page: Making College Textbooks More Affordable.” Responding to a Congressional concern about high and rapidly […]
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Making College Textbooks More Affordable
Published by June 3rd, 2007 in Open Source, Open Content, Open Access, Notable Posts and Guest Bloggers. 2 CommentsI’m pleased to announce that e-Literate’s second guest blogger will be Jim Farmer. From his bio:
Jim Farmer began his career in higher education as CIO for California State University Northridge and became the first CIO for the California State Universities. He was one of the founders of Sigma Systems Inc., a U.S. software supplier for […]
Jim Farmer on the Impact of the Patent Wars
Published by September 10th, 2006 in Open Source, Open Content, Open Access and Digital Democracy. 0 CommentsSeb Schmoller has posted an insightful, moving, and rather depressing reflection piece by Jim Farmer on the impact that the patent wars will have on education in general. Here’s a sample:
Education patents and the new licensing environment may further commercialize teaching and learning. The Blackboard patent is not alone, but representative of many that have […]
Resources on the Patent Issue
Published by August 1st, 2006 in Open Source, Open Content, Open Access. 0 CommentsJim Farmer’s company, instructional media + magic, has archived a wealth of patent-related resources in their eLibrary.
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The Economics of the LMOS
Published by July 25th, 2006 in Higher Education, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!), Notable Posts and LMOS. 0 CommentsJim Farmer has posted a slide stack (in PDF format) on the economics of interoperability. There’s a lot of good general stuff here about service-oriented architecture (SOA) and interoperability issues from a business perspective, but 90%+ can also be read to apply directly to the LMOS concept.
Here are some highlights:
To begin with, it’s important to […]
